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The promise that never was: Nigel Farage and the art of barefaced denial

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It’s a script Nigel Farage knows well. Candidates or causes closely linked to him, perhaps even bearing his name and his photograph, make large, attention-grabbing promises. Votes are won on the strength of them. Then, once the votes are counted the promises are declared – with an air of wounded innocence – to have never […]

Farage splits far right with London mayor candidate

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Nigel Farage’s announcement that Laila Cunningham will be Reform UK’s candidate for London mayor in 2028 has triggered an immediate split on the British far right. The decision has divided Reform’s own base and is likely to sharpen its rivalry with Ben Habib’s Advance UK, itself a breakaway from Reform. The selection of a Muslim […]

Local council chaos and scandal threaten Reform’s national ambitions

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Nigel Farage’s Reform UK stormed into local government in May 2025, winning hundreds of seats across England and seizing control of county councils once thought impregnable. It was hailed as a political earthquake, a populist breakthrough that would reshape local democracy. We have already taken a close look at what happened in Kent where, as […]

Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking Russian bribes

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A former Brexit Party MEP, whose name features in messages between the convicted former Welsh Reform Party leader Nathan Gill and his Russian handler, has denied taking bribes David Coburn, the former UKIP Party leader in Scotland and later a Brexit Party MEP, was approached at his French chateau by the BBC and asked about […]