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"The defections of Nadhim Zahawi, Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman mean there are now more former members of Liz Truss’s cabinet in Farage’s ranks than in Kemi Badenoch’s top team."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/02/labour-reform-tories-keir-starmer-threat-democracy
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/02/labour-reform-tories-keir-starmer-threat-democracy
February 2, 2026 at 6:09 PM
"The defections of Nadhim Zahawi, Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman mean there are now more former members of Liz Truss’s cabinet in Farage’s ranks than in Kemi Badenoch’s top team."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/02/labour-reform-tories-keir-starmer-threat-democracy
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/02/labour-reform-tories-keir-starmer-threat-democracy
The kids are fighting again 😂
January 30, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The kids are fighting again 😂
Reform UK figures are openly calling for a UK version of Trump’s ICE.
Politically motivated, paramilitary thugs.
After ICE killed protestors, Reform UK councillors posted support.
This is the model they want to import.
We must push back NOW.
Or we'll sleepwalk to US-style authoritarianism.
Politically motivated, paramilitary thugs.
After ICE killed protestors, Reform UK councillors posted support.
This is the model they want to import.
We must push back NOW.
Or we'll sleepwalk to US-style authoritarianism.
January 30, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Reform UK figures are openly calling for a UK version of Trump’s ICE.
Politically motivated, paramilitary thugs.
After ICE killed protestors, Reform UK councillors posted support.
This is the model they want to import.
We must push back NOW.
Or we'll sleepwalk to US-style authoritarianism.
Politically motivated, paramilitary thugs.
After ICE killed protestors, Reform UK councillors posted support.
This is the model they want to import.
We must push back NOW.
Or we'll sleepwalk to US-style authoritarianism.
If he’s in your corner, you’re fighting for the wrong team 💀
Tommy Robinson has endorsed Matt Goodwin, Reform UK’s candidate in the Gorton & Denton by-election.
Tommy Robinson has endorsed Matt Goodwin, Reform UK’s candidate in the Gorton & Denton by-election.
January 30, 2026 at 4:00 PM
If he’s in your corner, you’re fighting for the wrong team 💀
Tommy Robinson has endorsed Matt Goodwin, Reform UK’s candidate in the Gorton & Denton by-election.
Tommy Robinson has endorsed Matt Goodwin, Reform UK’s candidate in the Gorton & Denton by-election.
Have they suspended him? Not yet 🫠
Earlier this month Farage described Reform UK's vetting policy as "piss poor" and promised to "do everything we can" to improve it.
At the first hurdle, their internal processes remain piss poor 👎
Earlier this month Farage described Reform UK's vetting policy as "piss poor" and promised to "do everything we can" to improve it.
At the first hurdle, their internal processes remain piss poor 👎
January 29, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Have they suspended him? Not yet 🫠
Earlier this month Farage described Reform UK's vetting policy as "piss poor" and promised to "do everything we can" to improve it.
At the first hurdle, their internal processes remain piss poor 👎
Earlier this month Farage described Reform UK's vetting policy as "piss poor" and promised to "do everything we can" to improve it.
At the first hurdle, their internal processes remain piss poor 👎
These are racist, antisemitic, and Islamophobic posts, made as recently as December 2025.
An internal investigation is burying its head in the sand.
The fact he hasn’t been expelled says a lot about Reform UK.
An internal investigation is burying its head in the sand.
The fact he hasn’t been expelled says a lot about Reform UK.
Nigel Farage opens investigation into Reform candidate over 'racist' and 'sickening' social media posts | LBC
Mike Manning is Reform UK's candidate in an upcoming by-election on Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
www.lbc.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 5:53 PM
These are racist, antisemitic, and Islamophobic posts, made as recently as December 2025.
An internal investigation is burying its head in the sand.
The fact he hasn’t been expelled says a lot about Reform UK.
An internal investigation is burying its head in the sand.
The fact he hasn’t been expelled says a lot about Reform UK.
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44% of the population of Denton and Gorton are ethnic minority, the majority of them born in the UK.
Reform's candidate says those people aren't British and are liable for deportation.
It's a bold electoral strategy: vote for me and I'll throw you into the sea.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform's candidate says those people aren't British and are liable for deportation.
It's a bold electoral strategy: vote for me and I'll throw you into the sea.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform byelection candidate refuses to disown claim that people born in UK not necessarily British
Matthew Goodwin, who is standing in Gorton and Denton, said UK-born people from minority ethnic backgrounds were not always British
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:36 PM
44% of the population of Denton and Gorton are ethnic minority, the majority of them born in the UK.
Reform's candidate says those people aren't British and are liable for deportation.
It's a bold electoral strategy: vote for me and I'll throw you into the sea.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform's candidate says those people aren't British and are liable for deportation.
