Author: Miles Donavan

It’s been revealed that the county council has applied to government for permission to potentially increase council tax by up to 10%. Far from cutting taxes, a Reform UK council could be about to implement the ‘biggest council tax rise a county has ever seen’, after it applied to raise council tax by a potential 10%. Worcestershire County Council is planning to raise council tax by more than 5% as it faces financial pressures. The BBC reports: “The authority currently has a £43.6m funding gap for the next financial year and said keeping council tax “as low as possible” was…

“It is extremely disappointing. It does no politician any good when the public are ignored.” So much for delivering for working people, a Reform councillor is facing calls to quit after sending just 2 emails in 6 months. Councillor Shaun Knowles, who represents the Cramlington South West ward in Northumberland, is facing calls to step down after a Freedom of Information Request revealed not only that he’s sent just two emails since being elected but also that he has only attended two meetings between May 2025 and the submission of the request. The ChronicleLive reports that councillor Knowles, who is…

The party would not say if they knew of the charges before they approved the ex-police officer as a candidate Reform UK’s first elected councillor in Scotland claims he is a retired police officer, but he actually left the police force after being charged with criminal offences. The National has reported that David McLennan worked for the Lothian and Borders Police in the early 1980s but left the force after being charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice following a car crash. Sandy Baptie, who worked from the Lothian and Borders Police in the 80s, and retired in…

Someone should remind Trump that Truss has no credibility in the UK. U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed that disgraced former Prime Minister Liz Truss is a ‘voice of authority’ as part of his defamation lawsuit against the BBC. Trump wants to sue the BBC after Panorama broadcast a misleading edit of a speech he made before the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021. During the speech, before a riot at the US Capitol, Trump told a crowd: “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women.” More…

Nigel Farage’s party campaigned on a pledge to cut waste and taxes Reform-run Worcestershire County Council is considering increasing council tax by 10%, and has applied to the government for permission to raise it above the 5% maximum limit. However, the council’s Reform deputy leader, Rob Wharton, tried to play down the proposal, describing it as a request for “tools in the box” to deal with a £73 million budget shortfall. He also insisted the party’s plans for next year are based on a 5% rise. Deputy leader Rob Wharton told the BBC: “This is just about giving us some…

Chris Parry refused to say the former foreign secretary’s “primary loyalty” is to the UK A Reform candidate who said that David Lammy should “go home” to the Caribbean where his “loyalties lie”, has refused to apologise for his remarks. Chris Parry, a retired Navy admiral and Reform’s candidate for mayor of Hampshire and the Solent, doubled down on his comments in a TalkTV interview, saying that people should “look at the context” they were made in.  He made the comment on X in February, after Lammy said he was “open” to having slavery reparations talks with former British colonies. …

Farage has come under criticism and pressure to sack Chris Parry, a former senior Royal Navy officer, after his “grotesque” comments embroiled Reform in a fresh vetting scandal. Reform UK has failed to stamp out racism and prejudice among its own ranks, with one of its MPs now defending a party candidate who told David Lammy to ‘go home’. The disgraceful comments were made by Dr Chris Parry, who is running to be mayor of Hampshire and the Solent. Farage has come under criticism and pressure to sack Parry, a former senior Royal Navy officer, after his “grotesque” comments embroiled…

The right is increasingly using Christianity as a political tool Reform UK launched a new ‘interest group’ within the party last Thursday: Christians for Reform.  At the launch at St Michael’s Cornhill Church in the City of London, Reform MP Sarah Pochin declared: “Reform will always stand up for Christianity in this country, we are fundamentally a Christian country and we are proud to be Christian.” Former Tory MP Ann Widdecombe, went as far as to say the launch marked “the day when Reform and Christianity are merged”. On the right, Christianity is increasingly being used as a political tool.…

Truss is totally deluded… Liz Truss could do with some quiet self-reflection after her disastrous time in office that resulted in her being booted out after just 45 days, yet the disgraced former Prime Minister continues to make bizarre and ludicrous claims. After repeatedly claiming that her premiership fell apart because of the ‘deep state’ rather than her own disastrous policies contained in the mini-budget, which sent mortgage bills soaring and the pound collapsing, Truss now says that living in the UK is like living in East Germany with free-speech under attack. Despite the fact that Truss was able to…

Kemi Badenoch was business secretary when the law came into force BBC journalist Jon Kay picked apart the Tories’ pledge to reverse the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles if the party wins the next election.  Speaking to Tory shadow transport secretary Richard Holden, Kay asked why the party was now scrapping a policy it introduced.  The Tories would also remove the legal requirement on carmakers to sell electrical vehicles. Kay said: “I think people might be a bit confused by this because we’ve been told for ages that the move to electric and hybrid was…