Interesting to hear Andy Burnham use a term like 'reindustrialisation' in his Manchester speech One that's been heavily associated with the populist right in the US, UK and elsewhere (pushing back against the 'terrible net zero green agenda' ) Not a phrase associated with, say, Keir Starmer

That Andy Burnham speech - covered & analysed by @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social on the Guardian's liveblog www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

UK govt rejects claims in London by Trump official that UK police make ‘thousands’ of ‘speech arrests’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

The international new right met up in London this week at ARC. Re-industrialisation? Just one of the themes they’re successfully getting right wing parties to adopt

Nigel Farage at the ARC conference in London "family breakdown is pretty much the same as community breakdown"

Spent time today at ARC - meeting point for the global new right - half way between party conference & evangelical Christian rally .. the name of one favourite villain in particular kept coming up www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

‘Rome is saved’ shouts Tory MP Desmond Swayne as Andy Burnham is sworn in as an MP again

'Andy Burnham arrives at Euston Station' - June 2026

How Belfast knife attack became latest Far Right ‘trigger event’ .. including for Tommy Robinson, in Moscow www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Spent the day in parts of Ashton and Orrell where Labour canvassers are targeting the 16% of undecided voters in Makerfield by-election. A few observations (from a single day) I found surprising - A lot of people who voted Reform just weeks ago say they are prepared to vote for Burnham

Women accusing Andrew Tate criticise UK extradition delay as influencer appears in Russia www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ju...

Nigel Farage at PMQs: ".. the anger which we saw spilling out in Southampton last night"

Henry Nowak.. Under pressure from the ethnonationalist right, Nigel Farage tries to tap into public anger. Analysis: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

L’Ajuntament de Tarragona

Relaxed holiday mode on..

Tommy Robinson's low energy Far Right Glastobury www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Matt Goodwin rules himself out of being the Reform candidate to take on (likely) Andy Burnham in Makerfield “I look forward to supporting a local Reform candidate and doing whatever I can to bring Andy Burnham back down to earth" www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Parliament's standards watchdog confirms today Nigel Farage is under investigation over a £5m gift from the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne

West Streeting allies say he’s preparing to resign and launch leadership challenge as early as tomorrow – Live updates www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

"Think Spurs will stay up then?"

Farage faces questions over failure to declare use of donor’s helicopter www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Tension and dissent: inside the Green party’s antisemitism struggle www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Brief moment of hope Mishal Husain actually had returned to Today

EXC. MP at threat from Far Right gets... bodyguard from Far Right vigilante group Security vetting tightened for MPs www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

End of the Orban € forces Hungarian0-funded think tanks & fellows to look el$where? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

@jonworth.eu Hi Jon.. can I get in touch?

It was Troy Parrott wot won it ?

Chants of “Ruszkik, haza” – Russians, go home!” Among the crowds in Budapest reports @jakubkrupa.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Starmer attacks Greens, saying vote for Labour rivals puts new workers’ rights at risk www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Erm.. email drops about the Lego Maersk fuel container vessel Your little darlings can play at waiting around in Straits of Hallway

“I dunno how he’s going to do it but the president would want something like Spain to get kicked out of NATO “ - ex Trump advisor on #Today with a ‘we’ve revoked your membership of Studio54’ school of geopolitics

Asked Nigel Farage about his ‘Trump problem’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

*COME ON YOU BOYS IN GREEEEN*

Reform UK accused of seeking to insert “toxic politics” into football after pressing FA to scrap diversity policies. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reform have got their in the end with Chris Parry, not least thanks to the efforts of colleague @benquinn75.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reform UK mayor candidate describes Jewish neighbourhood watch group as “cosplayers” .. likens them to “Islamists on horseback” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This is how it's done Fredrich Merz? Micheál Martin stepping in not just to defend Keir Starmer, but take issue with Trump's narrative on Europe "Europe is still a very good place to live, just to let you know.. Sometimes Europe gets characterised wrongly.."

Micheál Martin's turn in the white-knuckle chair Seem to have gently chastised an Irish reporter for asking Trump about a planning objection to his golf course in Ireland over rare snails "What kind of question ..?"

Survivors of Ireland’s mother & baby homes start having benefits cut in UK after accepting Irish state compensation Exc. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Oof! Almost an embarrassing defeat there for Italy against one of the minnows #sixnations

54% of Reform members believe non-white UK citizens born abroad should be forced or encouraged to leave - first public poll of members of Nigel Farage’s party www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

First time since 1945 that neither Labour / Tories finished 1st or 2nd in a by election The old world is dying, & the new world struggles to be born etc www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Made a trip to Great Yarmouth to hear Rupert Lowe launch his new national party www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

David Lammy standing in at PMQs describing Tory MPs defecting to Reform as “the most disgraceful” transfer saga since Sol Campbell left Spurs

Now bigger than Sinn Fein, but smaller than the SNP “.. in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear”

Suella Braverman arrives ‘home’ after leaving ‘a party of left leaning social democrats’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Suella Braverman has joined Nigel Farage on stage at a reform event “I feel like I’ve come home ..”

Reform grassroots on Jenrick: Generally positive/minority annoyed Farage: “I’m teaching [Zia Yusuf] forgiveness” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Robert Jenrick launches his leadership campaign at Reform HQ

A false start for the political history books ..