17 h. ago How Caerphilly Reform candidate reacted to 'disappointing' result

Reform came in second place behind Plaid Cymru's Lindsay Whittle, but candidate Llyr Powell has been focusing on the bright side

Politics

3 d. ago Reform UK candidate who sued after election defeat to Green candidate is handed £19k court bill

Liz Williams (pictured) lost to Green candidate Hannah Robson in an election for the Littletons ward in Worcestershire after recounts left them tied on 889 votes in May.

Economics

3 d. ago Reform UK candidate who challenged bizarre defeat using fake AI court cases hit with £19,000 bill

Liz Williams was beaten to the post in dramatic scenes by Green candidate Hannah Robson in a rural Worcestershire election

Economics

9 d. ago Reform candidate rants about Huw Edwards and political scandals in rambling answer about bribery scandal MEP

Llŷr Powell said it 'was really low' to be asked a question about his former boss and ex-Reform politician Nathan Gill pleading guilty to taking bribes to speak in favour of Russia

Politics

2 w. ago Badenoch’s ‘thoughtful Conservatism’ turns out to be just the slower road to Faragism | Rafael Behr

The Tory leader’s intellectual meanderings have shrunk her party into little more than a holding pen for future Reform party candidatesBritish politics is starting to look post-Conservative. That isn’t a forecast of extinction for Kemi Badenoch’s party, just an observation of decline. Their agenda-setting days are behind them. Their loyal voters are old and they are not recruiting new ones.There is vigour on the right of the political spectrum, but the most energised people prefer burning things to conserving them. In parliament, Badenoch is still leader of the official opposition but in swaths of the country, the role of chief antagonist to the government has been usurped by Nigel Farage. Every speech at the Tory conference in Manchester has been a strangulated plea for relevance. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Our former Welsh leader ‘betrayed us’, says Reform candidate

Llyr Powell has come under scrutiny for his links to Nathan Gill, having worked as his constituency caseworker while he was an MEP.

Politics

3 w. ago Farage to hit back at Starmer for calling immigration policy racist

Nigel Farage will hit back after Sir Keir Starmer’s speech, saying his comments have put Reform UK’s candidates and activists at risk.

Events

4 w. ago Reform candidate couple are embroiled in £370k legal row with neighbour after 'disposable barbecue set fire to their seaside bungalow'

Harold Shearing, 79, (right) and wife Susan (left) are suing Michael Smedley for £362,000 after a blaze in 2023 gutted their home of 16 years in Frinton on Sea, Essex.

Economics