It's a bold electoral strategy: vote for me and I'll throw you into the sea.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
🚨BREAKING: Suella Braverman joins Reform UK
Nigel Farage is doing a stellar job of cleaning up the Conservative Party for them.
Nigel Farage is doing a stellar job of cleaning up the Conservative Party for them.
January 26, 2026 at 12:25 PM
🚨BREAKING: Suella Braverman joins Reform UK
Nigel Farage is doing a stellar job of cleaning up the Conservative Party for them.
Nigel Farage is doing a stellar job of cleaning up the Conservative Party for them.
Andy Burnham has been blocked from running in the Gorton & Denton by-election, ruling out an imminent return to Parliament.
Why did Keir Starmer’s allies on Labour’s NEC step in?
To avoid a mayoral by-election, or to shut out an alternative voice before it reaches Westminster?
Why did Keir Starmer’s allies on Labour’s NEC step in?
To avoid a mayoral by-election, or to shut out an alternative voice before it reaches Westminster?
January 25, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Andy Burnham has been blocked from running in the Gorton & Denton by-election, ruling out an imminent return to Parliament.
Why did Keir Starmer’s allies on Labour’s NEC step in?
To avoid a mayoral by-election, or to shut out an alternative voice before it reaches Westminster?
Why did Keir Starmer’s allies on Labour’s NEC step in?
To avoid a mayoral by-election, or to shut out an alternative voice before it reaches Westminster?
🚨 BREAKING: Andy Burnham blocked from standing in Gorton & Denton by-election 🚨
Labour prioritise avoiding campaign spending on a Mayoral by-election, over adding a valuable national voice in Parliament.
Labour prioritise avoiding campaign spending on a Mayoral by-election, over adding a valuable national voice in Parliament.
January 25, 2026 at 12:12 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Andy Burnham blocked from standing in Gorton & Denton by-election 🚨
Labour prioritise avoiding campaign spending on a Mayoral by-election, over adding a valuable national voice in Parliament.
Labour prioritise avoiding campaign spending on a Mayoral by-election, over adding a valuable national voice in Parliament.
🤦♂️ Farage broke the MPs’ Code of Conduct 17x
💰 He repeatedly filed late declarations for £380,000+
🤑 He’s using his job as an MP to rake it in
❌ And he’ll face no real consequences
💰 He repeatedly filed late declarations for £380,000+
🤑 He’s using his job as an MP to rake it in
❌ And he’ll face no real consequences
Nigel Farage apologises for 17 breaches of MPs’ code of conduct
Reform UK leader, who failed to declare £380,000 on time, says he is computer-illiterate ‘oddball’
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:31 PM
🤦♂️ Farage broke the MPs’ Code of Conduct 17x
💰 He repeatedly filed late declarations for £380,000+
🤑 He’s using his job as an MP to rake it in
❌ And he’ll face no real consequences
💰 He repeatedly filed late declarations for £380,000+
🤑 He’s using his job as an MP to rake it in
❌ And he’ll face no real consequences
If you have to deny it, it’s probably because you are one 😂
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
If you have to deny it, it’s probably because you are one 😂
Just extremely weird 🤪
Donald Trump sent a bizarre text message to Norway's Prime Minister, complaining that Greenland shouldn't belong to Denmark.
https://metro.co.uk/2026/01/19/trump-says-greenland-shouldnt-danish-just-a-boat-landed-300-years-ago-26387296/
Donald Trump sent a bizarre text message to Norway's Prime Minister, complaining that Greenland shouldn't belong to Denmark.
https://metro.co.uk/2026/01/19/trump-says-greenland-shouldnt-danish-just-a-boat-landed-300-years-ago-26387296/
January 19, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Just extremely weird 🤪
Donald Trump sent a bizarre text message to Norway's Prime Minister, complaining that Greenland shouldn't belong to Denmark.
https://metro.co.uk/2026/01/19/trump-says-greenland-shouldnt-danish-just-a-boat-landed-300-years-ago-26387296/
Donald Trump sent a bizarre text message to Norway's Prime Minister, complaining that Greenland shouldn't belong to Denmark.
https://metro.co.uk/2026/01/19/trump-says-greenland-shouldnt-danish-just-a-boat-landed-300-years-ago-26387296/
We're witnessing creeping authoritarianism, both in the United States and, slowly but surely, here in the UK too.
Leave it unchallenged and it'll be too late.
Leave it unchallenged and it'll be too late.
January 19, 2026 at 2:27 PM
We're witnessing creeping authoritarianism, both in the United States and, slowly but surely, here in the UK too.
Leave it unchallenged and it'll be too late.
Leave it unchallenged and it'll be too late.
"Given the number of Tory defectors he is welcoming, does he really lead the Conservatives 2.0 rather than a distinctive, new, insurgent force?"
