Andy Burnham said the nationalisation of Avanti would mean “passengers, not shareholders, will come first.” The government has announced Avanti West Coast will be nationalised in March next year. On Sunday, transport secretary Heidi Alexander confirmed Avanti would be nationalised on 7 March 2026, as part of the government’s manifesto pledge to bring rail services […]

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The fundraiser sits at around £400,000 raised. Donations have surged for a fundraiser set up to buy the RNLI a new lifeboat in Nigel Farage’s name. In recent days, there has been a surge in far-right protests in the south of England. Areas in Hampshire and Dover have seen protestors block roads and try to […]

3 days ago

Forget Number 10, Farage won’t even be leader of the opposition at this rate. Nigel Farage would find himself nowhere near Number 10 according to a major new poll predicting Reform would finish third at a general election if one was held today. By now, regular readers of the London Economic, or keen followers of […]

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He was arrested on Wednesday. Far-right activist Daniel Thomas, known as Danny Tommo, has been arrested by police after a boat was damaged in the English Channel. Thomas, who leads anti-migration group Patriot Platform, was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of a range of offences, including criminal damage with intent to endanger life, Hampshire Police […]

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The far-right activist used a blade to slash the vessel in the Channel. Police are conducting enquiries into footage showing far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashing an inflatable dinghy in the Channel whilst a rescue worker was onboard. On Tuesday, Thomas, who styles himself as Danny Tommo, coordinated another anti-immigration protest in Gosport, Hampshire. Hundreds of […]

6 days ago

His comments came after Donald Trump had accused Keir Starmer of being “too tough” on Moscow. Andy Burnham has condemned Russia for an “insidious campaign” of misinformation attacks against the UK. Speaking at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, the prime minister said he had ordered security chiefs to set up a new unit to […]

6 days ago

Some are calling for Labour to pledge to rejoin the customs union on their next manifesto. Andy Burnham has refused to rule out the UK rejoining the European Union at some point in the future. The prime minister said he was focused on the EU summit later this year and his priority was “to build […]

6 days ago

America is partying like it’s 1984… They proudly sing about being the ‘land of the free’ in their national anthem, but it seems Donald Trump is determined to see the US follow in the footsteps on Russia and North Korea after his administration announced the launch of a state-run media channel. On Monday, the White […]

6 days ago

It’s official – Reform no longer lead the polls, in any shape or form. Reform have suffered another fall in polls, resulting in Labour now leading with every single pollster in the country. After a couple of weeks of Reform and Labour being tied at the top, YouGov’s latest polling saw Nigel Farage’s gang suffer […]

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After getting his followers to send him money to buy the boat, the far-right racist was soon asking them for money again to help salvage the vessel. Far-right activist Daniel ‘Tommo’ Thomas was involved in an embarrassing debacle earlier this year after buying a boat to interfere with Border Force operations in the Channel. Thomas, […]

1 week ago

Protestors have managed to get a lifeboat station closed. The work of true patriots… The RNLI has been forced to close its Portsmouth lifeboat station as a result of huge anti-migrant protests in the city. Volunteers at the station have been branded “traitors”, had their home addresses shared online and even suffered physical abuse in […]

1 week ago

Earlier this week, Zack Polanski released a campaign video in which he spoke in Urdu. Sadiq Khan mocked Zack Polanski during a London Assembly meeting by responding to the Green Party leader in Urdu. This week, Polanski released a campaign video for the Holborn and St Pancras by-election in which he spoke in Urdu. Polanski, who […]

1 week ago

Just when Sheeran probably thought things couldn’t get any worse. As Ed Sheeran continues to be the subject of anger over the Macklemore-Palestine controversy, the singer has received the last endorsement he needed. Sheeran has been mired in controversy this week after rapper Macklemore was removed as a support act for expressing solidarity with Palestinians on stage. […]

1 week ago

So that’s what Reform have decided to spend their crypto billions on. Reform has been accused of hitting a “sickening new low” after the party launched a small boats mobile game. As the party continues to face questions over whether £72m of donations from crypto billionaires will comply with electoral law, it seems Reform are already spending some […]

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The former chancellor said the British economy has ‘fallen off a cliff’ since Brexit. George Osborne has called for the UK to rejoin the European Union’s custom union to help reverse the economic damage done by Brexit. The former chancellor, who was part of David Cameron’s cabinet when the infamous referendum was called in 2016, said […]

2 weeks ago

‘He should get a medal for what he did!’ Robert Jenrick has said an audience member at Reform’s Party conference who assaulted a protestor should be awarded a medal. Last week, a number of protestors from the Climate Resistance group interrupted Nigel Farage’s keynote speech at the conference in Birmingham. Shocking clips later went viral […]

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The masked gang had gathered outside a hotel in Portsmouth. Protestors in Portsmouth had to be talked down after they mistook Pakistan’s under-19s cricket team for a group of asylum seekers. A gang of around 40 anti-migrant protestors gathered outside a four-star Marriott hotel after hearing rumours asylum seekers had been taken there. But when […]

