4 d. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Have Reform already hit peak popularity, as polls expert suggests?

Support for Nigel Farage's party has cooled in recent weeks, with 29 per cent of voters saying they would back it at the next election. This is a drop from 32 per cent at Reform's polling peak.

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6 d. ago Nigel Farage responds to claims he's speaking to sacked Tory Senedd member

The Brecon and Radnorshire MS was thrown out of the party and the Senedd group after refusing to rule out a defection to Reform UK

Politics

8 d. ago Lisa Nandy accused of making politics 'more dangerous' after saying future Reform government would be 'fascist'

Lisa Nandy was branded irresponsible after she refused to deny reports that she had made the incendiary claim to her Labour colleagues about Nigel Farage's party.

Politics

1 week ago Robert Jenrick sacked by Conservative Party over 'secret plot to defect'

Nigel Farage claims "of course" he had conversations with the Newark MP

Society

1 week ago Kerry Katona claims she receives texts from Nigel Farage ‘now and then’

When asked about her politics, the former Atomic Kitten star said she has ‘never voted in all my life’

Politics

2 w. ago Voices: ‘Once bitten, twice shy’: Why readers say EU is right to futureproof any Brexit reset deal

Our community rejected Nigel Farage’s claim that he could simply ‘break’ any EU reset deal, arguing that the so-called Farage clause reflects standard international law and the EU’s justified attempt to protect itself from Britain’s ongoing Brexit volatility

Economics

2 w. ago Former Tory chancellor defects to Reform UK as Nigel Farage welcomes new recruit

Nadhim Zahawi claimed the UK “really does need Nigel Farage as prime minister”.

Politics

2 w. ago ‘Go back home’: Farage schoolmate accounts bring total alleging racist behaviour to 34

Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries say Reform leader often used antisemitic language and racial epithetsThirty-four school contemporaries of Nigel Farage have now come forward to claim they saw him behave in a racist or antisemitic manner, raising fresh questions over the Reform leader’s evolving denials.One of those with new allegations is Jason Meredith, who was three years below Farage at Dulwich college, a private school in south-east London. He claims that Farage called him a “paki” and would use taunts such as “go back home”. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago John Swinney accuses Nigel Farage of 'basic racism' over who can claim child benefits

The SNP leader claimed Nigel Farage was "quite actively engaged in a competition with the Conservative Party to be the nastiest of all parties"

Events

2 w. 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...

Politics

2 w. 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...

Politics

3 w. ago Nigel Farage excuses Donald Trump breaking international law and claims it may be 'good thing'

The US president said that Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, along with his wife Cilia Flores, had been captured and flown out of the country after months of pressure from Washington

Politics

3 w. 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.

Politics

4 w. 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

Politics

4 w. 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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