BBC Politics8 May 2026
Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth: From party disarray to brink of power
A profile of the broadcaster-turned-politician poised to be Plaid Cymru's first first minister.
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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.
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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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Express Politics8 May 2026
Nigel Farage makes major promise to Britain after stunning election victory
Reform UK have re-drawn the political map in England with Labour also suffering historic defeats in Wales and Scotland
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The Guardian Politics8 May 2026
Keir Starmer under pressure to agree exit plan after election mauling
Senior Labour MPs urge prime minister to step down within year as party suffers loss of hundreds of English council seats and humbling in Wales Election 2026 live: latest news updates Full results from England, Scotland and Wales Keir Starmer is under pressure to set out a timeline for his departure after a crushing defeat in elections across Britain prompted senior Labour MPs to call for him to step down within a year. In a disastrous set of results, Labour lost hundreds of council seats in
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The Guardian Politics8 May 2026
2026 elections mapped: how Labour lost ground in different directions
Keir Starmer’s party lost out to Reform and the Greens, with no respite in Scotland, Wales or England. These maps show the scale of the historic results Election 2026 live: latest news updates Full results from England, Scotland and Wales Labour has suffered heavy losses across England, Scotland and Wales, losing ground to opponents on the left and the right in a fragmented political system. The graphics below show where Labour’s losses were most severe, and how the electoral landscape has ch
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The Guardian Politics8 May 2026
Cracks showing for Labour close to back yards of Starmer’s top team
Reform makes gains in Labour’s working-class heartlands while Greens chip away at party’s progressive base Keir Starmer hates to lose. Unsurprisingly, he refused to walk away and end his premiership as Labour’s local election losses began to trickle in on Friday morning. Upon entering Downing Street in July 2024 after leading Labour to a historic general election victory, Starmer promised the public that his government would “fight every day until you believe again”. Now, Starmer is faced with
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The Guardian Politics8 May 2026
Reform wins across northern England overturn decades of Labour control
Sunderland, Barnsley, Gateshead and South Tyneside among councils reporting gains for Farage’s party • Full results from England, Scotland and Wales Nigel Farage chose Sunderland for the launch of Reform UK’s local election campaign because, he said, it was where he had first sensed the “big political earthquake” underfoot. A decade ago next month, the city was the first to declare its vote in the Brexit referendum – a thumping 61% opting to leave the EU – and the aftershocks are still being fe
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Express Politics8 May 2026
Wales' revolution against Labour should terrify Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves
Welsh voters in a supposed heartland have rushed to give the Labour machine a historic hammering. Can UK Labour ever win a majority if is abandoned by Wales?
The Guardian Politics8 May 2026
The Guardian view on Britain’s fractured politics: a revolt against the status quo | Editorial
Sir Keir Starmer faces a deepening crisis of authority as election losses suggest disappointment with Labour has already curdled into cynicism If you are Sir Keir Starmer, the results of the local and devolved elections make for grim reading. Thursday’s ballot gave almost two-thirds of Britain’s electorate the chance to vote. Fragmentation is no longer the future of British politics. In many places it is its present. After a quarter-century in which Labour and the Conservatives dominated elector
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The Guardian Politics8 May 2026
Nigel Farage hails ‘historic shift in politics’ after Reform UK election gains
Party has success in Labour and Tory heartland areas but one pollster says results suggest Reform may have peaked Nigel Farage hailed sweeping election wins for Reform UK as a “historic shift in British politics” on a day when the populist party made gains at the expense of Labour and the Conservatives. Reform made advances in heartland areas of both parties, clocking up substantial early results in the English local elections by taking control of Essex county council, Havering, its first London
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The Guardian Politics8 May 2026
Plaid Cymru tipped to be biggest party in Senedd, ending 100 years of Labour control
First time Welsh nationalist party has enough support to run Wales, while also blocking momentum of Reform UK Election 2026 live: latest news updates Full results from England, Scotland and Wales Plaid Cymru is on course to declare victory in the Welsh Senedd elections, a result that would simultaneously end nearly 30 years of Labour dominance in devolved politics in Wales and block the momentum of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. By early Friday evening, with 14 of 16 constituencies declared, the c
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The Guardian Politics8 May 2026
Badenoch claims Tories ‘coming back’ despite widespread losses in local elections
Badenoch’s statement came after the Conservatives won back Westminster and Wandsworth councils in London Elections 2026 live: latest news updates Full results from England, Scotland and Wales Kemi Badenoch has claimed that the Conservatives are “coming back” after winning back Westminster and Wandsworth councils from Labour in London, despite her party suffering significant losses throughout England in Thursday’s elections. The party also saw off a threat from Reform in Bexley. But the Tories
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BBC Politics8 May 2026
Reform UK takes control of Sunderland City Council
Labour ran the council for more than 50 years but a new raft of Reform councillors are now in power.
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