MATT GOODWIN: Love him or hate him, Farage has grasped the totemic truth that this election is shaping up to be all about migration
9 months, 3 weeks ago

MATT GOODWIN: Love him or hate him, Farage has grasped the totemic truth that this election is shaping up to be all about migration

Daily Mail  

Nigel Farage likes to say that the world of politics is much the same as the City markets in which he cut his teeth as a young trader: in both, timing is everything. This week he made a speech in Dover — and drew a hasty apology from the BBC after one of its presenters, Geeta Guru-Murthy, accused him of using ‘customary inflammatory language’. Reform UK's honorary president Nigel Farage is aware that immigration could be the main theme of the General Election - something Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer haven't grasped Mass migration is shaping up to be a main theme — perhaps the main theme — at this election. YouGov has also found that nearly 80 per cent of Tory ‘defectors’ in the North — who are likely to abandon the party after voting blue last time round — cite immigration as their main political concern. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, however, answers questions posed by staff at defence vehicle manufacturer Supacat in Exeter Our government must leave the international treaties — including the European Convention on Human Rights — which prevent us from choosing who does and who does not come to this country.

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Starmer to condemn Farage’s ‘dangerous right-wing politics’ as Reform UK surges in the polls
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1 month ago

Starmer to condemn Farage’s ‘dangerous right-wing politics’ as Reform UK surges in the polls

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sir Keir Starmer will condemn the "dangerous right-wing politics" of Reform …

Labour will never ‘out Farage’ Farage – so this performative cruelty over immigration is pointless
1 month, 1 week ago

Labour will never ‘out Farage’ Farage – so this performative cruelty over immigration is pointless

The Independent  

Labour publishing videos of immigration raids on people accused of being in Britain illegally has me asking one question: what’s the point? All those videos show is that the only people allowed to make their careers by exploiting the UK’s failure to provide legal asylum routes are UK politicians. Yet, not only has Farage admitted that we haven’t benefited economically …

Labour’s got the jitters – which is why they’re taking Farage seriously
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Labour’s got the jitters – which is why they’re taking Farage seriously

The Independent  

Labour is making plans for Nigel – how to combat Nigel Farage, that is. Until recently, Keir Starmer’s allies believed Reform UK would mainly damage the Conservatives and help Labour by splitting the right-wing vote, as it did at last year’s election. They can no longer assume Reform and the Tories won’t forge an electoral pact or at least encourage …

Starmer attacks Farage at PMQs as Labour MPs panic over Reform poll surge and demand tougher action on immigration - but left-wingers dismiss calls as 'fascism light'
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Starmer attacks Farage at PMQs as Labour MPs panic over Reform poll surge and demand tougher action on immigration - but left-wingers dismiss calls as 'fascism light'

Daily Mail  

Keir Starmer went on the attack against Nigel Farage at PMQs today as panicking MPs demand action to counter the Reform surge. Some of the nearly 90 Labour MPs where Reform came second at the election are pressuring Keir Starmer to respond Labour MPs shouted down a question from Nigel Farage - before Sir Keir swiped that he had yet …

Farage says he is on ‘very good terms’ with Elon Musk
2 months, 1 week ago

Farage says he is on ‘very good terms’ with Elon Musk

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Farage told BBC’s Newsnight “I don’t think there’s any long term rift” with …

Why the latest defection to Reform could trigger a wave of Tories switching to Farage’s party
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Why the latest defection to Reform could trigger a wave of Tories switching to Farage’s party

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It is the latest in a series of regional …

It’s time for Labour and the Tories to show Nigel Farage is not the answer to the UK’s problems
2 months, 3 weeks ago

It’s time for Labour and the Tories to show Nigel Farage is not the answer to the UK’s problems

The Independent  

Normally, when either Labour or the Conservatives are doing badly, the other prospers. The new Tory leader’s strategy of delaying major policy announcements until much closer to the next election might have been right if her party were facing a traditional fight with Labour. The prime minister has another dilemma after Mr Farage offered to act as a go-between to …

Labour fears Nigel Farage – but he’s Keir Starmer’s secret weapon against the Tories
3 months ago

Labour fears Nigel Farage – but he’s Keir Starmer’s secret weapon against the Tories

The Independent  

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Want to see off Farage, Sir Keir? There’s one thing you need...
3 months, 1 week ago

Want to see off Farage, Sir Keir? There’s one thing you need...

