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Farage kicks things off before 30 minutes of hate – and has the final word | John Crace
PoliticsThe Guardian11d ago

Farage kicks things off before 30 minutes of hate – and has the final word | John Crace

Reform’s ‘shadow home secretary’, Zia Yusuf, launches tirade of misery that sounded more hardline and deranged as it went It was only last week that Nigel Farage declared he was no longer a one-man band with the announcement of a handful of key appointments. Though that does not mean his “Mini-Mes” can yet be trusted to be allowed out on their own. Baby steps and all that. Nige would rather die than let someone else hog all the limelight. It’s not that his team would screw up. That would be j...

Does Nigel Farage have a problem with women?
PoliticsThe Guardian13d ago

Does Nigel Farage have a problem with women?

Critics say Reform leader’s patronising rhetoric is part of worrying trend. He says scrutiny is a two way street. When Nigel Farage told a journalist this week she should “write some silly story … and we won’t bother to read it”, it provoked an instant – and divided – reaction. For some it was a “masterclass” in dealing with mainstream media, but for others it was “rude, dismissive, misogynistic, arrogant”. Behind the scenes, Farage’s treatment of the Financial Times’s Anna Gross – which was ...

Nigel Farage assumes Anne Robinson role in political remake of The Weakest Link
PoliticsBBCThe Guardian17d ago2 sources

Nigel Farage assumes Anne Robinson role in political remake of The Weakest Link

Reform UK leader snaps at reporters as he tries to maintain control over announcement of shadow cabinet UK politics live – latest updates Meet the Fockers. The shadow cabinet from hell. Rejects, losers and deadbeats. A freak show. A tribute act. Reform have often been called a one-man band. The Nigel Farage party. So to counter this narrative, Nige took over Church House in Westminster and turned it into a tacky gameshow set. A remake of The Weakest Link. All to parade his new top team. The lucky men and women whose one job is to try not to fall out with one another in the next few years. No chance. Continue reading...

Wales Senedd elections are a ‘referendum’ on Starmer, claims Farage
PoliticsThe Guardian1d ago

Wales Senedd elections are a ‘referendum’ on Starmer, claims Farage

Party leader and Welsh counterpart launch Reform UK manifesto in Newport UK politics live – latest updates Nigel Farage has described May’s Senedd elections as a “referendum” on Keir Starmer, as Reform UK gears up to battle Plaid Cymru for the chance to end a century of Labour dominance in Wales. Launching Reform’s election manifesto in Newport on Thursday alongside the party’s newly appointed Welsh leader, Dan Thomas, Farage said: “It’s a Welsh election, but I’m afraid, whether you like it...

Green MP Accuses Farage of Trump-Style Election Denial
PoliticsThe Guardian4d ago

Green MP Accuses Farage of Trump-Style Election Denial

Nigel Farage has been accused by the new Green MP for Gorton and Denton, Hannah Spencer, of emulating Donald Trump's election denial tactics after he claimed, without evidence, that his party's candidate came first among UK-born voters in a by-election.

Starmer, Polanski and Farage in final pitch to voters as polls open in Gorton and Denton byelection – UK politics live
PoliticsThe Guardian8d ago

Starmer, Polanski and Farage in final pitch to voters as polls open in Gorton and Denton byelection – UK politics live

Voting begins in one of the most eagerly awaited and fiercely contested byelections of recent years Good morning. In Gorton and Denton, on the outskirts of Manchester, people have started voting in one of the most eagerly awaited, and fiercely contested, byelections of recent years. All the polling suggests the result will be very close. The political scientists argue that, if a party wins a contest like this by just a few hundred votes (or perhaps ever fewer – Reform UK won the Runcorn and H...

‘We are the forgotten little town’: will disenchantment in Denton leave it ripe for Reform?
PoliticsBBCThe Guardian15d ago2 sources

‘We are the forgotten little town’: will disenchantment in Denton leave it ripe for Reform?

With Gorton split between Labour and Greens, division creates opportunity for Farage’s party in other side of constituency facing byelection If you’re unsure whether you’ve crossed the border from Manchester into Tameside, the Reform posters will probably give it away. In windows, on walls, and staked on garden posts, Denton is awash with turquoise blue as the 26 February byelection looms. Near the town centre, Ian Singleton and his wife, Irene, have one of Reform’s turquoise banners standing proudly in their front yard. Ian was born in Gorton, in Manchester, but for the best part of the last three decades, the couple have lived on the other side of the constituency, in Denton. Continue reading...