84 m. ago Kemi Badenoch says she is '100% confident' there won't be more major defections to Reform as she trades blows with Robert Jenrick over his 'lies'

Kemi Badenoch dismissed the prospect of any more of her shadow cabinet switching sides as she mocked Nigel Farage for 'doing my Spring cleaning'.

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90 m. ago Robert Jenrick latest: New Reform MP claims defection will ‘unite the right’ after Badenoch brands him a ‘liar’

The Conservative leader said Nigel Farage’s party was ‘taking away’ her problems by welcoming Robert Jenrick

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2 h. ago Jenrick says he hopes his defection to Reform UK will ‘unite the right’ after Badenoch says he ‘tells a lot of lies’ – UK politics live

Reform UK’s newest MP said he made the decision to leave the Tories over Christmas‘Enough already’: Jenrick’s defection gets mixed reception from Reform membersKemi Badenoch said Robert Jenrick is now “Nigel Farage’s problem” and that he creates “instability” wherever he goes.The Conservative party leader told the Press Association that Tories who supported Jenrick feel “betrayed” he has joined Reform UK.Absolutely, he’s Nigel Farage’s problem. Now he and his acolytes are people who create instability wherever they go, and they can go do that in Reform.They are a party that is just about people who want drama and intrigue - the public, quite frankly, are sick of this. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago The rising tension ahead of the Australian Open and how tennis found itself in a mess

An ‘insane’ schedule has led to many top players speaking out as the sport’s governing bodies face legal action from the breakaway Professional Tennis Players’ Association, writes Jamie Braidwood

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2 h. ago Nigel Farage tricked into paying tribute to paedophile Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins on Cameo

Reform UK leader calls the late child sexual abuse offender ‘a good man, a really good guy’ in 27-second video clip

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2 h. ago 'Traitors' politics: Minister's warning as Farage teases Labour defection to Reform after Jenrick joins party from Tories

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said Reform UK was a ‘Right-wing project’ despite Nigel Farage’s party attracting a significant number of Labour voters

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2 h. ago Oleksandr Usyk explains why he wants to fight Deontay Wilder

The two-time undisputed champion has not fought since defeating Daniel Dubois last year, but is planning on making a return to action this year

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2 h. ago ‘It’s very embarrassing’: Sophie Turner on rage, romance and the horror of watching Game of Thrones

She was a star at 14, learned how to act with the whole world watching, then stepped away to discover herself. Now she’s back in the new Tomb Raider – and a Die Hard-style thrillerSophie Turner has a screwball comedy vibe in real life – elegant trouser suit, arch but friendly expression, perfect hair, she looks ready for some whipsmart repartee and a sundowner. She seems very comfortable in her own skin, which is unusual anyway when you’re not quite 30, but especially incongruous given her various screen personas: first, in Game of Thrones. Thirteen when she was cast as Sansa Stark, 14 when she started filming, she embodied anxious, aristocratic self-possession at an age when a regular human can’t even keep track of their own socks. Six seasons in, arguably at peak GoT impact, she became Jean Grey in X-Men: Apocalypse, a role she reprised in 2019 for Dark Phoenix, action-studded and ram-jammed with superpowers.Now she’s the lead in Steal, a Prime Video drama about a corpor...

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2 h. ago Farage has done my spring cleaning, says Badenoch after Jenrick defection

The Conservative leader said Reform are ‘taking people who are repeatedly sacked from government’.

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2 h. ago Tories ‘getting act together’ after Jenrick defection, says Badenoch

Conservative leader thanks Reform’s Nigel Farage for doing her ‘spring cleaning’ for her

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2 h. ago Nigel Farage's Cameo blunders including 'Hugh Janus' as he's branded 'chancer unfit for office'

The Reform UK leader has been slammed for failing to vet his cameo requests after being duped into praising disgraced dead paedophile rocker Ian Watkins, who had been jailed for life for sickening sex crimes

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2 h. ago NHS Trust harassed nurses over trans colleague changing room complaint, tribunal finds

Eight nurses have won their employment tribunal case over the Trust's handling of their complaint about a transgender colleague

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2 h. ago Mystic Nigel has seen the future: a country run by his cabinet of taxidermied Tories | Marina Hyde

By welcoming ‘Honest Bob’ Jenrick into the fold, the Reform seer is embracing the uniparty chaos he claimed to be seeing offLike a 1970s rust-belt serial killer, Nigel Farage is painstakingly assembling around him the political corpses of Boris Johnson’s final, terrible cabinet. Think about it. You never see Reform’s defectors after the initial unveiling press conference, and I’m beginning to wonder what happens to them. I think Nigel amateurishly embalms them or stuffs them with horsehair and sackcloth, then seats them round a “cabinet” table in his cellar, where they all silently agree with him at all times, and never interrupt him.But look, I’m prepared to consider more outlandish fan theories too, particularly after the sheer farce of Robert Jenrick’s defection on Thursday. If Nigel’s sloppy-seconding carries on at this rate, the Reform/Conservative party differentiation is going to feel a lot like it did when Bucks Fizz factionalised and split, then mounted rival tours of the U...

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3 h. ago Exclusive: Laila Cunningham says women in burkas need to be searched

Nigel Farage’s choice for City Hall tells The Standard podcast: ‘I don't think in an open society people should cover their face. It provides a cloak of anonymity for criminals’

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3 h. ago Badenoch says you ‘can’t believe a word that comes out of his mouth’ after Jenrick defection – UK politics live

Badenoch said ‘Nigel Farage is doing my spring cleaning for me’ by ‘taking away my problems’‘Not so clever after all’: how Jenrick was ejected before he defectedKemi Badenoch said Robert Jenrick is now “Nigel Farage’s problem” and that he creates “instability” wherever he goes.The Conservative party leader told the Press Association that Tories who supported Jenrick feel “betrayed” he has joined Reform UK.Absolutely, he’s Nigel Farage’s problem. Now he and his acolytes are people who create instability wherever they go, and they can go do that in Reform.They are a party that is just about people who want drama and intrigue - the public, quite frankly, are sick of this. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Cabinet told to form 'praetorian guard' around struggling Starmer after latest U

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is said to have delivered the stark message to colleagues at an 'emotional' meeting this week.

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3 h. ago 'A victory for common sense': Nurses who sued NHS trust over transgender colleague using female changing rooms succeed in landmark sex discrimination claim

The nurses sued an NHS trust claiming sexual discrimination and sexual harassment because transgender nurse Rose Henderson was able to share female changing rooms.

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3 h. ago Nigel Farage tricked into paying tribute to Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins

Reform leader calls the child sexual abuse offender ‘a good man, a really good guy’ in 27-second Cameo video clipNigel Farage has fallen victim to another prank on the paid video service Cameo, this time paying tribute to the child sexual abuse offender Ian Watkins.Cameo allows fans to pay celebrities to make personalised video messages, with the Reform party leader offering his services from £78.45. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago What is happening in Iran? Internet blackout continues after widespread anti

Donald Trump continues to threaten Iran’s Islamic regime with military action

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3 h. ago Robert Jenrick latest: Badenoch brands Tory defector a ‘liar’ in blistering attack on Farage’s new MP

The Conservative leader said Nigel Farage’s party was ‘taking away’ her problems by welcoming Robert Jenrick

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