2 weeks ago

The Met has announced an official investigation into Reform UK over whether the party broke the law in relation to foreign funding The Metropolitan Police has confirmed it is carrying out a criminal investigation into Reform UK donations after an undercover investigation into the party. Last week, Channel 4 News broadcast an investigation from Verbatim in which undercover […]

2 weeks ago

Ed Miliband is expected to announce the sanctions on Tuesday afternoon The UK government is set to announce sanctions on on goods and services from Israeli settlements in the illegally occupied West Bank. The move will be announced in the House of Commons by Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, who last week said there would be […]

3 weeks ago

“We condemn the intimidating and thuggish behaviour.” The government has slammed anti-migrant protestors in Portsmouth as “intimidating and thuggish” after clashes in the city over the weekend. On Sunday night, hundreds of people blocked roads for hours and faced off against police in Portsmouth. This was after 140 migrants picked up by lifeboats had been […]

3 weeks ago

Anderson was sent out to bat for Reform on Friday morning, and put in a classic performance. Lee Anderson was involved in a typically disastrous interview as he attempted to deal with questions about the undercover investigation into Reform UK donations. On Thursday, Channel 4 News broadcast an investigation by journalist group Verbatim which showed […]

3 weeks ago

“You weren’t there to help me.” Donald Trump has suggested he would not back the UK if Argentina threatened the Falkland Islands, because the UK was “not there to help me” in Iran. The comments come ahead of Argentinian president and Trump ally Javier Milei making a national televised statement late on Thursday about the Falklands. This […]

3 weeks ago

The individual has previously donated large sums to Donald Trump and Republican candidates. A company linked to Todd Boehly, the co-owner of Chelsea FC, donated tens of thousands of pounds to Reform UK this year. American businessman Boehly is the chief executive and co-founder of Eldridge Industries, and owns a stake in Chelsea alongside billionaire […]

3 weeks ago

Not great polling for the week of Reform’s party conference. Reform’s polling slump shows little sign of abating as the party fell to third in a new poll this week. The latest polling from More in Common shows that a one point drop in support for Reform combined with a one point jump for the […]

3 weeks ago

On his first day back after a by-election he called because of allegations he had broken parliamentary rules, Nigel Farage appears to have broken parliamentary rules. Nigel Farage has been accused of breaking parliamentary rules on his first day back as an MP. On Tuesday, Farage was sworn in as the MP for Clacton for […]

3 weeks ago

Could Count Binface be eyeing up another by-election campaign? Count Binface has responded to Keir Starmer’s announcement that he will be stepping down as an MP. On Tuesday, it was confirmed that after 11 years representing Holborn and St Pancras, Starmer would be resigning as the constituency’s MP. Speaking to the Camden New Journal, the […]

3 weeks ago

‘Canadians know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario – then, now and always.’ Mark Carney has hit back at the White House after Donald Trump continued efforts to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America. The last few days have seen US-Canadian relations deteriorate once more after Donald Trump reignited a trade war between […]

1 month ago

The White House accidentally shared the perfect metaphor for US trade policy in an embarrassing blunder. The White House managed to share a spectacular self-own as they attempted to take aim at Canada in a post on social media. The last few days have seen US-Canadian relations deteriorate once more after Donald Trump reignited a […]

1 month ago

Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain seems to be a real issue for Farage and his gang. Reform UK has seen its polling levels drop to the lowest in over a year and a half as the party continue to leak support. The latest polling from More in Common shows Reform’s polling percentage had dropped two points to 23%, […]

1 month ago

Measures such as cutting down on the use of hotels to house asylum seekers have had a significant impact on bringing down the cost of the asylum system. The overall cost of the asylum system in the UK has dropped by nearly £1 billion since Labour came into power. Since winning the 2024 general election, […]

1 month ago

You have never seen someone wave a flag like this before. The internet has had a field day after seeing Donald Trump’s bizarre attempt at waving a flag to get the IndyCar Freedom 250 underway. On Sunday, the president and Melania were present in Washington for the latest event in the Freedom 250 celebrations – an IndyCar […]

1 month ago

It seems some parts of the country are already deciding they’ve had enough of Reform. It wasn’t a great night of council by-elections for Reform, who managed to lose two seats to Labour and the Lib Dems. Since Andy Burnham became prime minister, Labour have experienced a surge in polling support and have managed to […]

1 month ago

The foreign secretary said the impact of settlements had been “catastrophic” for Palestinian communities. Ed Miliband has condemned Israel for an “unacceptable and destructive” settlement project in the West Bank. This week, the Israeli government opened up tenders for the construction of a some 1,200 settlement homes on the so-called E1 area of the West Bank. The […]

1 month ago

Burnham did the same with his Greater Manchester mayor salary. Andy Burnham has revealed he will give 15% of his prime ministerial salary to charities and causes that tackle homelessness. When he entered Downing Street last month, the first pledge Burnham made was to end rough sleeping in Britain, and this week he announced plans to get all […]

