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"The Big Tobacco, Climate Denial Lobbyist and Crypto Firms Sponsoring the Reform UK Conference"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate

The Big Tobacco, Climate Denial Lobbyist and Crypto Firms Sponsoring the Reform UK Conference
Big corporations and lobby groups are putting their cash behind the rise of Nigel Farage's party

"Labour has also won every time the Senedd has been contested, as it will be again in May. Yet, if the most recent Wales-wide poll holds good, that is set to change. Plaid will instead be the largest party, just ahead of Reform UK, with Labour third. Though still a minority, Plaid would be in government. In Welsh terms, that would be a political earthquake. Perhaps in Britain-wide terms too"
#UKPol

Corrected headline.
"The xenophobe Nigel Garage realises his Trumpian promise is empty but then promises concentration camps."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/

UK realigning with the EU by "stealth" - a way to do it in spite of dangerous extremists like those in the Reform party.
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/uk-eu-relations-alignment-by-stealth/

UK-EU relations: alignment by stealth - UK in a changing Europe
Coinciding with the publication of the thirteenth edition of the UK-EU Divergence Tracker, Joël Reland explains some of the reports key findings. He argues that the scale of alignment by the UK with EU rules goes well beyond the commitments  made at May's UK-EU summit.

UK Gov to review taxes on gambling.
I know what to do - charge a completely random amount between 0 and 100% on winnings. Ask yourself, are you feeling lucky??
#ukpolitics #gambling

"Reform’s pro-fracking stance could divide potential voters, research shows"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Energy

[The Welsh First Minister] said: “My understanding is that [Sir Keir Starmer] never goes to by-elections".
A shy PM?
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/prospect-of-chaos-if-reform-…

‘Prospect of chaos’ if Reform or Plaid win in Wales – Welsh First Minister
There is a “real prospect of chaos” if Reform UK or Plaid Cymru win in Wales, the Welsh First Minister has said.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
The Knife:
🎵 Like A Pen
#TheKnife
https://takethetorch.bandcamp.com/track/the-knife-like-a-pen-take-the-torch-reform
https://open.spotify.com/track/46bc0GYrNHXO84T0t016qM

Reform UK councillor in Burnley accused of ‘whipping up misinformation’
https://northwestbylines.co.uk/politic

Reform UK councillor in Burnley accused of ‘whipping up misinformation’
Rumours of migrant housing resulted in an arson attack in Burnley, the council fights back online

Reform led Nottinghamshire Council is blacklisting journalists for asking questions. An outrageous attack on press freedom. Sign the petition to get them to reverse this decision: https://

Reform: Stop hiding from press scrutiny!
Nigel Farage says he welcomes freedom of speech, even if people find it offensive. Surely that should apply to freedom of the press too? So why have Reform's Nottinghamshire councillors - who control the county council - been banned from talking to the Nottingham Post & Nottinghamshire Live, just because we wrote an article they didn't like? Our report asked legitimate questions about local government restructuring. That's our job. When councillors pick and choose which journalists get to...

"‘Drill baby, drill’: Reform UK zero in on Ed Miliband’s climate policies"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #NetZero #Climate

Farage: No problem changing GFA to remove ECHR reference
https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0906/1532172-farage-echr/
<< abso-fucking-lutely a problem. The ECHR reference was added to stop the UK reneging on its agreement by creative interpretation. Farage and his ilk a…

Farage: No problem changing GFA to remove ECHR reference
Leader of Reform UK Nigel Farage has said that he does not see a problem with renegotiating the Good Friday Agreement to remove the reference to the European Convention on Human Rights.

"Keir Starmer says digital ID cards are an ‘enormous opportunity’ and will make it tougher to work illegally - UK politics live"
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/sep/26/keir-starmer-digital-id-cards-i…

> "At one point during the press conference, Mr Finch acknowledged the risks attached to talking about a live legal case, saying: “I was told if I released this, I’d be in contempt of court.”
Contempt of court is being cynically used for self-promotion by right-wing activists.
Take action against them, and they become martyrs against "cover-ups". If a case collapses as a result of their actions, it's just proof of a corrupt system protecting criminals.

Reform’s 19-year-old council leader risks contempt of court over rape case comments
George Finch - the 19-year-old Warwickshire county council leader - risks having broken the law with a comment he made about the case

@…: Reform is spewing more lies. This time it’s using attacks against women as a cover for attacks on migrants. We can’t let it stand. Email Reform. #Goodlawproject

Tell Reform to stop exploiting women’s safety to fuel attacks on migrants
Reform UK is pushing racist claims that migrants are a threat to women’s safety. This toxic narrative paints an entire group of people as inherently dangerous. But there’s no credible evidence to back it up. Reform MP Sarah Pochin suggested that migrants have a “warped view of their right to sexually assault women”. She claimed that men from “predominantly Muslim countries like Afghanistan” hold a “medieval view of women’s rights” and that “women are at risk of sexual assaul…

