Labour and Tories digest Reform UK election surge

found 2025 › May › 03 (Sat) @ 11:10 UTC

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Nigel Farage's party took control of 10 local councils, won two mayoral races and added a fifth MP.

Does human rights law really stop the UK controlling migration? No – and Keir Starmer knows that | Jamie Burton

found 2025 › May › 03 (Sat) @ 05:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

It would be wrong for Labour to collude in the attack on the European convention. It’s fuelled by myths and false narratives

Here’s a recent quote from a Downing Street source: “We have to be able to …

Farage claims transformation of British politics as Reform makes major gains

found 2025 › May › 03 (Sat) @ 02:05 UTC

a story from Financial Times › Financial Times

Widespread local election wins raise prospect of populist party becoming Labour’s main opposition

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK hammers Tories and Labour in local election rout

found 2025 › May › 03 (Sat) @ 02:05 UTC

a story from Financial Times › Financial Times

Big two parties lose ground while rightwing rival surges in council and mayoral polls

ANDREW NEIL: The humiliation of Labour and the Tories has been on the cards for years. You can only defy the British people for so long before paying a terrible price - now Farage is on top

found 2025 › May › 03 (Sat) @ 01:25 UTC

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The humiliation of the Labour and Conservative parties in Thursday's elections has been on the cards. You can only defy the wishes of the British people for so long.

Starmer plans to finally get tough on Channel crisis in bid to neuter Reform's appeal

found 2025 › May › 03 (Sat) @ 00:50 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Labour sources said the Prime Minister plans a series of interventions on the issue in the coming weeks.

Chris Mason: Fireworks for Reform as Labour and Tories write election post-mortems

found 2025 › May › 03 (Sat) @ 00:50 UTC

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Senior Reform figures believe the primary driving motivation behind their surge is betrayal.

ALEX BRUMMER: Labour's paralysis on growth is galling

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 22:15 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

It is extraordinary that a party which waffles on about working people still has no industrial strategy.

Tory wipeout as Conservatives lose every single council and Labour is decimated... while Nigel Farage's Reform bags local election landslide

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 21:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The Conservative Party has lost every council it was defending in the elections after it found itself squeezed between Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats.

England 2025 local election results in full

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 20:50 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Nigel Farage's Reform has routed the Tories and Labour in their backyards, securing a swathe of big authorities for the first time because of a Conservative collapse.