65 h. ago Jack MacKenzie in line for Aberdeen Scottish Cup final start after recovering from shocking Tannadice seat attack

The defender is back in training after being the victim of a horrible assault at Tannadice last weekend

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4 d. ago Poll reveals Scottish seats Reform would win while Labour decimated by SNP

Reform is poised to pick up Westminster seats in Scotland, a new poll has suggested.

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8 d. ago Chart of every poll in Wales since 2013 reveals huge change in fortunes for Plaid Cymru, Labour and Reform

This interactive graphic shows poll results for Wales since 2013

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1 week ago 2026 Scottish Parliament election: The 16 seats to watch out for

The Scotsman takes a look at some of the seats to keep an eye on in the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.

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2 w. ago We asked Reform UK the big unanswered questions about Wales – they're still unanswered

Nigel Farage was busy so Reform UK, projected to win seats at the Senedd in 2026, put up a man formerly known as DJ Dowster to (not) answer our questions

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2 w. ago 'Fascinating' poll reveals huge boost for Reform as pecking order changes

Result would see Nigel Farage’s party form opposition to SNP government

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2 w. ago The 10 SNP candidates hoping to switch from Westminster to the Scottish Parliament

A whole host of familiar SNP faces at Westminster are hoping to win seats at the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.

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2 w. ago Former MP Mike Amesbury speaks out after Reform win his former seat

Reform won by just six votes in the local elections on May 1

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2 w. ago Disgraced former MP Mike Amesbury ‘disappointed but not surprised’ by Reform win

The by-election held in Amesbury’s former seat in Runcorn and Helsby was won by Reform by just six votes last week.

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3 w. ago Tory wipeout as Conservatives lose every single council and Labour is decimated... while Nigel Farage's Reform bags local election landslide

The Conservative Party has lost every council it was defending in the elections after it found itself squeezed between Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats.

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3 w. ago Map: Where have Reform performed best in local council elections?

Results are still being counted, but Reform has already won majority control of seven councils and won hundreds of seats.

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3 w. ago Nigel Farage says Reform 'will win the next general election' as he celebrates victories

His party has swept to victory across more than half a dozen English councils

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3 w. ago Reform win control of first two councils, crushing the Conservatives

Nigel Farage's party has secured enough seats for a majority at Staffordshire County Council which the Conservatives had held

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3 w. ago Reform UK win symbolic Labour area in bitter blow for Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer's Labour lost control of Durham council back in 2021 for the first time in a century - and now Reform UK candidates have won a majority

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3 w. ago Reform avalanche sees Farage win control of first councils as voters punish Labour and Starmer bemoans 'disappointing' local elections

Nigel Farage's jubilant party now has a majority on Staffordshire County Council as a stunning set of results take shape.

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3 w. ago Reform avalanche sees Farage win control of first council as voters punish Labour and Starmer bemoans 'disappointing' local elections

Nigel Farage's jubilant party now has a majority on Staffordshire County Council as a stunning set of results take shape.

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3 w. ago Is Farage’s win a new dawn? We could ask Labour, but they’re still fast asleep | Marina Hyde

The local elections results tell us one clear thing: the ‘two main parties’ offer a change that actually changes nothing – and voters know itIt’s been a funny old decade. Just over 10 years ago, the comedian Russell Brand was lionised in some quarters for appearing on a Question Time panel with Nigel Farage, and producing what was widely, if bafflingly, interpreted as a brilliant zinger about the then Ukip leader. “He is a pound-shop Enoch Powell,” honked Brand, “and we gotta watch him.” Well now. Perhaps it takes someone who needs to be watched to know someone who needs to be watched. Mr Brand returned to the UK this week from the Florida base of his conspiracist Christian media outlet, appearing in court today on rape and sexual assault charges. He denies them.Anyway: the local elections, where the big thing that people said could never happen seems to be happening. Farage now leads Reform UK, which even last year used to be bundled in the “other” category by political pollsters –...

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer admits disappointment as Nigel Farage hails bombshell by

‘Reform are in business. They are a major challenge,’ says polling expert Professor Sir John Curtice

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3 w. ago What is Reform UK and what does it stand for as party wins Runcorn by

Right-wing party takes seat with huge swing away from Labour, claiming the Government has lost the trust of the people

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3 w. ago Microsoft hikes Xbox S Series prices, Harrods cyber attack and Reform's "big moment" in by

Watch today’s business headlines in less than two minutes as Nigel Farage party wins Runcorn and Helsby by-election, Harrods impacted by cyber attack and Xbox prices to go up £50.

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