Good Morning Britain hosts grilled Nigel Farage on “who would benefit most” from Reform UK’s tax proposals on Tuesday morning (18 June). Farage yesterday unveiled his party’s general election manifesto – which he dubbed a “contract” with voters – including plans to “simplify” the tax system. “Who would gain mostContinue Reading
A Reform UK candidate has defended saying Adolf Hitler was “brilliant” at inspiring people into action. Jack Aaron is standing for the right wing party in an attempt to oust Grant Shapps the secretary of defence in Welwyn Hatfield. Mr Aaron, describes himself as a business psychologist and founder ofContinue Reading
World snooker champion Ronnie O’Sullivan has thrown his support behind independent candidate Faiza Shaheen, weeks after she was blocked from standing for Labour. The academic quit Sir Keir Starmer’s party on 4 June after she was de-selected from representing Chingford and Woodford Green for liking a series of posts onContinue Reading
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said Monday that his conservative Austrian People’s Party would remain in the current government coalition with its Green party junior partner even though his environment minister voted in a European Union vote in favor of the so-called Nature Restoration plan that Nehammer has opposed. The voteContinue Reading
The Conservative Party has launched a Facebook page named “Keir Starmer needs you”, specifically targeting Reform voters. The Facebook page is being used by the Tories to launch World War I-style advertisements featuring Keir Starmer. The party has spent more than £20,000 on the ads since they were launched onContinue Reading
Grant Shapps has admitted the Conservatives are unlikely to win the general election, saying he is a realist and pleading with voters to help prevent a massive Labour majority instead. The defence secretary said he would not “pretend black is white” by claiming Rishi Sunak is on course to remainContinue Reading
Tory minister rules out doing deal with Reform despite trailing to them in polls Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A Tory election victory is “unlikely but possible”, said Defence Secretary Grant Shapps –Continue Reading
Almost half of people working in key services have considered quitting their job as they struggle because of a “shameful” level of hardship, a study has found. The study, by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, found that around 40 per cent of people who work in primary schools and GP surgeriesContinue Reading
Penny Mordaunt has issued a rallying call to beleaguered Tories across the UK that the election result is “not a foregone conclusion” – but conceded that her party is now very much “the underdog”. With many seeing Ms Mordaunt as a leader in waiting after a Tory defeat, she admitsContinue Reading
Labour have claimed the collapse in Tory support is now so bad that only they can stop Nigel Farage winning Clacton if the last remaining Conservatives vote tactically for their candidate. In 2019 Tory MP and former actor Giles Watling won Clacton with 72.3 per cent of the vote andContinue Reading