The Independent  

The extraordinary poll showing Reform UK has overtaken the Labour Party in popularity can be attributed to many factors. A hostile response to Labour’s £40bn tax grab in the Budget; a series of missteps by Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves – and a lack of any overall sense of direction – are just three. Unlike Farage, Starmer suffers from a …

Nigel Farage isn’t the threat to the Tories that Kemi Badenoch thinks he is
3 months, 1 week ago

Nigel Farage isn’t the threat to the Tories that Kemi Badenoch thinks he is

The Independent  

Conservative MPs are worried. They weren’t worried when Andrea Jenkyns, formerly one of their number, defected to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party. They were properly spooked, however, by last week’s unsourced report that Elon Musk was considering a $100m donation to Farage – which prompted follow-up stories about how the American billionaire could get around the ban on foreign donations …

Farage’s Reform UK in poll surge as Labour loses support after Starmer reset
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Farage’s Reform UK in poll surge as Labour loses support after Starmer reset

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The polling of 1,644 voters took place in the wake of Sir Keir Starmer’s reset …

How Starmer’s missteps are fuelling Nigel Farage’s rise
3 months, 3 weeks ago

How Starmer’s missteps are fuelling Nigel Farage’s rise

Firstpost  

In October, UK PM Keir Starmer’s favourability went below far-right Reform UK Party Leader Nigel Farage. While the country’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer is seeing a decline in his administration’s popularity, the stars of far-right pariah Nigel Farage are on the rise. Britain’s Labour Party leader Keir Starmer celebrates with his wife Victoria after the party secured a massive win …

The daunting challenge for new Tory leader Kemi Badenoch: Recovering from worst EVER election result... with just 121 MPs and Nigel Farage waiting in the wings
4 months, 3 weeks ago

The daunting challenge for new Tory leader Kemi Badenoch: Recovering from worst EVER election result... with just 121 MPs and Nigel Farage waiting in the wings

Daily Mail  

The bitter battle for the Tory crown has been going on for nearly four months. And the party suffered its worst ever election defeat in July, returning just 121 MPs as a swathe of big beasts fell to Labour and the Lib Dems. Nigel Farage, now finally in Parliament alongside a small group of fellow MPs, has made no secret …

Nigel Farage lining up 'high profile' candidate to contest Rishi Sunak's seat if he stands down after Tory leadership contest
5 months ago

Nigel Farage lining up 'high profile' candidate to contest Rishi Sunak's seat if he stands down after Tory leadership contest

Daily Mail  

Nigel Farage is lining up a ‘high-profile’ candidate to stand in the by-election which would be called if Rishi Sunak quits the Commons after the Tory leadership contest. Sources close to Mr Sunak said they would be ‘surprised’ if Mr Sunak left the Commons now, but also noted pointedly that the former prime minister had ‘already built up a lot …

Nigel Farage has scared the Tories into abandoning the centre for the hard right
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Nigel Farage has scared the Tories into abandoning the centre for the hard right

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The decision to choose Kemi Badenoch versus Robert Jenrick for …

No, Nigel Farage, you do not speak for the silent majority
6 months ago

No, Nigel Farage, you do not speak for the silent majority

The Independent  

One of the devices of demagogues through the ages is to claim that only they are brave enough to say out loud what everyone really thinks. Whereas 58 per cent of Reform votes say they have “no sympathy at all” for those crossing the Channel, for example, this view is held by only 23 per cent of the general public. …

STEPHEN GLOVER: Like it or not, Farage isn't going anywhere. The Tories must shoot his fox by shifting to the Right - without terrifying centrist voters
8 months, 2 weeks ago

STEPHEN GLOVER: Like it or not, Farage isn't going anywhere. The Tories must shoot his fox by shifting to the Right - without terrifying centrist voters

Daily Mail  

Many Tories are remarkably chipper given that their party has suffered the biggest defeat in its history. Nigel Farage's Reform UK split the centre-Right vote on Thursday, probably depriving the Tories of 80 or 90 seats in return for just five because of our first-past-the post system No political party has achieved power in modern times with so small a …

How Nigel Farage took over my hometown – and why Keir Starmer should be very worried
8 months, 2 weeks ago

How Nigel Farage took over my hometown – and why Keir Starmer should be very worried

The Independent  

Almost exactly 20 years ago, on June 14, 2004, I sat in my mum’s living room, turned on the TV, and watched footage of my hometown, Boston, in Lincolnshire, burning. By the time Brexit came around over a decade later, Boston’s migrant population – who almost exclusively do necessary “back-breaking” field and factory work in Lincolnshire’s vast food and agriculture …

Farage does not want ‘Tory poison’ in his party as he plans for Reform to replace Conservatives
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Farage does not want ‘Tory poison’ in his party as he plans for Reform to replace Conservatives