1 month ago

The figures include more than 6,000 people who arrived by small boat. Deportations of foreign criminals and failed asylum seekers have reached a ten-year-high as Shabana Mahmood aims to “send a message.” The Home Office figures released on Thursday show that more than 80,000 criminals and immigration offenders have been returned since the general election, the highest […]

1 month ago

The Reform deputy leader pointed to the benefits climate change could have for English wine… Richard Tice has been labelled ‘completely out of touch’ and an ‘idiot’ after he urged people to stop being ‘doom and gloom’ about climate change in the UK. Speaking at a Reform UK press conference on Monday, Tice acknowledged that […]

1 month ago

The White House has also launched a vindictive personal attack on the journalist. Donald Trump lost it with a female reporter in the Oval Office before the White House then launched a remarkable personal attack on her on social media. On Monday, CNN’s senior White House correspondent Kristen Holmes asked Trump for a response to […]

1 month ago

“I didn’t expect to be given the mantle of His Majesty’s Official Opposition!” It’s finally arrived, the titanic political battle for the ages between Count Binface and Nigel Farage for the parliamentary seat of Clacton. On Thursday, the polls opened in the Essex constituency, with the Count and Farage two of a record 34 candidates standing in the by-election. […]

1 month ago

This is absolutely brilliant. This has been an election campaign trail for the ages from Count Binface, the likes of which we probably will never see again. The moment the intergalactic space warrior realised he was going to be Nigel Farage’s main opponent in the Clacton by-election, he’s taken the opportunity with both hands. Binface has been up […]

1 month ago

There have been calls for Nigel Farage to discipline Yusuf over the comments. A civil war of sorts has broken out within Reform after a senior figure in the party condemned Zia Yusuf for his language towards a former Tory cabinet minister. This week, Reform announced a controversial policy to deport foreign criminals in British prisons either […]

1 month ago

Forget the Burnham bounce, Reform should be more worried about Farage fatigue. For months, Reform UK crowed about their reign at the top of the polls as the party capitalised on the unpopularity – justified or not – of Keir Starmer and Labour. But, the last few weeks have painted a very different picture that […]

1 month ago

A second insane policy announcement in two weeks for Reform. Reform UK have decided to take another insane leaf out of the Donald Trump playbook by announcing plans to deport all foreign criminals to El Salvador prisons. The week after Nigel Farage and co. announced they would use the Navy and Royal Marines to push […]

1 month ago

The proposals have been slammed by Sadiq Khan. Pubs in Soho and the West could be urged to ban customers from enjoying a drink whilst standing if a London council has their way. In its new draft licensing policy, Westminster Council has recommended that pubs and bars should not allow “vertical drinking” or ordering at […]

1 month ago

You’ve never seen a party election broadcast like this before! The Count Binface by-election campaign has gone up another gear after the intergalactic space warrior released his party election broadcast. With the Clacton by-election just a week away, the eyes of the political world are moving towards Essex to see if Count Binface can do […]

1 month ago

Just in case you were in any doubt about just where Lowe and Restore Britain sit on the political spectrum… Rupert Lowe has refused to say whether King Charles is a “white Briton” in a truly shocking interview. In recent days, with all the talk of potential electoral pacts or deals between Reform UK and Restore […]

1 month ago

You’ve got to feel for Richard Madely and Charlotte Hawkins here, they might as well be banging their heads against a brick wall. It’s quite rare that you see news presenters genuinely frustrated by an interview with a politician, but that’s exactly how Lee Anderson managed to leave Richard Madeley and Charlotte Hawkins following his […]

1 month ago

Bonehill-Paine has previously described himself as a ‘nationalist, fascist, theorist and supporter of white rights.’ A former far-right activist who has spent time in prison for anti-semitic abuse has been selected as the Tory candidate for a local council election. Joshua Bonehill-Paine will stand as the Conservative Party candidate for election to Somerset council next […]

1 month ago

Didn’t take long for Lowe and Farage to be back at each other’s throats. Rupert Lowe has accused Nigel Farage of “outright lying” amid speculation that Restore Britain and Reform UK could strike an electoral pact. On Monday, Farage said he was “open-minded” about working with Lowe again and potentially reaching a deal to unite […]

2 months ago

It’s only taken a couple of weeks of Andy Burnham as prime minister for Reform and Restore to start considering electoral pacts. Nigel Farage has said he has an ‘open mind’ towards a potential election deal with Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain. As Reform fall behind Andy Burnham’s Labour in the polls and continue to be […]

2 months ago

A quite frankly brilliant watch A video has been going viral online of Tommy Robinson and Laurence Fox being defeated in a controversial debate on Islam at the Oxford Union. In June, the far-right activist took on Palestinian student and Oxford Union president Arwa Elrayess at the famous debating society. Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, and Fox were speaking […]

2 months ago