Starmer: "I'm taking the fight to Reform ..... by doing a Reform-lite, Christ I'm bold!"
No ‘golden ticket’ to UK as refugees will have to earn right to stay
https://nation.cymru/news/starmer-no-golden-ticket-to-uk…

Starmer: No ‘golden ticket’ to UK as refugees will have to earn right to stay
Sir Keir Starmer has said there will be no “golden ticket” to settling in the UK under plans to require refugees to “earn” their right to stay long term. The UK Government plans to end automatic family union rights for those granted asylum in the UK and change the requirements for long-term settlement. New applications […]

As UK politics turns both right and left, how do we get degrowth onto the agenda?
By Mark H Burton In the series, Prospects for Degrowth The last few weeks have seen two opposing developments in British politics, both in the context of the Starmer Labour government and its failure to address the real issues facing people and planet. On the one hand we have seen the continuing rise of the far right Reform UK party…

As UK politics turns both right and left, how do we get degrowth onto the agenda?
By Mark H Burton In the series, Prospects for Degrowth The last few weeks have seen two opposing developments in British politics, both in the context of the Starmer Labour government and its failu…

Nigel Farage: This is a massive crisis. We need mass deportations (Steven Swinford/The Times)
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/nigel-farage-interview-reform-uk-v3lcnkbm9
http://www.memeorandum.com/250823/p23#a250823p23

This critique is not limited to the UK, or the USA:
"It is said the centre cannot hold, but what if it does? That’s a frightening recipe for more stasis and more rage"
"Neither centrists nor rightwingers can deliver, and yet their parties squat and sprawl on the site of government, with high barriers to entry precluding outside challenge and disincentivising internal reform. "

"Reform’s New Board Members: What Have They Said About Climate Change?"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate #ClimateChange

Reform’s New Board Members: What Have They Said About Climate Change?
After skipping Parliament’s return from recess this week, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has flown back from Washington DC to kick off his party’s annual conference today in Birmingham. DeSmog has been banned from the event, which will be packed full of climate science deniers, anti-vaccine activists, and dark money lobby groups. One agenda item […]

Can't disagree:
"He also defended migrants and refugees to loud applause from the audience and accused Labour of being "handmaidens" of Reform UK adding: "When Farage says jump, Labour asks 'how high'."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c708y9nq174o…

Tax wealthiest to end rip-off Britain, says Green leader Polanski
Zack Polanski sets out a new direction for the Green Party in his first conference speehc as leader.

Guardian:
"Greens struggle for coverage at the best of times, and these aren’t the best of times. The news today will be dominated by the repurcussions from the Manchester synagogue attack."
https://www.theguardian.com/politic…

Good for Nottingham Post for publishing texts that show ReformUK councillors are snowflakes who want to suppress free speech that doesn't favour them. We don't need such Trump like behaviour here.
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/news-o

Reform now say we're 'activist' - these texts show that is false
Reform UK's deputy leader has labelled Nottinghamshire Live an 'activist' organisation

Checking in on the politics of civility.
https://www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/09/29/labour-labelled-nasty-party-after-minister-calls-ed-davey-fat-bloke-in-wetsuit/

Labour branded ‘nasty party’ after minister calls Ed Davey ‘fat bloke in wetsuit’ - Politics.co.uk
A senior minister has referred to the Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, as a “fat bloke in a wetsuit”. Torsten Bell, who serves jointly as a pensions and Treasury minister, delivered the remarks while speaking to a fringe event at Labour Party conference.  Bell said: “What Britain needs to tackle [Reform UK leader Nigel] Farage... Read more »

An informative article highlighting the need for reform of funding for Scottish Higher Education.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c80gxyl417no
Alternatively, universities' financial positions could be greatly improved by the UK government choosing to enco…

University boss calls for major review of Scottish higher education
Sir Anton Muscatelli calls for a review of the future funding and shape of higher education.

Who's surprised? The rats fleeing the sinking ship climb onto an anti-personnel device.
"Ex-Tory minister Nadine Dorries defects to Reform UK"
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj9zld87y1go?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

Former Conservative minister Nadine Dorries defects to Reform UK
The ex-MP told the Daily Mail the Tory Party was dead and its members now "need to think the unthinkable".

Reform or hypocrisy? From the Guardian:

Nigel Farage channels Trump with El Salvador plan (Noah Keate/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/reform-uk-nigel-farage-donald-trump-el-salvador-prison-pledge/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250721/p51#a250721p51

I suspect some of them would prefer a figure of 6 million.
Reform UK prepared to deport 600,000 under migration plans - BBC News
#POX

Reform UK would pay countries for migrant return deals
The party outlines its plans to detain and deport all migrants who arrive in the UK on small boats.

