If your instinct when criticised is to silence the person speaking, you’re not defending your reputation, you’re proving their point. Leadership means facing scrutiny, not suppressing it. Opposition is healthy for a democracy, not a nuisance.

Hardly a people's revolt 🫠

Three men. 75% of Reform UK’s donations. That’s £23m of £30m since 2019. This is how politics gets bought. We need a cap on political donations in the next Elections Bill. Democracy shouldn’t be for sale.

11 Holocaust survivors have called on Farage to apologise. They reject “banter” as an excuse. When survivors say “we’ve seen where words lead”, the point isn’t partisan. It’s a warning about normalisation, minimisation, and public standards.

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“The danger isn’t just what today’s ministers intend, but what tomorrow’s might inherit and exploit.”

Devolution should mean more democracy, not slower democracy. If the government wants legitimacy, the cleanest route is vote, then build.

Farage’s party has been handed £9 million. That’s not anti-establishment. It's politics for sale to the highest bidder. Billionaires bankroll parties to bend the rules. Tax cuts, weaker worker rights, and culture-wars so it slips through unnoticed. It shouldn't be this easy to purchase influence.

Tyranny doesn’t arrive fully formed. It’s planted. Then watered through “exceptions”, “emergencies”, and "only temporary". Jury trial isn't a a nuisance to be bypassed. It's a safeguard to be protected.

Disgusting comments as a schoolboy can be confronted and owned with a real apology. But a lifetime of bigotry, and the company he keeps, tells a story Nigel Farage can’t outrun.

Farage’s racism shouldn’t surprise us. It follows a long pattern, and the danger is pretending it doesn’t.

Who does Farage work for? 👀

Top Farage ally jailed for taking pro-Russia bribes. Now another, David Coburn, appears in leaked WhatsApps linked to a suspected Russian influence effort. Coburn denies wrongdoing, but it highlights a pattern of foreign interference around the far-right, and why scrutiny matter more than ever.

If you like books that go behind the scenes of political organising, The People’s Primary is a fascinating read! Anthea’s been at the heart of efforts to bring people together across party lines, and the book tells the story of how people can build real influence from the ground up.

Another top Farage ally under fire with allegations of corruption 👀🔥

Our democracy is designed for a world that no longer exists. It promotes division and fuels anger. People feel ignored. They don't get what they need. Instead of solutions, we get scapegoats. Because that’s easier than fixing the broken system. Change starts with a functioning democracy.

People aren't turning to the far-right because of immigration. They feel let down and left behind. The rich are getting richer, while their voices aren't being heard and life is getting harder.

People have a right to feel frustrated. But Nigel Farage is turning it into anger and division. He's directing it away from the wealthy and toward the vulnerable. Who benefits? Him and his donors.

🇷🇺🤑 Nigel Farage's closest ally is due to be sentenced today after admitting to taking bribes from Russia. "Nathan Gill, an honest, decent, and honourable man, who has been loyal to me at all times."

What's the strategy, Keir? 🤨

Teamwork.

Reform UK’s rise is driven by unfairness. Bills up. Wages flat. Services crumbling. Politicians repeat the old lie: blame immigration. It’s not a solution. Division solves nothing. Inequality and broken trust won’t fix themselves. So the cycle continues, until the real issues are solved.

Where does it end?

When Tommy Robinson is on your side, you’re standing in the wrong place. He knows he's being handed a win. They're letting him drag the country closer and closer to his extreme.

Hands up who's surprised

If Farage loves your asylum plan, that’s a red flag 🚩 Human rights protections are being weakened, while Tommy Robinson is celebrating. Refugees aren’t dividing Britain. Politicians chasing far-right approval are.

People don’t start angry. They get there when they don't feel heard.

Trump’s superpower isn’t confidence. It’s shamelessness. "To confront Trump is to enter a battlefield that isn’t level. He can say what he likes — his opponents have to be flawless."

