Reform UK pledge to stand candidates at all council elections in May March 17, 2025 Reform UK has promised to stand candidates in all the council elections in May. Chairman Zia Yusuf has pledged the party will stand candidates in all council seats at the local elections on May 1. Speaking at a press conference in central London, Yusuf said: “Last May, Reform failed to stand in 88 per cent [...]
Met Police investigating alleged ‘verbal threats’ by Reform MP Rupert Lowe March 11, 2025 A police investigation has been launched into claims of “verbal threats” allegedly made by MP Rupert Lowe. The 67-year-old MP for Great Yarmouth was suspended by Reform UK on Friday amid allegations about his conduct, which he denies. In an interview on right-wing commentator Dan Wootton’s YouTube channel, he suggested he was suspended by Reform [...]
The Editor’s Interview: Should the Tories be afraid of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK? March 10, 2025 In this episode, we see top Tory Andrew Griffth MP grilled by Morning Wire Editor Christian May on the threat posed to the Conservatives by Nigel Farage's Reform UK.
Rupert Lowe asks Nigel Farage to ‘have dinner’ after Reform UK suspension March 8, 2025 Rupert Lowe has asked Nigel Farage to “have dinner” with him after he lost the Reform UK whip following allegations of threatening violence towards the party chairman. The party reported the Great Yarmouth MP to the police, and Scotland Yard has said a complaint of “verbal threats” made on Thursday about an alleged incident last [...]
Starmer’s defence policy is popular, but voters still don’t rate him March 4, 2025 There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen. This quote — often attributed to history’s other murderous Vladimir, Soviet leader Lenin — could not describe the last week more aptly. The heart-sinking scene of Donald Trump and JD Vance locked in a tense, antagonistic exchange with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the [...]
Reform UK overtakes Labour in Morning Wire poll for first time March 3, 2025 Reform UK has overtaken Labour on voting intention for the first time in Morning Wire‘s monthly tracking of UK voters. Reform came top of the monthly voting intention tracker with 27 per cent, versus Labour’s 24 per cent and the Conservatives’ 23 per cent, according to the poll by Morning Wire Freshwater Strategy poll. The [...]
GB News: Huge losses continue despite sales and audience surge February 28, 2025 GB News has reported another huge loss despite its revenue more than doubling and its audience continuing to grow. The TV channel, whose well-known presenters include Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, fell to a pre-tax loss of £33.4m in the year to 31 May, 2024. The loss comes after GB News also made a pre-tax [...]
London 2012 Team GB boxer becomes Reform UK mayoral candidate February 28, 2025 London 2012 Olympic gold medallist boxer Luke Campbell will stand for Reform UK in the upcoming Hull and East Yorkshire mayoral election. Campbell, bantamweight Olympic champion in London, is the sixth candidate to be declared for the May election. In boxing bantamweight is for fighters who are 51kg to 54kg and all four world title [...]
Reynolds sorry for calling himself solicitor but denies ‘misrepresentating’ February 25, 2025 Jonathan Reynolds has apologised for describing himself as a solicitor in Parliament, but has insisted he was not “misrepresenting myself professionally”. The business secretary has been accused of claiming to have been a solicitor, despite only ever being a trainee, before becoming an MP, including in a 2014 speech in the House of Commons, on [...]
Nigel Farage ‘hands ownership of Reform UK to members’, says party February 20, 2025 Nigel Farage has “handed over ownership of Reform UK to its members”, the party has said. The Clacton MP previously said that he was “relinquishing” control of the company as he pledged to “change the structure” and give members ownership of the organisation. It comes as Farage responded to US President Donald Trump’s remarks on [...]