Author: Miles Donavan

Durham’s Reform councillors appeared sceptical about the benefits of renewable energy technologies… Reform councillors at Durham County Council have been questioned by opposition councillors over their stance on net zero targets and carbon emissions.  The day after the local elections, Nigel Farage made a speech to Durham County Council stating that anyone working on climate change or diversity initiatives should be “seeking alternative careers”. Since taking control of the council, Reform has renamed several key departments to remove references to climate change and diversity and inclusion. During Durham County Council’s cabinet meeting yesterday, Lib Dem councillor Mark Wilkes asked if…

So much for Farage caring about tackling the North/South divide. Labour’s Transport Minister Heidi Alexander has roasted Nigel Farage in the Commons, after the Reform UK leader called for the scrapping of HS2 in its entirety. Farage it appears is not interested in better transport links or tackling regional equality as he railed against the project. He told the Commons: “I campaigned against this HS2 project ever since 2010 up and down the line, I never believed the original £35bn price tag, furthermore, it would only have benefited rich businessman and driven businesses from the north of England to London.”…

Since being elected, the Reform UK councillor has posted about Hitler, the Moors murderers and made an unfounded claim about a murder suspect Labour MPs have called on Nigel Farage to suspend one of his councillors for sharing a string of offensive posts online.  Joel Tetlow, the Reform UK councillor in question, has shared several controversial posts since he was elected on 1 May.  The latest involved a Facebook post about a murder case, where he implied that the suspect’s ‘non-English’ name meant he was a refugee.  A 39-year-old man, Apapale Adoum, has been charged with the murder of a…

Farage has made clear his party’s opposition to net zero. He’s more than happy for the planet to burn, while benefiting oil and gas companies. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage will today speak at an event held at the home of the UK’s main climate science denial group, where those gathered will attempt to undermine current attempts to tackle climate change. In a sign of Farage’s continued climate scepticism, the event which has been organised by the UK-EU branch of the Heartland Institute, a pro-Trump think tank, will take place at 55 Tufton Street, the home of the Global Warming…

‘What can we do for people like the leader of Reform UK who evidently can’t add up?’ Nigel Farage was ridiculed for his questionable math skills once again during Prime Minister’s Questions this afternoon. Adam Thompson MP, a former physics teacher and engineering lecturer, asked Angela Rayner, who stood in for Keir Starmer while he returned from the G7 summit in Canada, what the government is doing to help adults learn maths after school. Delivering his punch line, he said he came across an “awful case” of “a 61-year-old man who believed he had counted up £7 billion of government…

So much for looking out for ordinary folk! Nigel Farage and Reform UK have been keen to portray themselves as the party of working people and lower taxes and yet, now that they’ve had a bit of a reality check, they’ve confirmed that lowering council tax isn’t their priority. So much for looking out for ordinary folk! On a recent visit to North Northamptonshire Council, which Reform took control of following local elections in May, Farage confirmed that ‘cutting wasteful expenditure’ was a bigger priority than lowering council tax bills for residents. Farage was reported by ITV as saying: “I…

Last year, Reform received almost half of its donations from oil and gas companies Locals gathered to protest Reform’s decision to axe the climate change committee and cancel all climate-related meetings, following the right-wing party’s takeover of Derbyshire County Council last month. On Monday, protestors stood outside Matlock County Hall in Derbyshire, holding placards displaying images of flooding, wildfires and ruined crops. They also displayed a banner that read ‘Reform UK funded by fossil fuels to attack climate action’. Announcing the decision on 23 May, Reform councillor Jodie Brown and vice chair of the council, said the climate change committee…

It’s crucial that Farage continues to be held to account and is exposed for what he really stands for. Is Nigel Farage being found out? With increased scrutiny of his party and its policies, many are beginning to realise what a disastrous impact a Reform government would have on the UK! From unfunded spending commitments and tax cuts for the rich, to the party’s council candidates quitting within a few months, to links being exposed to the far-right, it’s not been a good few weeks for the Reform leader. The scandals that have hit Reform UK, including the party’s chair,…

‘This Government has finally seen sense and this backdown is a step forward for the right to protest after years of attacks by those in power.’ Human rights organisation Liberty has achieved “a victory for protest rights” by defeating a crucial aspect of an anti-protest law introduced by Suella Braverman. The Labour government appealed the legal challenge but has now dropped its case, meaning the law has been overturned. Liberty said this is “a step forward for the right to protest”. However, they said “justice now needs to be served for anybody wrongfully arrested or convicted under these laws that…

‘Kent County Council doesn’t have an “asylum budget” so it looks like you’re talking nonsense.’ Zia Yusuf is being mocked for posting a video on X claiming that taxpayers money is being spent on taking asylum seekers to do activities such as trampolining and skateboarding.  The new head of Reform’s Department of Local Government Efficiency (Dolge) has claimed that is what Kent County Council (KCC) “has been up to”. Yusuf also said that KCC has been paying for trips to the cinema, bowling and crazy golf, “all out of the asylum budget”.  He then went on to make bizarre claims…