"The public have highly-tuned bullshit detectors, and they can smell it a mile off. Authenticity isn’t about photo ops. It’s about conviction.” Find out why the public’s bullshit detector is stronger than ever and how politicians keep failing it: https://bit.ly/3LZMmgS @mattmgallagher.bsky.social

“Reform UK offers a narrative of rebellion – a way to vocalise frustration, even if its targets are misplaced.” That frustration is real. But people are rebelling against a system that doesn’t listen, not each other. Change the system and the anger fades, leaving space to fix what really matters.

Most Reform UK supporters aren’t driven by hate. They're worried. Bills are up, wages flat, services collapsing. When life feels rigged, anger is easy to sell. Anger isn’t a fix, and immigration isn’t the cause. The real answer is a democracy that delivers. People need solutions, not scapegoats.

Love it or loath it, an independent news broadcaster like the BBC plays an important role in our democracy. Trump and Farage want to destroy it. That should worry us all.

Nigel Farage once championed Proportional Representation. But when was the last time he spoke up for it? His silence speaks volumes. He knows that when every voice is heard fairly, he loses.

🚨 NEW POLL PUTS GREENS IN SECOND, WITH LABOUR FOURTH 🚨 Our voting system is no longer fit for today's politics. In an election, this sort of result would likely hand Reform UK a majority and shut tens of millions of voices out. We need a proportional voting system to ensure every voice is heard.

Who does Nigel Farage really work for? Not Clacton, he’s never there and hardly uses his vote. But the thought of ANY MP taking a call from a foreign leader to act on their behalf is beyond belief. This man is finding new depths every day.

Why can't the BBC just be more impartial towards President Trump, like GB News, says Nigel Farage. GB News:

Farage and his party aren’t restoring trust in politics. They’re exploiting it for their own gain 🤥

The far-right are telling us to turn on each other, all while lining their own pockets. It’s a dangerous distraction game, stoking hate and division.

Cost of living isn’t just economics, it’s who gets heard. This is a practical case for hope with receipts: stable energy, steadier rents, fair pay, services that quietly work. 👇 Read more 👇 https://uglypolitix.substack.com/p/the-price-of-powerlessness

Money in politics go together like lobbyists and long lunches 🤑

Chased orange 🍊 Raised a red flag 🚩 This man has no respect for the rules.

Reeves has put cost of living centre stage. But people don’t just need belt-tightening, they need to feel hope. Warm homes, steadier rents, fair pay, visible wins. The failure is twofold. How we’re communicated with, and what actually gets delivered. @mkieran.com sets out how we can fix this.

Farage isn't a party leader. He’s a CEO, working for his property developer and wealth fund investors. This isn’t just about Farage. But if we don't fix our democracy, it will be Farage and his donors who profit.

The dead cat 🐈🪦 The tactic of throwing something so shocking on the table and everyone stops talking about what really matters. Farage has made it his every day. While we fight each other, the rich cash in. Read more: open-britain.co.uk/blog/the-art-of-political-distraction

Reform UK isn’t reforming anything. They’re recycling the same old betrayal. Promise cuts. Deliver hikes. Blame everyone else.

What's behind Nigel Farage's deregulation plans for corporations? Follow the money 👀 He isn't a party leader. He's a CEO. And his investors have spoken.

Nigel Farage has a new economic plan: 👔 Deregulate big corporations ❌ Scrap tax cuts for ordinary people Because he knows that to win power in our broken democracy, you don’t need to serve the people, you just need to serve the money.

Farage is lying about the ECHR. He says it’s letting immigrants in, but the numbers don’t match. He’s not trying to fix immigration, he’s trying to scrap the law that stops the government from legally stripping your fundamental rights.

Reform UK is a far-right party. There wouldn’t be any debate just a few years ago. But the fact there is now shows something very worrying about the direction our politics is heading.

Even a big far-right vote couldn’t give the far-right total control, because the Dutch democracy promotes cooperation. Here in the UK, just one-third of the vote could give Nigel Farage a huge majority of MPs. Our democracy isn't fit for 21st-century politics. We need Proportional Representation.