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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

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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.

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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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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

As Trump shows lack of direction on Iran, even Badenoch distances herself

Steady UK opposition to the war and the US president’s insults mean MPs are finding it easier to point out the obvious When is a U-turn definitely a U-turn? To the consternation of politicians through the ages, this is rarely something within their control, but decided instead by the herd. And thus it is with Kemi Badnoch over Iran and Donald Trump. The Conservative leader would very much like it to be known that she had not changed her stance on the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, or on the US pres

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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

Starmer unlikely to allocate more time for assisted dying bill, ministers believe

PM said to be wary of opening up new divisions among Labour MPs by giving bill time in next session of parliament Keir Starmer will not intervene to give the assisted dying bill further time in the next session of parliament as he is wary of opening up new divisions among Labour MPs, senior ministers believe. The bill, which was passed by the Commons, is now certain to be blocked in the House of Lords without ever reaching a vote because of the sheer number of amendments its opponents have table

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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

Reeves speech had a giant hole: the sky-high cost of energy for industry | Nils Pratley

Businesses say the chancellor’s response to the problem is too timid and more radical thinking is needed We’ll have closer trade relations with the EU, be the fastest adopters of AI in the G7, shift some tax revenues to the regions and squash the Nimbys if they stand in the way of growth “corridors”. It’s a plan. Or, at least, it’s a sketch of a plan since the EU will surely have its own ideas on what it wants from trade renegotiations. Still, Rachel Reeves’ big resetting speech this week set a

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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

Memory loss strikes down Starmer and Badenoch at an infuriating PMQs

PM and Tory leader enter maddening death spiral of dodging respective questions on Peter Mandelson and war in Middle East There’s something weird going on in Westminster. A mutant pathogen in the water maybe. Whatever it is, Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch appear to have been struck down by it. Both have had parts of their memory wiped. At times they now sound like the living dead. Keir can’t remember a thing about Peter Mandelson. And Kemi is a total blank when it comes to the Iran war. It’s har

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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

Trump attacks Starmer: end of the special relationship? – The Latest

Kemi Badenoch has described Donald Trump’s criticism of Keir Starmer as ‘childish’ and said it ‘sends the wrong signal to our opponents in Iran or in Russia’. Trump repeated his previous attack on the prime minister on Tuesday, saying: ‘Unfortunately Keir is no Winston Churchill.’ Are cracks starting to appear in the US-UK special relationship? Lucy Hough speaks to our senior political correspondent Peter Walker – watch on YouTube Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

Farage called for release of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and praised effort to free drug trafficker

Reform UK leader was paid to make remarks about imprisoned rapper and ex-Honduran president in Cameo videos Newly unearthed Nigel Farage videos reveal support for rioter, neo-Nazi event and far-right slogans Nigel Farage called for the release of the imprisoned rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs and commended the efforts to free a former Honduran president jailed in the US for drug trafficking. The Reform UK leader was paid to make the remarks on the personalised video platform Cameo, which allows user

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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

England should give over 7% of land to nature and renewables to meet environmental targets, data shows

Government’s first published land use framework maps how land is used and how it can be adapted to meet changing needs About 7% of England’s land – an area roughly two-and-a-half times the size of Cornwall – will need to be given over to nature, forests and renewable energy, to meet the UK’s environmental targets, new data shows. But there will still be enough land to grow the food needed, and to house a growing population, according to the government’s first “land use framework”, published on W

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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

Starmer claims Tory party has ‘problem with Muslims’ in PMQs address

PM calls on Kemi Badenoch to sack Nick Timothy after his post on X describing public prayers as ‘act of domination’ UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer has claimed the Conservative party “has a problem with Muslims” after the shadow justice secretary described an event where the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, joined others to pray in Trafalgar Square as “an act of domination”. During PMQs, the prime minister urged Kemi Badenoch to sack Nick Timothy over a post on X in which he shared a c

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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

Polanski positions Greens’ economic policy as radical alternative to Reeves

Offer to reform taxes, tackle ‘rip-off Britain’ and overhaul fiscal rules could tempt exasperated Labour supporters Zack Polanski says Greens would ditch GDP targets and focus on wellbeing instead The venue for Zack Polanski’s economic speech on Wednesday – a sunny north London garden centre – could hardly have been more different to the sombre City backdrop for Rachel Reeves’s Mais lecture on Tuesday. The chancellor was, as it happens, the last politician to give a major economic speech at th

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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

Labour promised change for Britain. We are running out of time to deliver it | Angela Rayner

A speech delivered last night by Labour’s former deputy prime minister has intensified the debate about the party’s future. We reproduce an edited extract of it here When the British people voted for us, they voted for change and against a government that did not stand up for their interests. They were disillusioned by a system that is rigged against them, which they want us to transform. The Labour party is at its best when we are bold, when we stand for and stand by our values, and show we are

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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

Zack Polanski says Greens would ditch GDP targets and focus on wellbeing instead

Leader uses first major economic speech to prioritise public services and reduction of inequality over growth UK politics live – latest updates A government led by the Green party would not set targets for GDP growth but would instead focus on people’s mental health, social cohesion and community welfare, Zack Polanski has said in a major speech to set out his plans for the economy. In his first policy address since taking over as leader of the Greens in England and Wales six months ago, Polan

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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

European resistance to US foreign policy over the decades

As European countries reject President Trump’s call for help to reopen the strait of Hormuz, a look back at previous tensions between the western allies PM turns down President Johnson’s request to send UK forces to Vietnam Continue reading...

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