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PoliticsReformRestore26/02/2026

Exclusive Interview: "Rising Star" Switches to Restore Britain — "I Want a Political Home That Respects Me"

Kieran Mishchuk, 19, who won his seat for Reform UK aged 18, tells Restore News why he made the switch and why he hasn't looked back.

ReformRestoreRupert Lowe25/02/2026

Troubling Evidence Of Corruption

The attacks continue as Restore Britain's popularity is causing panic at Reform

RestoreRemigration24/02/2026

Young Bob Assaulted By Muslim Gang

Prominent remigration activist Young Bob was assaulted and robbed in Whitechapel on Tuesday evening by a gang of muslims gathered for a debate outside a mosque.

PoliticsReformRestore23/02/2026

The Advance UK Merger Collapse: Ego, Entitlement, and the Fight for Britain's Future

Ben Habib's proposed merger with Restore Britain collapses after Rupert Lowe refuses to hand over the keys. The reaction from Advance UK's inner circle reveals more about their motivations than they intended.

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Conservative Home13 May 2026

Richard Kelly: The Tory campaign in Wales would have been more effective had it focused on ‘addysg, addysg, addysg’

Tony Blair made ‘education, education, education’ the centrepiece of New Labour’s message and was duly rewarded. Thirty years later, the Welsh Tories missed a signal opportunity to do the same - and Welsh youngsters may suffer as a result. The post Richard Kelly: The Tory campaign in Wales would have been more effective had it focused on ‘addysg, addysg, addysg’ appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics13 May 2026

Easy as ABC: voters in England tend to pick names nearer top of ballot, data suggests

Exclusive: Where parties fielded multiple candidates in last week’s vote, those at top of list were more likely to be picked Fancy your chances in politics? Then perhaps you should change your name to Aaron Aaronson or Aaliyah Aardvark, figures from last week’s local elections in England suggest. A Guardian analysis of election results compiled by the website Democracy Club points to a striking alphabet effect. In wards where a party fielded three candidates, those listed nearer the top of the b

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Express Politics13 May 2026

Nigel Farage wins over the working class as they turn against Labour

OPINION - TIM NEWARK: Reform shows it is on the side of the strivers as Labour looks like it is on the way out

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The Guardian Politics13 May 2026

Labour-supporting unions predict Starmer will not lead party into next election

Exclusive: Leaked draft statement says party ‘cannot continue on its current path’ under PM Keir Starmer will not lead his party into the next general election, Labour-supporting unions have predicted, in an intervention that threatens to further destabilise the prime minister after a damaging few days. The 11 Labour-affiliated unions – which include Unite, Unison and the GMB – are expected to issue a joint statement on Wednesday saying “at some stage” the party will have to put a plan in place

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The Guardian Politics13 May 2026

Labour needs a battle of ideas now, not a scramble to snatch the keys to No 10 | Rafael Behr

Removing Starmer solves the problem of an unpopular leader, but without a coherent alternative agenda his successor won’t fare much better Labour has spent much of the past year paralysed by competing fears. MPs’ dread of facing voters with Keir Starmer as prime minister has been kept in check by their recoil from the process of replacing him. They know the prime minister is an electoral liability; they know that the electorate takes a dim view of chaotic, regicidal parties that showcase disunit

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Express Politics13 May 2026

Reform UK vows to deliver 'brutal lesson' by crushing Andy Burnham leadership plot

Reform UK has vowed to fight "very hard indeed" to block Andy Burnham from returning to Parliament, warning: "voters will teach them a brutal lesson"

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The Guardian Politics12 May 2026

Labour must fulfil promise to introduce clean air act, charities urge

Party held out prospect of act while in opposition but plan did not make it into election manifesto Ministers should bring forward a new clean air act that would ban wood burning, clear diesel vehicles from the roads and force councils to cut pollution, a group of more than 60 charities have urged before the king’s speech on Wednesday. Labour held out the prospect of a clean air act while in opposition in 2023, but this was dropped from the final election manifesto, and the government has made n

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The Guardian Politics12 May 2026

Starmer hopes to regain momentum with unveiling of dozens of bills in king’s speech

Planned legislation includes housing, immigration and energy measures, and comes amid awkwardness with the palace over Charles’s role Keir Starmer will attempt to regain the political initiative on Wednesday as his government announces a package of 35 bills for the next parliamentary session, covering everything from housing to immigration. The embattled prime minister will release details of dozens of bills that he intends to pass over the next 12 months, even as his own MPs line up to demand h

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The Guardian Politics12 May 2026

Jamie Dimon: JP Morgan could scrap new £3bn HQ if Starmer is replaced by PM ‘hostile to banks’

Bank greenlit construction of the Canary Wharf tower last November after Rachel Reeves’ budget spared lenders tax hikes The boss of JP Morgan, Jamie Dimon, has warned he could scrap plans to build a new £3bn UK headquarters in London if Keir Starmer is replaced by a new Labour prime minister who is hostile to banks. JP Morgan revealed plans last November to build the tower in Canary Wharf, hours after lenders were spared tax hikes in Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget, after strong lobbying by the b

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Express Politics12 May 2026

Palace issues '6-word warning' to embattled Keir Starmer on eve of momentous King's Speech

Buckingham Palace has reportedly warned Sir Keir Starmer before the King's Speech tomorrow.

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Express Politics12 May 2026

Keir Starmer's on the brink – but he's exposed Rayner, Streeting and Burnham as cowards

OPINION - AARON NEWBURY: Plot to parachute Greater Manchester Mayor into Parliament proves the Prime Minister's circus is finished - and Labour MPs are saving their jobs

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Conservative Home12 May 2026

Lord Ashcroft: “This war will not end with a deal” – Ukraine’s former chief diplomat Dmytro Kuleba

Lord Ashcroft sits down with one of Ukraine’s most prominent voices – its former foreign minister and now a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center, Dmytro Kuleba – to discuss the trajectory of the war, the limits of diplomacy, and what lies ahead. The post Lord Ashcroft: “This war will not end with a deal” – Ukraine’s former chief diplomat Dmytro Kuleba appeared first on Conservative Home.

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