Category: Byelections

So Nigel Farage has beaten a man in a bin. But he’s in deep trouble, and he knows it | Owen Jones

The Reform leader claims vindication from the people, and it’s too early to write him off. But the problems he now faces may be more than he can bearNigel Farage is a rattled, embattled politician. Perhaps he feels buoyed up by...

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Nigel Farage looks trapped and rattled – now the nationalist tide can be turned | Rafael Behr

There are more votes in tolerance and decency than in toxic division. It doesn’t take a great leap of political courage to fight back against ReformNigel Farage can be confident of victory against a man posing as an ennobled...

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I’ve seen what can confound Farage on his home turf: optimism. People need a politics that offers them that | Owen Jones

You can’t blame his constituents in Clacton for their pessimism – because they have been let down for yearsUnder battered England flags, cynicism, pessimism and exhaustion stalk the streets of Clacton.As the byelection called by...

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‘Farage’s got to come clean or clear off’: what voters on Clacton beach think about their MP – and the country

Nigel Farage’s constituency takes in genteel resorts and one of England’s poorest villages. With a snap byelection approaching, what do the residents want from the Reform UK leader – or the bin who’s challenging him?‘If it’s the...

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Reform Greater Manchester candidate criticised over ‘migrant rapists’ comments

Sian Astley doubles down on stance that people who advocate open borders should have to house ‘criminals and rapists’ who enter UKUK politics live – latest updatesThe Reform UK candidate in the Greater Manchester mayoral race...

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