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Nigel Farage sitting beside Reform UK MP Lee Anderson on the Commons benches during Prime Minister’s Questions.

Labour draws level with Reform for the first time in more than a year as Burnham prepares for No 10

Joe Connor Jul 18, 2026

The five-point Labour surge is the party's biggest recorded by Survation since the 2024 general election - but Burnham inherits…

Liz Truss speaking at a political conference, left, alongside incoming prime minister Andy Burnham, right.

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Liz Truss predicts Andy Burnham will cause a financial crisis and somehow keeps a straight face

Jordon Scott Jul 17, 2026

Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister appears to have forgotten what happened the last time she was allowed near the economy

Count Binface and Nigel Farage shown side by side in a composite image about the Clacton by-election.

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Count Binface’s Clacton pledge card is absolutely brutal for Nigel Farage

Joe Connor Jul 17, 2026

"For every day I spend overseas, I will spend ten in Clacton."

A woman speaks during a street interview in Clacton discussing Nigel Farage and Reform UK.

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‘The penny drops’: viral Clacton street interview shows a Farage voter change her mind in real time

Joe Connor Jul 16, 2026

"So you're actually saying that he's corrupt?" A woman on the street initially defended Farage as "a truthful man." By…

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The timing of Nigel Farage’s £5m payment has just become even more controversial

Joe Connor Jul 16, 2026

Sources say the discussions centred on replacing lost earnings, not security costs, months before the £5m gift arrived. Neither Farage…

James O'Brien has reacted after the Covid Inquiry found almost £10bn of PPE spending was wasted under Boris Johnson's government and criticised the controversial VIP lane.

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James O’Brien delivers furious response after Covid Inquiry finds almost £10bn wasted on PPE

Joe Connor Jul 15, 2026

"How can I make a few quid?" O'Brien says the pandemic exposed a political culture built around access and contacts,…

Japanese television presenters discussing Nigel Farage and Count Binface during a report about the Clacton by-election.

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Count Binface goes global as Japanese television covers Farage by-election

Joe Connor Jul 15, 2026

Japanese television is now explaining why one of Britain's best-known politicians is fighting for his career against a man in…

Farage’s Brexit Party voted against stronger action on Russian propaganda. Nathan Gill was later jailed for taking pro-Russian bribes while serving in Farage’s European bloc.

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Six years before Nathan Gill was jailed for Russian bribes, Farage’s Brexit Party voted against tougher action on Kremlin propaganda

Joe Connor Jul 14, 2026

In 2019, the Brexit Party dismissed concerns about Russian interference as "baseless propaganda and scare stories." Six years later, one…

Gabriel Zucman speaking during an interview with Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell about a billionaire wealth tax.

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Gabriel Zucman calmly explained a billionaire tax and Rory Stewart looked deeply uncomfortable

Joe Connor Jul 14, 2026

The economist behind the global push for a 2% minimum tax on the super rich sat down with The Rest…

Nigel Farage speaks animatedly into an LBC microphone during a recorded interview, gesturing with both hands while discussing politics and current affairs.

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Farage compares media scrutiny over £5m gift to being treated like “a war criminal”

Jordon Scott Jul 13, 2026

"I think effectively I'm being treated like a war criminal." The comparison came days after his Clacton byelection gamble left…