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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

Plaid Cymru’s Rhun ap Iorwerth voted first minister of Wales

Appointment confirmed by plenary vote in Senedd after party ended 100 years of Labour rule in last week’s election Rhun ap Iorwerth has been voted first minister of Wales after Plaid Cymru’s Senedd electoral victory ended 100 years of Labour hegemony and held off Reform UK. Ap Iorwerth was confirmed after a plenary vote on Tuesday with the support of the 43 Senedd members of his party and two Greens. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics12 May 2026

Farage faces questions over failure to declare use of donor’s helicopter

Reform UK leader has used the helicopter to attend rallies across the country, most recently on Friday Nigel Farage is facing questions about why he did not declare his use of a donor’s helicopter to travel around Britain for rallies. The helicopter, which was used by Farage as recently as Friday after local elections across Britain, is the property of a company owned by Lorenzo Zaccheo, a businessman who gave Reform £25,000 last year. Continue reading...

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Guido Fawkes12 May 2026

Reform Posts Largest Ever Polling Lead With YouGov

Today Reform posts its largest lead with YouGov to date, up three points on 5th May: YouGov / Times & Sky News Voting Intention Poll Fieldwork: 4–5 May • Published 12 May 2026 Reform UK 28% +3 Conservatives 17% = Greens 16% +1 Labour 16% -2 Lib Dems 13% -1 Restore Britain 3%-1 SNP 3%=…

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Express Politics12 May 2026

Nigel Farage won't fear new Labour leader – but Brits will be even worse off

The price we'll have to pay for an early election will be one of total chaos.

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The Guardian Politics12 May 2026

Scotland’s elections confirmed that our nation’s leftwing identity is part myth, part reality | Rory Scothorne

There is optimism even after Nigel Farage’s party swept to victory in many postindustrial areas – as radical progressives won more seats than ever James IV, King of Scots, never had to worry about elections. This freed him up to satisfy his voracious curiosity with strange experiments: according to one old tale, in 1493 he trapped two children, and a nurse who couldn’t talk, on Inchkeith Island in the Firth of Forth. James hoped that the children, deprived of modern influences on their speech, w

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The Guardian Politics12 May 2026

Here are three ways to keep Reform out of No 10 – and one of them starts with you | Daniel Trilling

Nigel Farage’s ascent to power is not inevitable, and his party’s success in the May elections will expose its major weaknesses There is no sugarcoating the fact that on the basis of last week’s elections, Reform UK is now the largest party in British politics, if only by vote share. It is still a long way from ever winning power at Westminster, but we don’t need to look far to see whether a Reform government would try to make good on its various threats – because Reform is our local version of

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Express Politics11 May 2026

David Lammy had furious row with rape claimant as his jury trial plans faced backlash

Charlotte Nichols said the Justice Secretary's proposals will do "almost nothing" for victims of sexual violence, adding that women are being used as a "rhetorical device".

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The Guardian Politics11 May 2026

Newly elected Reform councillor resigns after social media claims

Stuart Prior, who was elected in Essex last week, allegedly celebrated the rape of Sikh woman and called Muslim people ‘rats’ A Reform UK councillor has resigned days after being elected, after he allegedly celebrated on social media the rape of a Sikh woman in the Midlands, declared white people the “master race” and called Muslim people “rats”. Stuart Prior was elected as a councillor for Essex county council last Thursday, winning 2,404 votes, the highest total of any candidate in the ward.

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BBC Politics11 May 2026

This Reform UK councillor is a real person, not AI

False claims are spreading about George Boyd, who was elected as a Reform councillor in the east of England.

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BBC Politics11 May 2026

New Reform councillor quits after race post claims

Reform UK's Stuart Prior is accused of creating Islamophobic posts on social media.

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Conservative Home11 May 2026

Daniel Pitt: We should all want tax cuts – but want them for the right, Conservative, reasons

Lowering taxes can be a win-win-win situation. It increases individual liberty, it benefits society as a whole and also can raise tax revenue. We can point to both theory and practice to back this statement up. The post Daniel Pitt: We should all want tax cuts – but want them for the right, Conservative, reasons appeared first on Conservative Home.

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