Author: Miles Donavan

David Bull once called Nigel Farage a ‘prejudiced idiot’ The new chair of Reform UK David Bull was left red-faced when he was shown a critical tweet he posted about Nigel Farage in 2014 on Good Morning Britain this morning. In 2014, then-UKIP leader Farage said HIV-positive immigrants should not be allowed to come to the UK and receive treatment on the NHS.  In response to Farage’s comments, Bull tweeted on October 11, 2014, expressing his disapproval: “Nigel Farage’s comments are ill-judged, prejudiced, and dangerous. HIV can affect anyone regardless of sex, race, and class. #idiot #unhelpful.” GMB presenter Susanna…

In the months leading up to Badenoch’s announcement that she would no longer be supporting net zero targets, the Tories received significant donations from individuals with fossil fuel interests, as well as the chair of a leading anti-climate campaign group. The Tory party is up for sale! It’s been revealed that party leader, Kemi Badenoch, decided to scrap its commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050 after receiving donations from oil investors and climate sceptics. After its worst defeat in its Parliamentary history last year, the Tories have continuously lurched further to the right, pandering to its right-wing base…

It’s a spending review of some significance. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has delivered her much awaited spending review today. It’s a spending review of some significance. It’s approaching a year since the Labour government was elected, and with the likes of Reform trying to appeal to voters’ sense of apathy and disenchantment, this was a moment for Reeves and the Labour government to show that is getting on with the task of delivering the change it has promised to voters. 1.£39bn plan to build affordable homes across the UK A huge boost was announced by chancellor Rachel Reeves for building more…

I am a carer and perhaps it’s time for me to talk about it Jamie Stone is the Liberal Democrat MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross and the chair of the House of Commons Petitions Committee. This week is carers week. To be honest it’s a bit of a difficult subject for me, one I have shied away from for probably too long. You see, I am a carer and perhaps it’s time for me to talk about it. Twenty-six years ago my wife Flora was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Whilst she survived the operation, it left her…

From scrapping the use of asylum hotels to increasing spending on the NHS and education, LFF looks at reactions to Labour’s Spending Review. The Chancellor Rachel Reeves stood at the dispatch box this afternoon and signalled that she was rejecting Tory austerity in her first spending review. Many of her announcements, from the 3% extra funding per year for day-to-day NHS spending and £4.5 billion more per year for schools, to £39 billion for social and affordable housing over the next 10 years, will be welcomed by the public.  However, looming over Labour’s head is a growing backlash over their…

Jamie Stone MP remembers his friend and colleague Jamie Stone is the Liberal Democrat MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross and the chair of the House of Commons Petitions Committee. Long ago, when I was a Highland Councillor, I saw somebody who I really didn’t like going into Charles Kennedy’s advice clinic – let’s just say somewhere in Ross-shire. I knew this person was struggling with their business and admittedly took a little pleasure from it. Later that same day, I asked Charles about the meeting.  “Och, pretty severe financial problems. You don’t like to see any local business…

The sale of the Telegraph saga goes on. The sale of the Telegraph saga goes on. Dovid Efune, the British-born publisher of the online-only New York Sun, is vowing to press ahead with his bid to buy the Conservative newspaper, despite a rival deal that appears to give control to a UAE-backed firm. Efune acquired what was a nearly defunct New York Sun five years ago. Since taking over, he has expanded the Sun’s reporting beyond New York, with a strong presence in Washington as well as in Europe and Israel. The title gained the attention of Donald Trump, who regularly posts its articles on…

The Greens gained 44 seats The votes from this year’s local elections have now all been counted. While much of the media coverage has been of Reform winning big at the expense of the Tories and Labour, the Green Party also made significant inroads across the country. In total, the Greens made 44 net gains, unseating councillors from the Tories, Labour and the Liberal Democrats. In some areas the Greens broke through on new councils for the first time, Leicestershire, Cambridgeshire and Staffordshire. Elsewhere, the party made substantial advances meaning they could have significant influence on some County Councils going…

Barely a week goes by without the deputy PM being targeted for some alleged new ‘crime.’ Between Ed Miliband, Rachel Reeves, and Angela Rayner, it’s a tight race for the Labour figure most smeared by the Tories and their press. I think Angela Rayner might just snatch the title, as barely a week goes by without the deputy PM being targeted for some alleged new ‘crime.’ This week’s gem? The complaint that Rayner allegedly asked civil servants to help her move house. Tory MP and shadow minister Paul Holmes has reportedly filed a formal complaint, accusing Rayner of instructing her…