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Conservative Home15 Jul 2026

Austen Morgan: Nigel Farage’s big gamble with ‘the people versus parliament’ could work

Some observers think that Farage is trying to create a tactical advantage.  His return, with a decent turnout and a good share of the vote, might signify that there will not be ten per cent of the voters of Clacton willing to petition subsequently for his recall as a member of parliament. The post Austen Morgan: Nigel Farage’s big gamble with ‘the people versus parliament’ could work appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home13 Jul 2026

Matthew Jeffery: Is this the beginning of the end for Reform UK?

Momentum is giving way to scrutiny. Authority giving way to ridicule. Simplicity giving way to the hard realities of governing. The questions are multiplying, and each one makes the next harder to answer. It's not the end of Reform UK but the moment its trajectory first began to bend. The post Matthew Jeffery: Is this the beginning of the end for Reform UK? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home10 Jul 2026

Council by-election results from this week and forthcoming contests

The Conservatives gained a seat from the Lib Dems in Stratford-on-Avon and a seat from an independent in Pembrokeshire. Reform UK gained a seat from Labour in South Lanarkshire and a seat from an independent in Flintshire. The Green Party lost a seat to Labour in Camden and a seat to the Lib Dems in Lambeth. The post Council by-election results from this week and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home9 Jul 2026

Ridicule, Reform, and Recall – the dangerous political power of laughter

If Farage does beat a bin, and a fox, in an odd mirror of the count at Makerfield just to get his old job back - the result will be rubbish, if the Standards Committee simply carries on the investigation, suspends him, a recall ballot is held, and we end up doing it all over again. The post Ridicule, Reform, and Recall – the dangerous political power of laughter appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home8 Jul 2026

Dan James Smith: Starmer is leaving a trans Trojan Horse for his successors

The Conversion Practices Bill sounds kind but is ideological authoritarianism by the back door. The question is, do the Conservatives have the gumption to take on Stonewall and the rest of the TQ+ lobby, in a way that Labour won't? The post Dan James Smith: Starmer is leaving a trans Trojan Horse for his successors appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home8 Jul 2026

‘Desperate’, ‘cowardly’ and ‘like a toddler’ – what do MPs make of Farage’s resignation?

Each month, Farage becomes a greater liability for his own party. Gone are the days when he could be wheeled out in front of a crowd and watch Reform's polling skyrocket. He is a marmite politician now The post ‘Desperate’, ‘cowardly’ and ‘like a toddler’ – what do MPs make of Farage’s resignation? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home7 Jul 2026

BREAKING: Badenoch reacts to Farage resigning as an MP to stand again in by-election

The Conservative leader says she doesn't have to jump to the beat of Nigel Farage's drum, and he'll find out what the party will do in their own time as she sits down for questions with Politico's Anne McElvoy. The post BREAKING: Badenoch reacts to Farage resigning as an MP to stand again in by-election appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home7 Jul 2026

BREAKING: Farage resigns as an MP forcing a by-election in Clacton in which he’ll stand

The Reform leader hits out at what he claims is a concerted effort to beat Reform by the media and other parties by other means than the ballot box. The post BREAKING: Farage resigns as an MP forcing a by-election in Clacton in which he’ll stand appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home6 Jul 2026

Don’t be complacent – Reform is bigger than Farage

Complacency and arrogance is, in part, why we are in opposition at the moment, and why we risk being consumed by Reform if we do not get our act together. It is imperative that such a mindset does not plague the party once again. The post Don’t be complacent – Reform is bigger than Farage appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home3 Jul 2026

Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests

The Conservatives lost seats to the SNP in Aberdeenshire, an independent in Cheshire West and Chester and the Lib Dems in Powys. Reform UK gained seats from independents in Torfaen and Powys and a seat from Labour in Harborough. The post Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home3 Jul 2026

Antonia Cox: Reform UK’s councillors are facing the realities of power

What is Reform going to achieve by having its elected representatives play a part - even if only through scrutiny committees - in the hard choices that have to be made? The post Antonia Cox: Reform UK’s councillors are facing the realities of power appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home1 Jul 2026

Nick Timothy: We will dismantle organisations like the Muslim Brotherhood that threaten our way of life

The shadow Justice Secretary speaks to Conservative friends of Israel about what needs to happen to tackle a 'crisis of anti-semitism' in the UK The post Nick Timothy: We will dismantle organisations like the Muslim Brotherhood that threaten our way of life appeared first on Conservative Home.

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