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Alex Anderson, an independent councillor in Thurrock had been a …

Britain’s Keir Starmer has done the hard part. Now comes the really hard part
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Britain’s Keir Starmer has done the hard part. Now comes the really hard part

CNN  

CNN — Keir Starmer’s historic victory in Britain’s general election Thursday hands him a level of power that was unthinkable for a Labour leader just five years ago. But some, especially on the left of the party, don’t want to see a thumping majority squandered on moderate policy that returns right-wingers to power in five years. It’s extremely likely that …

Behind the UK’s Labour landslide
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Behind the UK’s Labour landslide

Hindustan Times  

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s desperate gamble of calling an early election could not stave off the widely anticipated rise of the centre-Left Labour Party led by Keir Starmer. Keir Starmer’s Labour Party won the UK general election and is on course for a huge parliamentary majority with votes still being counted, a result that upends British politics after Rishi …

Starmer vows to deliver after landslide victory as Farage hands Labour power
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Starmer vows to deliver after landslide victory as Farage hands Labour power

The Independent  

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Keir Starmer, Rishi Sunak & more: The big winners and casualties of UK elections
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Keir Starmer, Rishi Sunak & more: The big winners and casualties of UK elections

Firstpost  

The Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, is set to form the next government in the United Kingdom. Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has won the general elections, ending the 14-year rule of the Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Keir Starmer “Change begins now.” The Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is set to form the new government in …

It's Nigel Farage Eighth time lucky for Reform leader as he wins seat
8 months, 2 weeks ago

It's Nigel Farage Eighth time lucky for Reform leader as he wins seat

Daily Mail  

Nigel Farage finally won election to the Commons at the eighth attempt today, as he became the Reform MP for Clacton amid a Tory election bloodbath. It has been said that Reform's wide but thin support would not help their success in a first-past-the-post system and Mr Farage has been vocal about the need for changes to the electoral system. …

‘Change begins now’: Keir Starmer delivers victory speech as Rishi Sunak concedes defeat in UK election
8 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Change begins now’: Keir Starmer delivers victory speech as Rishi Sunak concedes defeat in UK election

Hindustan Times  

United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conceded defeat in the UK general election on Friday and said that he has congratulated Labour Party leader Keir Starmer on being the next prime minister of the country. Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, delivers a victory speech PM Rishi Sunak arrived at the counting centre at his Richmond seat on Friday …

'I Am Sorry': Rishi Sunak Concedes Defeat In UK Elections, Paves Way For Keir Starmer To 10 Downing Street
8 months, 2 weeks ago

'I Am Sorry': Rishi Sunak Concedes Defeat In UK Elections, Paves Way For Keir Starmer To 10 Downing Street

ABP News  

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conceded defeat in the UK elections on Thursday as the rival Labour Party crossed the halfway mark of 326 seats, paving way for leader Keir Starmer to the 10 Downing Street. Work Of Change Begins Today: Starmer Securing a historic victory for the Labour Party after 14 years, Starmer thanked the voters saying "you have …

'The revolt is underway': Nigel Farage's Reform UK likely to win double-digit seats
8 months, 2 weeks ago

'The revolt is underway': Nigel Farage's Reform UK likely to win double-digit seats

Firstpost  

As per 2024 UK election result prediction, Reform UK, a re-brand of the Brexit Party that Farage founded in 2018, is expected to secure 13 seats – the first time a party on Britain’s far-right fringes has won more than a single seat Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage has claimed to have kickstarted a “revolt against the establishment”, after exit polls …

UK Elections 2024: Exit poll predicts massive defeat for Rishi Sunak's Conservatives as results trickle in
8 months, 2 weeks ago

UK Elections 2024: Exit poll predicts massive defeat for Rishi Sunak's Conservatives as results trickle in

India TV News  

London: Early results have begun to trickle in as polling booths in the United Kingdom closed at 10 pm as the exit poll on Thursday night predicted a massive defeat for the Conservatives, led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and a landslide victory for Keir Starmer's Labour Party. If the poll comes true, it will be a remarkable turnaround for …

UK's Farage hails establishment 'revolt' after election gains
8 months, 2 weeks ago

UK's Farage hails establishment 'revolt' after election gains

New Indian Express  

LONDON: Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage claimed to have kickstarted a "revolt against the establishment", as his hard-right party made significant gains in UK election results announced early Friday. Reform UK, a re-brand of the Brexit Party that Farage founded in 2018, had won four seats after around four-fifths of the UK's 650 constituencies had declared their results. "This is just …

