11 h. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Reform is starting to look like a proper government in waiting

Whatever you think of Nadhim Zahawi's defection from the Tories to Reform, it's certainly the most significant yet.

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3 d. ago ANDREW NEIL: Their studied indifference to the proper defence of the nation make Starmer and Reeves unfit to govern

We are witnessing the betrayal of a nation, writes ANDREW NEIL. It is being facilitated, at least in part, by a political and media elite which knows little about military matters - and cares even less.

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3 d. ago Nigel Farage vows to fight Labour's Brexit reset 'all the way', as he fires the starting gun on Reform's election campaign in London

The Reform UK leader said Keir Starmer's latest attempts to cosy up to the EU would 'solve none of our economic problems' and instead hand sovereignty to 'unelected EU bureaucrats'.

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3 d. ago Iran’s supreme leader signals harsher crackdown as protest movement swells

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calls protesters ‘vandals’ and ‘saboteurs’ and blames the US for instigating the unrestIran’s supreme leader has vowed that authorities will “not back down” in the face of growing protests, blaming the US for instigating demonstrations that started over economic conditions and have since expanded to calls for political reform.In his first speech since the protests started 13 days ago, the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, signalled on Friday that a greater crackdown was coming. He described protesters as “vandals” and “saboteurs”, and accused them of working on behalf of foreign agendas. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: This execution of a woman driver in Minneapolis should make us thankful British cops aren't armed, or we'd be in the firing line too

Let's be honest, we're not talking the deranged worldwide reaction to George Floyd here.

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8 d. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Trump has every right to confront the banana republics exporting drugs into his backyard......don't you wish Starmer would smash the gangs with equal ruthlessness?

The Prime Minister's knee-jerk reaction to this stunning military operation was to insist that he is a 'lifelong advocate of international law'.

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1 week 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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3 w. ago Wes Streeting hints he will back rejoining the customs union with 'closer trading relationship with EU'

The Health Secretary on Sunday described the Prime Minister's 'reset' deal with Brussels, branded a surrender by the Tories and Reform, as a 'good start'.

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3 w. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: This quiet hero who gave his life for his country puts work

Barely a day goes by in the run-up to Christmas without another senior military or intelligence figure warning us to prepare for war with Russia.

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