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 ..

Waiting for … Jenrick

Nadia Zahawi defects to Reform

Ok, Mayor of London is just trolling him now ..

Greenland's energy minister is to come to Westminster next week to make a direct appeal for support from British MPs in the face of Trump's threats to annex the territory

Nigel Farage unveils former Tory councillor Laila Cunningham as the Reform London mayoral candidate (Not a surprise)

Regime change

Exc. British far-right activist spoke at Russian extreme nationalist event convened by Putin linked oligarch www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Start of year predictions are usually a mug’s game ..but Roger Boyes called it #maduro

Memorable 📖 this year

The rise of ethno-nationalism? Number of people who believe “Britishness” is something you are born with almost doubles in two years www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... @ecourea.bsky.social Exc

Reform UK’s cash-strapped “flagship” council, Kent, condemned for pushing through plans to create 'political assistant' rolls costing tens of thousands of pounds www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

At least 8 MEPs for blocs (UKIP.. Brexit Party) led by Nigel Farage were the focus of efforts by Reform UK’s former Wales leader Nathan Gill to co-opt them into fulfilling tasks set for him by his pro-Kremlin paymasters www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reported on the Your Party inaugural conference Messy, often divided but still with flickers of being a force www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Get IN NNNNNNNNMNNNNN🦜🦜🦜 #coybig

Tributes to Rachel Cooke, who sadly died last week, from TimAdams observer.co.uk/news/nationa... and many others observer.co.uk/news/nationa...