4 h. ago Nigel Farage dismisses racist and antisemitic school bullying claims as ‘made up fantasies’

Reform UK leader says accusations about his behaviour at Dulwich college were politically motivatedNigel Farage has called allegations of racist and antisemitic bullying during his time at Dulwich college “completely made up fantasy”, saying his accusers are “people with very obvious political motivation”.More than 30 people have spoken to the Guardian as part of an investigation based on multiple accounts of racism, including Peter Ettedgui, 61, an Emmy- and Bafta-winning director, who recalled Farage growling repeatedly “Hitler was right” or “Gas them” at him when they were at school. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Nigel Farage dismisses racist and antisemitic school bullying claims as ‘made

Reform UK leader says accusations about his behaviour at Dulwich college were politically motivatedNigel Farage has called allegations of racist and antisemitic bullying during his time at Dulwich college “completely made-up fantasy”, saying his accusers are “people with very obvious political motivation”.More than 30 people have spoken to the Guardian as part of an investigation based on multiple accounts of racism, including Peter Ettedgui, 61, an Emmy- and Bafta-winning director, who recalled Farage growling repeatedly “Hitler was right” or “Gas them” at him when they were at school. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Nigel Farage tells mayoral candidate to apologise for saying David Lammy should 'go home'

The Reform leader said Chris Parry should say sorry to the Deputy Prime Minister as he unveiled his party’s candidate for Mayor of London

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6 h. ago The woman to topple Sadiq Khan? Farage unveils Reform's London mayor candidate, vowing to tackle violent 'foreign gang' crimewave and axe Ulez

Mr Farage insisted Reform could kick out the three-term winning Labour leader as he confirmed Laila Cunningham, a former CPS prosecutor and ex-Tory councillor in Westminster.

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6 h. ago Nigel Farage finally calls for Reform candidate to apologise for David Lammy 'go home' post

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said Dr Chris Parry had gone 'over the top' in criticising Cabinet member David Lammy, who he said should 'go home' to the Caribbean

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6 h. ago Met Office issues urgent injury warning as new yellow alert covers Scotland

The end of the current deep freeze doesn't seem to be in sight as the Met Office extends yellow warning to blanket Scotland.

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6 h. ago Nigel Farage vows to unseat Sadiq Khan as he unveils Reform's candidate to be London mayor with blast at foreign gang 'crime wave' and vow to reverse Ulez expansion

Mr Farage insisted Reform could kick out the three-term winning Labour leader as he confirmed Laila Cunningham, a former CPS prosecutor and ex-Tory councillor in Westminster.

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8 h. ago Nigel Farage to announce Reform UK Scottish leader next week

The Reform UK leader said he will make the announcement at a press conference in Edinburgh on Thursday.

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28 h. ago China slaps huge tax rise on condoms to get people having kids again amid baby shortage

China is attempting to grapple with its plummeting birth rates, which some experts say could close to half by 2100. But the move has been met with fierce opposition

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30 h. ago Scots MP calls for army to be deployed as snow crisis deepens amid weather warnings

Amid school closures and severe weather warnings across northern Scotland, MP Andrew Bowie has urged ministers to request military help as snow leaves remote Aberdeenshire communities cut off from food, fuel and vital medical supplies.

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61 h. ago Millionaire tipped to be Reform UK leader in Scotland urged huge rise in immigration

EXCLUSIVE: Malcolm Offord has been accused of hypocrisy over a piece in 2021 in which he said immigration should be promoted in Scotland.

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3 d. ago Ed Davey: ‘Europe is crying out for closer relations with Britain’

Lib Dem leader says his party is best placed to take on Reform UK

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4 d. ago Never a more important time to be a unionist or conservative, says Findlay

The Scottish Conservative leader attacked Reform UK’s unionist credentials.

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4 d. ago Inside Jamie ‘Iceman’ Stevenson’s plot to flood Scots town with dodgy street valium as EncroChat messages exposed 

JAMIE ‘Iceman’ Stevenson ordered a notorious dealer to flood the  streets with ‘blue plague’ pills from his Breaking Bad-style drugs factory — as he used a top-secret chat network to run a  multi-million-pound narcotics empire. An investigation by The Scottish Sun has revealed how Scotland’s No1 gangster urged Lee Docherty to take delivery of 500,000...

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5 d. ago ‘We were missing in the conversation’: how Zack Polanski hit on plan to beat Reform at their own game

This time last year Polanski was barely known outside the party. Now he’s hoping for success at May’s local elections - by taking a page from Nigel Farage’s playbookZack Polanski finally decided to stand as the Greens’ leader, he says, after witnessing the party being eclipsed by Reform in last May’s local elections across England, and realising that British politics had changed for good.While the Greens made yet more steady gains, Reform won nearly 700 councillors from a standing start. As deputy leader, it was Polanski’s job to speak to losing candidates to both offer consolation and ask what lessons could be learned. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Kieron Bowie and Josh Mulligan Hibs futures addressed as David Gray quizzed on transfer speculation

He has urged them to push for the Scotland World Cup squad

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7 d. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Is Reform UK 'genuinely the last chance for Britain', as Nigel Farage claims?

In a New Year address to voters shared with the Daily Mail, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said his party had led for over 175 opinion polls in a row with an average lead of 10 per cent.

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7 d. ago Cat bans to seagull gate: The maddest moments from Scottish politics in 2025

It was a year when John Swinney said he wouldn't be banning cats, Reform's deputy leader held a press conference outside a chippie, and an SNP minister quit in a row over seagulls. As 2025 ends, Chris McCall looks back at a memorable 12 months in Scottish politics.

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7 d. ago Even Nigel Farage should welcome fierce scrutiny of his school days

Editorial: An opinion poll for The Independent suggests that the electorate is unmoved by stories from the Reform leader’s school days – but no potential leader of this country should be able to shrug off allegations of this seriousness without a proper defence

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8 d. ago Nigel Farage racism claims have not harmed his reputation, poll finds

Exclusive: More than 20 former pupils of Dulwich College have accused the Reform UK leader of holding ‘racist, antisemitic and fascist views’ as a pupil

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