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Express Politics6 May 2026

Reform poised for huge gains in the election - check if your area could go to Nigel Farage

Farage's party is closing in on control in dozens of councils.

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Express Politics6 May 2026

Nigel Farage is about to wallop Zack Polanski's Greens – here's every reason why

Nigel Farage was making his bones while Zack Polanski was still a drama student.

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Express Politics6 May 2026

Which party leader are you most like? Take our quiz to find out

Reform UK leader Mr Farage has branded the ballots a referendum on Keir Starmer, declaring that a ballot bot drubbing could force the Prime Minister out of office.

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The Guardian Politics6 May 2026

Reform and Plaid likely to benefit from polarisation of Welsh politics

Polls suggest Reform could win most seats in Senedd election but party is unlikely to be able to form government UK politics live – latest updates On a sunny but cold evening in a shopping centre car park on the outskirts of Merthyr Tydfil, Reform UK supporters enjoyed free pizza and loud music as they waited for what the party leader, Nigel Farage, said was his last big speech before Thursday’s Welsh Senedd, Scottish parliament and English local elections. Reform could win the most seats unde

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The Guardian Politics6 May 2026

Apps, activists and an ‘air war’: Essex campaign is test of Reform UK’s professionalisation

Nigel Farage’s party sees local elections as showcase for a sleeker approach borrowing from an unlikely source Nigel Farage was midway through his walkabout of Waltham Abbey when a hunting horn loudly sounded on the Essex market town’s pedestrianised high street. “Oi oiii!” exclaimed the owner of Ouch Tattoos, Rob Chillingworth, putting down the instrument and reaching out a welcoming hand to the approaching Reform UK leader. For Farage, this was the latest stop in a midweek tour of half a dozen

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The Guardian Politics6 May 2026

Labour’s nationwide collapse risks making Nigel Farage the face of the UK’s fragile union | Rafael Behr

Scottish and Welsh nationalism will be further radicalised if Reform UK sets the tone of debate over inclusion in the British state Keir Starmer has neither a heartland nor a stronghold. That is the picture likely to emerge once all the votes in this week’s local and devolved elections have been counted. Council seats in Labour’s traditional northern-English working-class base will fall to Reform UK. Parts of inner London, where the electoral map has been red for decades, will go Green. Rafael B

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Express Politics6 May 2026

Farage says Labour will be 'smashed to smithereens' and predicts early general election

Nigel Farage has predicted Labour will be "smashed to smithereens" in Thursday's Welsh Senedd election and declared an early general election likely

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Express Politics5 May 2026

Nigel Farage hits back as he says 'no obligation' to declare £5m gift from billionaire

Reform UK donor Christopher Harborne had given the money to pay for Nigel Farage's security, the party leader said.

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The Guardian Politics5 May 2026

MPs demand Reform suspend candidate over claims he celebrated rape of Sikh women

Sandwell Labour MPs write to borough Reform leader after alleged posts by Stuart Prior Labour MPs have called for a Reform UK election candidate in Essex to be suspended after he allegedly celebrated the rape of two Sikh women in the Midlands. A joint investigation by The Mirror and the anti-racism campaign group Hope Not Hate alleged Stuart Prior, who is standing for Reform in Rayleigh West (for Essex county council) as well as Sweyne Park and Grange (for Rochford district council), had made a

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BBC Politics5 May 2026

No obligation to declare £5m gift, Farage says

The Reform UK leader says the gift was "purely private" and "wasn't political in any sense at all".

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BBC Politics5 May 2026

No obligation to declare £5m gift, Farage says

The Reform UK leader says the gift was "purely private" and "wasn't political in any sense at all".

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The Guardian Politics5 May 2026

Farage’s partner refuses to confirm how she paid for house in his constituency

French publication Le Monde says Laure Ferrari ‘dodged’ question when quizzed over property purchase in Clacton Nigel Farage’s partner, Laure Ferrari, has refused to confirm how she paid for a house in the Reform leader and MP’s constituency of Clacton, adding “there’s more than one way to pay for a house”. In an interview with French publication Le Monde, Ferrari was questioned over revelations in the Guardian that she had purchased a house in her name in Clacton after Farage had claimed to be

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