Author: Miles Donavan

But of course, Reform MPs don’t care about the facts. Yet another Reform UK MP has been found to be peddling untruths and outrageous claims in a bid to whip up fears over asylum seekers, although this time a BBC journalist fact-checked their claims live on-air. Reform MP Sarah Pochin claimed on BBC Politics Live that it was ‘a fact’ that Afghans and Eritreans are more likely to carry out sexual assaults. She said: “It’s a fact that this particular element, particularly Afghan, particularly Eritrean asylum seekers, have a particular problem with sexual assaults and sexual violence against women –…

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‘This isn’t a manifesto – it’s a fantasy, written on the back of a fag packet.’ Nigel Farage claimed he will halve crime in five years if his party wins the next election, only to have his pledge torn apart just hours after making the announcement. Speaking at a Reform UK press conference alongside MP Sarah Pochin and newly defected councillor Laila Cunningham, Farage gave a fearmongering speech declaring Britain is “facing nothing short of societal collapse” due to rising crime.   Farage pledged £17 billion in spending to fund his ‘crime-cutting’ policies if Reform gets elected in 2029.  The Reform…

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‘This isn’t a manifesto – it’s a fantasy, written on the back of a fag packet.’ Nigel Farage claimed he will cut crime by half if he wins the next election, only to have his pledge torn apart within hours. Speaking at a Reform UK press conference alongside MP Sarah Pochin and newly defected councillor Laila Cunningham, Farage gave a fearmongering speech declaring Britain is “facing nothing short of societal collapse” due to rising crime.   Farage pledged £17 billion in spending to fund his ‘crime-cutting’ policies if Reform gets elected in 2029.  The Reform UK leader listed a series of…

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That’s not what Reform was promising voters in the local elections in May! Shouting out slogans and promising everything under the sun when not in power is one thing, but actually governing has proven to be a harsh reality check for Reform UK. A party which promised to cut costs for working communities up and down the country, and which saw its council leaders promise to cut taxes, has now rowed back on that pledge, saying that it is ‘not going to happen’. One wonders how many people voted for Reform based on the party’s pledge to cut council tax!…

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So much for cutting costs for taxpayers’, clueless Farage doesn’t even know what his own party is up to. Clueless Nigel Farage revealed his ignorance once more over the weekend, saying he has “no idea” six times in an interview with the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. Farage endured a humiliating interview with Kuenssberg over the weekend on the BBC’s Sunday show, where he exposed not only his own lack of understanding but summed up in a nutshell the problems with populism: Slogans instead of solutions, which fall apart under the slightest bit of scrutiny. The Reform UK leader was…

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‘I don’t know, I haven’t sat in the negotiations but a completely different mind-set is needed.’ Reform UK leader Nigel Farage appeared clueless after his policy pledges were grilled in more detail on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg show, admitting he just ‘did not know’. In what was an excruciating interview for Farage, the arch-Brexiteer’s car crash interview went viral online, summing up all that is wrong with populist politics, slogans instead of solutions, which fall apart under the slightest bit of scrutiny. Farage was asked by Kuenssberg how much his proposals would cost to part nationalise the water…

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Yet another cynical attempt by a right-wing tabloid to turn a brand it has a grudge against into fodder for a culture war tirade. I used to own a pink car, a limited-edition Nissan Micra convertible, one of only 100 produced to support breast cancer awareness. I loved it. It got people talking. But never once did I see it as “woke,” “politicised,” or part of some manufactured culture war. This week, pink cars made the headlines, with the Sun taking aim at Jaguar for what it bizarrely dubbed a “woke pink rebrand.” According to the Murdoch tabloid, Jaguar triggered “outrage” in…

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The Daily Mail, Britain’s most notorious right-wing newspaper, is now the most-engaged news brand on TikTok in America. Every now and then, a news item forces a double take, and this one certainly qualifies. The Daily Mail, Britain’s most notorious right-wing newspaper, is now the most-engaged news brand on TikTok in America. According to Chaotic Era, an independent newsletter covering politics and media in the digital age written by Kyle Tharp, the 120-year-old publication has cracked the code for Gen Z engagement. The Mail’s main TikTok account now boasts over 23.2 million followers, gaining more than 10 million in the past nine months alone, with its posts racking up more than…

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Britain is one of the most unequal countries in the OECD. The richest 10 percent of households hold 43 percent of all the country’s wealth, while the poorest half own just 9 percent. A new survey shows Brits overwhelmingly support a wealth tax on the ultra-rich. According to recently-released YouGov polling, two-thirds of UK voters support a 2 percent tax on individuals with wealth over £10 million. Experts estimate such a levy could generate around £11 billion annually. Support for the policy spans the political spectrum. 88 percent of Labour voters are in favour, alongside 83 percent of Liberal Democrats, 61 percent of…

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Project Esther is Heritage’s latest ideological weapon. Framed as an effort to combat antisemitism, it aims to criminalise pro-Palestinian activism and equates criticism of Israel with support for terrorism. For decades, the Heritage Foundation has been one of the most influential right-wing think-tanks in the United States, shaping Republican policy since the Reagan era. But its influence now stretches far beyond America’s borders. From gutting climate policy to criminalising dissent, Heritage’s authoritarian agenda is leaving its mark on UK politics, its fingerprints increasingly visible in policy debates and alliances across the British right. With the return of a pliable and easily swayed Donald Trump,…

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