Quaker Political Interference Has Got Out of Control
12 April 2025
News Round-Up
12 April 2025
by Will Jones
Reform could learn some valuable lessons from the Danish People's Party, says Tom Jones. By focusing on immigration, it forced the Left to clamp down on asylum seekers. Reform, by contrast, seems chaotic and unfocused.
Keir Starmer should set aside the European Convention on Human Rights and deport all foreign criminals, Labour MP Jonathan Brash has said, as Left-wing voices opposing the 'criminal rights' charter grow.
James Leary went to the inaugural meeting of the new Reform UK local party in Brighton and, in spite of a strained relationship with the party's leaders, he was impressed.
The Reform civil war has further escalated after Ben Habib, who was ousted as Deputy Leader by Nigel Farage, is considering joining forces with suspended MP Rupert Lowe to form a new party in a challenge to Farage.
Reform UK was in meltdown last night after the party revealed it had stripped the whip from Rupert Lowe, one of its MPs, amid allegations of bullying staff and violent threats, which he denies, saying he has been "knifed".
Reform UK has taken aim at the Green Blob as it "puts the renewables industry on notice". Some have criticised its windfall tax proposal, but Ben Pile says it's smart politics as it will already be scaring away investors.
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.
Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel has been rebuked by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch after she defended sky-high immigration under the Conservatives when she was Home Secretary.
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."
Reform Party leader Richard Tice has called for former Health Secretary Matt Hancock to apologise over his handling of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, calling it "horrendous at every level".
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