2 h. ago Nigel Farage's childish rant after being snubbed from Donald Trump state banquet

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage blamed Keir Starmer for not getting a seat at the state banquet and whined that the Prime Minister 'wants to pretend that I don't exist'

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2 h. ago After quitting the US, Britain seemed like a sanctuary from Trump’s Maga movement. Now I wonder, for how long? | Emma Brockes

I was the envy of the friends I’d left behind. Now it seems prudent to assess how much that nativism will truly take root hereThis time last year, I had just moved back to Britain from the US and was enjoying the almost universal envy of American friends. While they were looking down the barrel of a second Trump presidency with its guarantee of chaos and division, we had elected Keir Starmer by a landslide and were feeling pretty pleased with ourselves. I remember people congratulating me on the prescience of my move, which I absolutely took even though politics hadn’t been part of my decision (not least because, for most of 2024, I had assumed Trump would lose). Anyway, here we are a year later and who’s laughing now?I guess the answer to that is Nigel Farage and his Reform UK party, which has somehow managed to harness the anger, disappointment and shame felt by large numbers of people who voted for and were then let down by Brexit, and are now in search of another fire to light. ...

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2 h. ago I quit the US and Britain seemed like a sanctuary from Trump’s Maga movement. Now I wonder, for how long | Emma Brockes

I was the envy of the friends I’d left behind. Now it seems prudent to assess how much that nativism will truly take root hereThis time last year, I had just moved back to Britain from the US and was enjoying the almost universal envy of American friends. While they were looking down the barrel of a second Trump presidency with its guarantee of chaos and division, we had elected Keir Starmer by a landslide and were feeling pretty pleased with ourselves. I remember people congratulating me on the prescience of my move, which I absolutely took even though politics hadn’t been part of my decision (not least because, for most of 2024, I had assumed Trump would lose). Anyway, here we are a year later and who’s laughing now?I guess the answer to that is Nigel Farage and his Reform UK party, which has somehow managed to harness the anger, disappointment and shame felt by large numbers of people who voted for and were then let down by Brexit, and are now in search of another fire to light. ...

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4 h. ago Jeffrey Archer: ‘Nigel Farage is the best mob orator I’ve heard in my lifetime – I could never vote for him’

As he publishes his 30th novel, the former deputy chair of the Conservative Party is showing no signs of slowing down. In his riverside penthouse in London, he talks to Chris Harvey about the rise of Reform, Peter Mandelson’s sacking over his friendship with Epstein, and his big life regret

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10 h. ago Major report names Labour's 'best shot' at taking on Nigel Farage over small boats

A study by think-tank British Future called on Keir Starmer to pledge to cut small boat crossings by 75% in three years by adopting a 'bold' new strategy with France

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45 h. ago UK’s new climate adviser vows to fight for net zero consensus amid ‘headwinds’

Nigel Topping was recently appointed chairman of the Climate Change Committee.

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46 h. ago Maria Caulfield becomes latest senior Tory to defect to Reform UK

Former health minister announces decision a day after MP Danny Kruger joined Nigel Farage’s partyUK politics live – latest updatesAnother senior Conservative has defected to Reform UK, with the former health minister Maria Caulfield saying she signed up to Nigel Farage’s party a month ago.Although Caulfield is no longer an MP after losing her Lewes seat to the Liberal Democrats last year, it is another blow for the Tories, a day after Danny Kruger, a sitting Tory MP and shadow work and pensions minister, announced he had moved to Reform. Continue reading...

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46 h. ago Former Tory health minister Maria Caulfield defects to Reform UK

Move comes a day after Conservative MP Danny Kruger joined Nigel Farage’s party

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47 h. ago Maria Caulfield defects to Reform as Nigel Farage claims another former Tory minister

Pressure on Kemi Badenoch as ex-Conservative MP becomes the latest to join Farage’s party

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47 h. ago Former Tory minister defects to Reform in latest blow for Kemi Badenoch

It comes just a day after Tory MP Danny Kruger also made the leap to Reform

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47 h. ago Maria Caulfield, former Tory health minister, defects to Reform — UK politics live

Caulfield says ‘the future is Reform’ as second Conservative MP in a week leaves for Nigel Farage’s partyVikram Dodd is the Guardian’s crime correspondent.Police expect to arrest 50 more people following Saturday’s large far-right-led march through London, the commissioner of the Metropolitan police said this morning.If you are Conservative right-minded, then the future is Reform. The country is going to change a lot. The same people who thought that Brexit would not happen think that Reform will not happen. They are in for a shock. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Nigel Farage under fire for 'vile homophobia' after straight couples claim

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was challenged over comments about marriage from MP Danny Kruger, who was unveiled as the latest Tory to defect to his party yesterday

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57 h. ago NIGEL FARAGE: Our chance to save this great country could come sooner than you think

Our country is approaching a moment of truth. A general election could happen sooner than expected - and certainly before 2029.

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62 h. ago Nigel Farage gives another explanation for not buying home after saying he had

Nigel Farage told reporters he didn't want his name on deeds for a home in Clacton 'for obvious security reasons' after his girlfriend purchased a home, raising questions about stamp duty

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66 h. ago Who are the other potential Tory defectors to Reform UK? Other top Conservatives are tipped to join Nigel Farage's party following Danny Kruger's switch

Reform leader Nigel Farage said Danny Kruger would head up his party's efforts to prepare for Government.

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66 h. ago Nigel Farage criticised after claiming ‘most stable relationships’ are between men and women

The Reform UK leader was accused of ‘vile homophobia’ after claiming the relationships that heterosexual relationships ‘last the longest’

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67 h. ago Danny Kruger’s defection to Reform UK sparks mixed reaction in his constituency

The East Wiltshire MP has quit Kemi Badenoch’s party and was unveiled as Nigel Farage’s latest recruit at a press conference.

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68 h. ago So who's next, Nigel? 'More Tories to defect' to Farage's Reform

Nigel Farage unveiled Danny Kruger as his latest recruit at a bullish press conference in Westminster - with the MP saying the Conservatives are 'over'.

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68 h. ago Prue Leith's son Danny Kruger joins Reform as Tory MP makes brutal 'clowns' swipe

Right-winger Danny Kruger has switched to Nigel Farage's Reform UK, declaring that the Tories are 'over' - as Labour accused the party of tying itself to years of Tory failure

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69 h. ago So who's next, Nigel? 'Panicking' Tories fear more defections after shadow minister Danny Kruger jumps ship to Farage's Reform

The East Wiltshire MP, the son of Bake Off host Prue Leith , was unveiled by Mr Farage in London this morning.

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