UK Election 2024: Rishi Sunak 2.0 or Keir Starmer for PM? All you need to know
8 months, 2 weeks ago

UK Election 2024: Rishi Sunak 2.0 or Keir Starmer for PM? All you need to know

Hindustan Times  

The campaigning for the general elections in the United Kingdom came to an end hours before the voting was set to take place across the entire country on July 4. While UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak eyes another term in office, the opposition Labour Party is expecting a landslide victory. Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Britain's main opposition Labour …

Rishi Sunak vs Labour as UK heads to high-stakes elections on Thursday: Here's what we know
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Rishi Sunak vs Labour as UK heads to high-stakes elections on Thursday: Here's what we know

India TV News  

London: Less than 24 hours remain as the United Kingdom is heading for a high-stakes election scheduled for Thursday, as pollsters have predicted that Labour will win the polls by a landslide margin to end 14 years of Conservative rule. The final days of the campaigning are marked by relentless efforts by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his chief rival …

Britain goes to the polls, and a wipeout is in the works. What to know about the election
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Britain goes to the polls, and a wipeout is in the works. What to know about the election

LA Times  

On Thursday, British voters appear almost certain to embrace momentous political change, handing the ruling Conservatives what could be a defeat of historic proportions, and casting their lot with the center-left Labor Party. The widely forecast result — a resounding Labor win — would end Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s 20-month tenure, and usher in a new government led by Keir …

'Migrants are just waiting for a Labour government before crossing to the UK': Rishi Sunak warns Britain will be a 'soft touch' magnet for illegal migration under 'socialist' Keir Starmer as hard righ
8 months, 3 weeks ago

'Migrants are just waiting for a Labour government before crossing to the UK': Rishi Sunak warns Britain will be a 'soft touch' magnet for illegal migration under 'socialist' Keir Starmer as hard righ

Daily Mail  

Rishi Sunak today warned Britain would become the 'soft touch of Europe' on illegal migration if Labour wins power at Thursday's general election. Rishi Sunak today warned Britain would become the 'soft touch of Europe' on illegal migration if Labour wins power at Thursday's general election The Prime Minister ramped up his attacks on Sir Keir Starmer and claimed the …

Nigel Farage, Trump ally and political flamethrower, shakes up British parliamentary vote
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Nigel Farage, Trump ally and political flamethrower, shakes up British parliamentary vote

LA Times  

In a sludgy, slow-motion trajectory, the pale yellow milkshake found its mark: far-right political candidate and Donald Trump acolyte Nigel Farage, on the inaugural day of his insurgent campaign for a seat in the British Parliament. “There’s not much coherence to his policies, but in terms of his support, that really doesn’t matter.” Public opinion polls suggest Farage’s party, Reform …

‘Britain’s on its knees’: The broken UK town backing Nigel Farage
8 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Britain’s on its knees’: The broken UK town backing Nigel Farage

Al Jazeera  

Clacton-on-Sea, with high unemployment and low immigration, looks set to finally deliver the right-wing populist to parliament on his eighth attempt. He’s much cleverer than I am.” Reform’s ‘contract’ Reform, formerly known as the Brexit Party and founded by Farage, has branded its manifesto as a “contract”. Toby James, professor of politics and public policy at the University of East …

Why U.K. Conservatives Are Headed For A Historic Defeat
9 months ago

Why U.K. Conservatives Are Headed For A Historic Defeat

Huff Post  

The party of U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is headed for a historic defeat in the July 4 general election, after 14 years in power. 🚨NEW Savanta MRP for @Telegraph 📈Lab projected for 382 majority 📉Cons fighting with LDs to be Official Opposition Seat forecast 🌹Lab 516 🌳Con 53 🔶LD 50 🎗️SNP 8 🌼PC 4 ⬜️Other 0 17,812 UK adults, …

Sunak warned he has two weeks to persuade Tory voters back from Reform or face humiliation
9 months ago

Sunak warned he has two weeks to persuade Tory voters back from Reform or face humiliation

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Redfield and Wilton poll puts Labour 23 points ahead of Reform on 42 percent …

STEPHEN GLOVER: Keir Starmer is engaged in a gigantic deception against voters, so why won't Rishi take the fight to Labour leader? What's he got to lose!
9 months ago

STEPHEN GLOVER: Keir Starmer is engaged in a gigantic deception against voters, so why won't Rishi take the fight to Labour leader? What's he got to lose!