Nigel Farage gains another Tory in his 'biggest coup' so far
Reform UK is showing 'momentum and magnetism', but faces a familiar critique of being dubbed the Conservatives 2.0, the BBC's political editor writes.
www.bbc.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:04 PM
"Given the number of Tory defectors he is welcoming, does he really lead the Conservatives 2.0 rather than a distinctive, new, insurgent force?"
Jenrick mocked Reform UK policy asking if it was cooked up after “one too many pints” and even said his new party's “mask has slipped” on racism and antisemitism.
Farage called Jenrick “a fraud” and “Robert Generic.”
No principle to be found in this move.
Farage called Jenrick “a fraud” and “Robert Generic.”
No principle to be found in this move.
‘The mask has slipped’: What have Jenrick and Farage said about each other in the past?
As has been the case with past Tory defections to Reform, there is a trove of social media snipes to embarrass the new stablemates
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Jenrick mocked Reform UK policy asking if it was cooked up after “one too many pints” and even said his new party's “mask has slipped” on racism and antisemitism.
Farage called Jenrick “a fraud” and “Robert Generic.”
No principle to be found in this move.
Farage called Jenrick “a fraud” and “Robert Generic.”
No principle to be found in this move.
I mean, he's not wrong 🤷♀️
Farage isn't competing with the Conservatives
He's turning Reform UK into the Conservative Party
Farage isn't competing with the Conservatives
He's turning Reform UK into the Conservative Party
January 16, 2026 at 10:06 AM
I mean, he's not wrong 🤷♀️
Farage isn't competing with the Conservatives
He's turning Reform UK into the Conservative Party
Farage isn't competing with the Conservatives
He's turning Reform UK into the Conservative Party
Yet another washed up Conservative for Farage's collection.
Here are some of the ways he's described Jenrick over the years.
Here are some of the ways he's described Jenrick over the years.
January 15, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Yet another washed up Conservative for Farage's collection.
Here are some of the ways he's described Jenrick over the years.
Here are some of the ways he's described Jenrick over the years.
🥁 Turning 🥁 immigration 🥁 raids 🥁 into 🥁 content 🥁 normalises 🥁 cruelty 🥁 and 🥁 fuels 🥁 division
The government is mainstreaming the far-right.
Taking their framing, copying their tactics, and then acting surprised when Nigel Farage wins the argument.
The government is mainstreaming the far-right.
Taking their framing, copying their tactics, and then acting surprised when Nigel Farage wins the argument.
January 14, 2026 at 5:04 PM
🥁 Turning 🥁 immigration 🥁 raids 🥁 into 🥁 content 🥁 normalises 🥁 cruelty 🥁 and 🥁 fuels 🥁 division
The government is mainstreaming the far-right.
Taking their framing, copying their tactics, and then acting surprised when Nigel Farage wins the argument.
The government is mainstreaming the far-right.
Taking their framing, copying their tactics, and then acting surprised when Nigel Farage wins the argument.
Still fitting comfortably in Putin’s pocket, Nige?
January 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Still fitting comfortably in Putin’s pocket, Nige?
Farage is running the UK’s most generous asylum scheme, for disgraced Tory politicians.
"Farage is frightening” to “Farage for PM” in record time. Funny how quickly Zahawi's values adapt when his peerage requests get ignored.
The joke is obvious, but each defection helps normalise the far-right.
"Farage is frightening” to “Farage for PM” in record time. Funny how quickly Zahawi's values adapt when his peerage requests get ignored.
The joke is obvious, but each defection helps normalise the far-right.
January 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Farage is running the UK’s most generous asylum scheme, for disgraced Tory politicians.
"Farage is frightening” to “Farage for PM” in record time. Funny how quickly Zahawi's values adapt when his peerage requests get ignored.
The joke is obvious, but each defection helps normalise the far-right.
"Farage is frightening” to “Farage for PM” in record time. Funny how quickly Zahawi's values adapt when his peerage requests get ignored.
The joke is obvious, but each defection helps normalise the far-right.
⏬ London’s murder rate is at a historic low
🌍 It's one of the safest major cities on earth
🤥 Nigel Farage and the far-right are spreading lies and fear
🤑 Meanwhile, public fear is their political, and personal gain
🌍 It's one of the safest major cities on earth
🤥 Nigel Farage and the far-right are spreading lies and fear
🤑 Meanwhile, public fear is their political, and personal gain
January 12, 2026 at 8:16 PM
⏬ London’s murder rate is at a historic low
🌍 It's one of the safest major cities on earth
🤥 Nigel Farage and the far-right are spreading lies and fear
🤑 Meanwhile, public fear is their political, and personal gain
🌍 It's one of the safest major cities on earth
🤥 Nigel Farage and the far-right are spreading lies and fear
🤑 Meanwhile, public fear is their political, and personal gain