News Round-Up
26 April 2025
by Toby Young
Angela Rayner has cancelled local elections this year for 5.5 million people amid growing outrage over steep council tax hikes in a move condemned by Reform leader Nigel Farage as his party gains in the polls.
Reform UK has topped a national opinion poll for the first time in the wake of the sentencing of the Southport killer as Nigel Farage's party declares: "No pacts, no deals. Reform is headed for Government."
Keir Starmer and the police were guilty of a "gigantic cover up" over the Southport murders, Nigel Farage has said, after Axel Rudakubana unexpectedly pleaded guilty today.
Tilak Doshi says Trump's "drill, baby, drill" energy policy may not be popular in Davos, but will be welcomed by leaders in the Global South, fed up with being lectured about carbon emissions by rich Western countries.
In a twist that left the nation on the edge of its seat, Elon Musk has sensationally called for Nigel Farage to be removed as leader of Reform UK.
"Data is the absolute truth," said Nigel Farage recently. "Oh Nige," says Joanna Gray, "don’t be so gullible." Data is like the kitchen drawer: an incoherent mass of things that seemed useful. What we need are principles.
Kemi claims Nigel is making up his membership numbers. But is he? To definitively prove he isn't, he should make his software open source, so we can see where the numbers are coming from.
Reform now has more members than the Conservatives, according to Nigel Farage, who has proclaimed the party "the official opposition".
In an unexpected development, two men seen in CCTV footage attacking police officers at Manchester airport in July have been charged by the CPS and the police officers involved have all been cleared. Only took five months.
Elon Musk has backed Reform U.K. after meeting Nigel Farage at Donald Trump’s home in Florida, tweeting his agreement that "Britain needs Reform".
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