Daily Mail  

How tough is Rishi Sunak? He has been resilient and industrious but has failed, like his party, to grip the main issue of the election: Sir Keir Starmer. He has been resilient and industrious but has failed, like his party, to grip the main issue of the election: Sir Keir Starmer People may forgive Sir Keir for his Trotskyist views …

The ghosts of Tory past can’t help Rishi now
9 months ago

The ghosts of Tory past can’t help Rishi now

The Independent  

After 14 years of mismanagement, deceitful governance and obfuscation, Rishi Sunak compounds his party’s disgrace by enlisting the assistance of David Cameron and Boris Johnson to gain much-needed votes. David Nelmes Newport National service is a nonsensical gimmick Can anyone from the Tory party explain in detail the consequences of the government’s so-called “flagship policy”, which has already been described …

Farage: July 4 is ‘first big push’ as he eyes greater things for Reform
9 months ago

Farage: July 4 is ‘first big push’ as he eyes greater things for Reform

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But the Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank said Reform’s plans are based on …

The Tories should be highlighting Farage’s failures – not running scared from him
9 months, 1 week ago

The Tories should be highlighting Farage’s failures – not running scared from him

The Independent  

The Conservatives are running scared of Nigel Farage and Reform’s progress in the polls. Many, like me, voted to remain because we saw a better future for our children and grandchildren within the European community, in a world where the sharing of common interests, freedom of movement, and the right to settle and seek work in 27 countries offered enormous …

Voters reveal which political leader they would like to manage the England football team
9 months, 1 week ago

Voters reveal which political leader they would like to manage the England football team

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy With England set to kick off their Euro 24 push against …

Mapped: How Nigel Farage is taking the Reform fight to Labour on the campaign trail
9 months, 1 week ago

Mapped: How Nigel Farage is taking the Reform fight to Labour on the campaign trail

The Telegraph  

Age trends It comes as no surprise that Mr Sunak is focusing on constituencies with relatively higher proportions of retirees. Pensioners make up just over one in five voters in seats visited by the Tory leader so far, armed with the “triple lock plus” among his policy pledges. Muslim vote The rising civilian death toll in Gaza at the hands …

As Farage slips past Sunak, could this be the end of the Tory party?
9 months, 1 week ago

As Farage slips past Sunak, could this be the end of the Tory party?

The Independent  

Of course, it is just one poll, and it is within the margin of error – but the psychological effect of Reform UK going ahead of the Conservatives is inescapable. The “Canada ’93” scenario, once used by older election nerds to frighten and thrill their younger colleagues, is now on the mind of every Tory and Reform activist – when …

Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives now in third position in UK poll race. Who’s taken over in second place?
9 months, 1 week ago

Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives now in third position in UK poll race. Who’s taken over in second place?

Firstpost  

With snap elections approaching fast, the latest YouGov poll indicates that the Reform UK party, led by Nigel Farage of Brexit fame, has overtaken Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative party. We explain the rise of the Reform UK party, led by the prominent political figure Nigel Farage, and explore the implications for the upcoming elections. The rise of Nigel Farage …

The extinction of the Tory party is no longer an impossibility
9 months, 2 weeks ago

The extinction of the Tory party is no longer an impossibility

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Redfield and Wilton’s new poll suggests …

New poll reveals ‘Farage effect’ on the general election
9 months, 2 weeks ago

New poll reveals ‘Farage effect’ on the general election

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nigel Farage’s decision to stand as a candidate in the general …

Here’s what happened this week in the UK election, from the return of Farage to tussles over tax
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Here’s what happened this week in the UK election, from the return of Farage to tussles over tax

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain’s July 4 election is less than a month away. This week saw Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Labour Party rival, Keir Starmer, spar in their first televised debate, and populist firebrand Nigel Farage return to dent Conservative hopes of retaining power after 14 years in office. Here are some things we’ve learned: FARAGE IS BACK …

Has Nigel Farage turned this into the ‘immigration election’?
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Has Nigel Farage turned this into the ‘immigration election’?

The Independent  

Nigel Farage has called for an “immigration election” after becoming leader of Reform UK and deciding to stand as the party’s candidate in Clacton. He said Reform would “freeze non-essential migration” to “reverse long-standing wage depression and save Britain’s public services from the burden of unlimited demand”. Some Labour figures fear, as Peter Mandelson put it, that Farage could “skew …

Nigel Farage will attempt to win votes with cheap stunts – don’t let him
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Nigel Farage will attempt to win votes with cheap stunts – don’t let him

The Independent  

Almost a third of the way into the general election campaign and Nigel Farage does it again. Just as you thought voter fatigue might already be kicking in, the great self-publicist – indeed, the showman of modern British politics – pulls his rabbit out of the hat. Farage might take the seat, and Lee Anderson – who quit the Tories …

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