Author: Miles Donavan

He wouldn’t condemn Trump’s anti-science comments Nigel Farage has refused to condemn comments made by Donald Trump which link use of paracetamol in pregnancy to autism cases. On Monday, the US president suggested that the use of Tylenol, an American-branded version of paracetamol, during pregnancy is a potential cause of the “meteoric rise” in autism cases. He has also made similar claims that vaccines cause autism. Officials have been correcting Trump’s claims, including Health Secretary Wes Streeting, who said: “I trust doctors over President Trump, frankly, on this”. Meanwhile, the Reform leader indicated Trump’s anti-science comments could have some truth to them.…

Sky News and the BBC played recent Reform press conference for an hour uninterrupted The BBC and Sky News have been criticised for giving Reform’s press conference almost an hour of uninterrupted airtime on Monday. The broadcaster covered Reform’s announcement on axing indefinite leave to remain for almost an hour, only occasionally cutting back to the studio when Reform’s live feed was interrupted. Campaign group Best for Britain posted on X: “For 56 minutes Sky and BBC interrupted all else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated – dozens of times – still…

Rosena Allin-Khan, the MP for Tooting, said the US ambassador should be called to account for the president’s remarks. A number of Labour MPs have rebuked President Trump for his latest attack on the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, after the President used a speech at the UN to falsely claim that London wanted to “go to sharia law” under its “terrible mayor”. In a rambling speech at the UN, the President launched a scathing attack on the global body, where he called for countries to close their borders and expel foreigners as well as calling climate change a ‘con…

The party says it has suspended John Allen, who represents the Hirst ward on Northumberland County Council, following allegations that he made online comments threatening to kill the prime minister. Yet another Reform UK councillor has hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons, exposing once more the disgraceful views held by its party members. The party says it has suspended John Allen, who represents the Hirst ward on Northumberland County Council, following allegations that he made online comments threatening to kill the prime minister. Allen is being investigated by his party after a YouTube commenter said he would shoot…

The Lib Dem leader used his closing conference speech to slam Farage’s vision or Britain The Lib Dem leader Ed Davey has used his final speech at party conference to warn of the dangers of Nigel Farage’s Reform. Davey warned that Farage has previously voiced support for rolling back gun laws, would privatise the NHS, trample on basic rights by scrapping human rights laws, and allow tech ‘barons’ to act with impunity. He said that while the Reform leader is on the side of the likes of Elon Musk, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, the Lib Dems “are on the…

The Reform UK leader’s plans would mean that that ILR settled status would be scrapped including for those currently residing in the UK. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has been warned that his latest stunt to crackdown on immigration is not only unworkable but would also lead to the ‘collapse of the NHS’. Farage has repeatedly come up with unworkable policy ideas to clamp down on immigration and on Monday said he would axe indefinite leave to remain (ILR) if he won power – putting hundreds of thousands of people legally settled in the UK at risk. Indefinite leave to…

“I suspect there is real surprise, indignation and horror that they haven’t been a Labour government” Lib Dem MP for Wells and Mendip Hills Tessa Munt told Left Foot Forward that her view of the Labour government’s performance over the last 14 months is that they’re “just not being Labour”. “They’ve performed by being not very Labour,” she said.  Munt added: “I suspect that it won’t just be me as a political person, I think there’s probably real surprise, indignation and horror that they haven’t been a Labour government.” Winter fuel allowance Munt said that for example, on their winter…

The motion highlighted that the Act must protect children online while respecting social media users’ safety Lib Dem conference passed an emergency motion this morning calling for an urgent review of the Online Safety Act within six months.  The Online Safety Act was passed under the Conservative government in 2023 but is now being implemented by Labour. The party says the legislation needs to be urgently reviewed with full parliamentary scrutiny to ensure it protects children online while respecting users’ privacy. Victoria Collins MP, the Lib Dem spokesperson for Science, Innovation and Technology, argued that “vulnerable children are not protected…

“Truss is a disgrace to office of Prime Minister.” Former Tory leader Liz Truss has been condemned for stooping to a ‘new low’ after expressing sympathy with far-right thug and convicted criminal Tommy Robinson, leading to calls for her to be kicked out of the Conservative Party. Truss, whose premiership ended in disgrace after she crashed the economy and became Britain’s shortest-serving Prime Minister, serving only 49 days in office, made the comments sympathising with the founder of the far-right English Defence League during an interview with Newsweek. She said during the interview that Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was…

An opposition councillor said Reform in Kent even tried to link parking issues to immigration… Lib Dem Reform Watch, a scrutiny body set up by Ed Davey, criticised Reform-led county councils for being ‘isolationist’ and focusing on immigration and other national issues.  At a Q&A session on ReformWatch at Lib Dem Conference, the opposition leader on Kent County Council, Anthony Hook, gave an astounding example of how Reform linked a discussion about disabled parking to immigration. Hook said: “They are utterly obsessed with it, to the exclusion of almost everything else. Reform councillors view almost everything related to immigration.” He…