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EXCLUSIVE: Unite not currently considering giving funding to new Corbyn-Sultana Party There have been no discussions about funding ‘Your Party’, Unite says

EXCLUSIVE: Unite denies having had any talks about funding ‘Your Party’

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Nicola Sturgeon describes Nigel Farage as having ‘a very very fragile ego’ in interview She doesn’t hold back on delivering her verdict on Farage

Sturgeon didn't hold back her opinions on Farage

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Is support for Reform falling? How are they doing in the polls?

Are Reform losing support?

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Over 500 people arrested at Palestine Action protest Half of those arrested were aged 60 or over, data has revealed

'I’m no stranger to arrests under nonsensical terror laws. But yesterday was something else.'

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Kemi Badenoch brags about getting fellow pupil expelled in awkward interview ‘No wonder you were so unpopular back at school. You sound really annoying.’

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Half of the country are getting an essential fact about UK immigration wrong 'We are a gaslit nation.'

This is important.

How significant is Corbyn and Sultana’s 600,000 sign ups to their new party? Is this an historic moment?

How significant is this?

Fundraiser to buy new RNLI lifeboat named after Nigel Farage set to hit £300,000 target The likes of Farage and Reform criticising the work of the RNLI has backfired, leading to a surge in donations for the charity.

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How we can fight back against the right-wing coup For a better future the power of corporations and wealthy elites must be curbed and reversed

'For a better future the power of corporations and wealthy elites must be curbed and reversed'

A flurry of music acts are pulling their music from Spotify – here’s the full list Is this a growing movement?

These are the bands pulling their music from Spotify

Kemi Badenoch brags about getting fellow pupil expelled in awkward interview ‘No wonder you were so unpopular back at school. You sound really annoying.’

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Half of the country are getting an essential fact about UK immigration wrong 'We are a gaslit nation.'

This is important.

Seven former Labour councillors defect to new Corbyn-Sultana party ‘With Your Party gaining ground faster than both Labour and Reform combined, there is real hope again.’

The new party now has its first councillors

Elon Musk’s X played "central role" in stoking racist riots last summer 'X acted like petrol on the fire of racist violence in the aftermath of the Southport tragedy'

Musk's X played "central role" in fuelling Southport riots @amnestyuk.bsky.social

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Lee Anderson slams MPs who invest in solar, forgetting that the Reform deputy leader does ‘I can tell you one that does Lee Anderson MP - it's your mate Richard Tice’

Awkwardly for Anderson, one of his Reform colleagues has invested in solar

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Sky News changes Reform UK coverage after receiving thousands of complaints over ‘lack of balance’ 'No other political party appears to be receiving this special treatment'

'No other political party appears to be receiving this special treatment'

Homelessness minister resigns over ‘throwing tenants out’ and hiking rent 'Rushanara Ali fundamentally misunderstood her role. Her job was to tackle homelessness, not to increase it.'

Rusanara Ali has stepped down as homelessness minister after evicting tenants and raising the rent on a property she owns

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Nigel Farage appears to forget which country he wants to deport people to His comments at a press conference have been contrasted with past policies

Yikes...

Reform UK sends candidates for psychiatric testing as part of vetting process The party says it is to “avoid another Rupert Lowe”

Reform's vetting chaos continues

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How we can fight back against the right-wing coup For a better future the power of corporations and wealthy elites must be curbed and reversed

For a better future the power of corporations and wealthy elites must be curbed and reversed, writes @premnsikka.bsky.social

Voting is now open in the Green Party leadership election – who will win? Members will vote throughout August

Who will win the Green Party leadership election?

Reform UK’s membership ‘falls by almost 10,000 in a month’ Farage can’t be too pleased.

What a shame...

Fundraiser to buy new RNLI lifeboat named after Nigel Farage set to hit £300,000 target The likes of Farage and Reform criticising the work of the RNLI has backfired, leading to a surge in donations for the charity.

'The likes of Farage and Reform criticising the work of the RNLI has backfired, leading to a surge in donations for the charity' leftfootforward.org/2025/08/fund...

Reform UK offers corporate execs the chance to sip champagne with Nigel Farage for £250,000 The offer of ‘champagne with Farage’ has raised concerns over rich donors having influence over party policy and the future direction of the populist party.

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Lee Anderson slams MPs who invest in solar, forgetting that the Reform deputy leader does ‘I can tell you one that does Lee Anderson MP - it's your mate Richard Tice’

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Kemi Badenoch brags about getting fellow pupil expelled in awkward interview ‘No wonder you were so unpopular back at school. You sound really annoying.’

🙄🙄🙄

Seven former Labour councillors defect to new Corbyn-Sultana party ‘With Your Party gaining ground faster than both Labour and Reform combined, there is real hope again.’

The new party has its first councillors

Reform MP Sarah Pochin’s threat of legal action against local residents called ‘an own goal’ ‘If you attack somebody’s community, particularly if you’re meant to be representing them, people will push back.’

A Runcorn resident has slammed Sarah Pochin’s legal threat against local residents who have disputed her ‘illegal immigrant’ claims as a total "own goal".

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Homelessness minister resigns over ‘throwing tenants out’ and hiking rent 'Rushanara Ali fundamentally misunderstood her role. Her job was to tackle homelessness, not to increase it.'

Rusanara Ali has stepped down as homelessness minister after evicting tenants and raising the rent on a property she owns

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