"Reform UK Council Backs Climate Denial Motion Saying Man Made Climate Change Is 'Unproven'"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate

Reform UK Council Backs Climate Denial Motion Saying Man Made Climate Change Is 'Unproven'
The Reform motion denying the existence of man-made climate change was also backed by the Conservatives

"Climate Deniers to Converge on Reform Conference"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate #ClimateChange…

Climate Deniers to Converge on Reform Conference
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is hosting a number of radical anti-climate groups at its conference this weekend, DeSmog can report. They include the Heartland Institute, a group close to Donald Trump’s administration, which has called human-induced climate change a “delusion”. The conference will also play host to Net Zero Watch, the campaign arm of the […]

Brass of the BBC to point to polls, when they've given disproportionate attention to Farage personally for a decade.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/sep/12/bbc-under-fresh-pressure-over-extent-of-reform-uk-nigel…

It's mostly posturing . Shale gas won't be economically viable and will meet huge opposition from communities.
Get ready for fracking, Reform UK tells energy firms - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74172wlezwo

Get ready for fracking, Reform UK tells energy firms
The party is serious about going after shale gas - but critics argue it's too difficult and costly.

"Reform Council Bans All Mentions of Climate Change While Quietly Taking Green Funds From Government"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate

Reform Council Bans All Mentions of Climate Change While Quietly Taking Green Funds From Government
Reform-run West Northamptonshire is removing all references to ‘climate change’ and ‘net zero’ from official documents, yet continuing to take government green grants

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #LaurenLaverne
The Knife:
🎵 Like A Pen
#TheKnife
https://takethetorch.bandcamp.com/track/the-knife-like-a-pen-take-the-torch-reform
https://open.spotify.com/track/46bc0GYrNHXO84T0t016qM

Vance Meets Farage, Another Right-Wing Populist, in Britain (Mark Landler/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/world/europe/jd-vance-nigel-farage-reform-uk.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250813/p73#a250813p73

Yes, with a lot of complicity from the BBC.
Has Reform changed the immigration debate? - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c707g9rj9wqo

Has Reform changed the immigration debate?
Labour's ideal way of combating Nigel Farage is by fixing the asylum system and stopping small boats - but the party's strategy is also changing.

"‘An enormous scar’: the battle over solar farms and pylons as Reform UK takes aim at net zero"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #NetZero

'...in 1981, an English teacher reportedly wrote to the headteacher asking him to reconsider his decision to appoint him [Garage] a prefect, citing reports of fascist views. Another teacher allegedly said that on a Combined Cadet Force camp organised by the college, Farage and others “marched through a quiet Sussex village very late at night shouting Hitler Youth songs".'
Nigel Farage's most controversial moments: from 'racist' comments to a plane crash | The St…

Nigel Farage's most controversial moments: from 'racist' comments to a plane crash
Dubbed 'the man who broke Britain' for his role in Brexit, and viewed by many as a far-right bigot, the Reform UK leader has been in and out of the headlines over the years

"Heatwave: Anti-Climate Reform Politicians Represent Areas at ‘High Risk’ from Extreme Temperatures"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate

Heatwave: Anti-Climate Reform Politicians Represent Areas at ‘High Risk’ from Extreme Temperatures
Nigel Farage and his fellow Reform UK MPs, many of whom deny basic climate science, represent constituencies exposed to the worst effects of extreme heat, studies show. The UK has this week entered its fourth heatwave of 2025, with temperatures expected to rise to 33C on Thursday in what scientists have warned could become the […]

Steps to make electricity cheaper, such as ending levies, could transform prospects for pumps in the UK.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/28/heat-pumps-could-halve-heating-bills-with-energy-system-r…

"Exposing Reform’s Oil Ties Significantly Reduces Party Support, New Research Finds"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #FossilFuels

Exposing Reform’s Oil Ties Significantly Reduces Party Support, New Research Finds
Reform UK’s oil industry interests are a major turn-off for voters, new research reveals. The think tank Persuasion UK tested five anti-Reform messages on 6,000 adults. According to the research, “by far the most impactful” message that dented support for Nigel Farage’s party was exposing its corporate, fossil fuel donors.  Five demographically-identical groups were shown […]

Manchester, Woodhouse Park ward by-election (Thursday 25/9)
Greens held the seat on a very low turnout in this predominantly white 'working class 'ward. Reform POX (who didn't campaign) pushed Labour into 3rd place.
The Green Party – 826 (43.8% -5.7)
Reform UK – 556 (29.5% New)
Labour – 386 (20.5% -23.2%)
Conservative – 72 (3.8% -1.6%)
Liberal Democrat – 47 ( (2.5% 1.2)
Turnout 16.29%

"Whether through the People’s Assembly, “Your Party,” the Greens or union organisations like trades councils, we need mobilising vehicles that will take the fight to both Labour and Reform. How to do that should be the focus of every socialist organisation and activist."
The Morning Star take on Labour conference 2025 | Morning Star

This is a good outcome.
Now the government must give asylum to all likely to get it anyway, allow asylum seekers to do paid work, and advocate positively for their right to come here and seek sanctuary.
(Not holding my breath as Starmer is a Reform / #POX enabler).
Asylum seekers to remain at Epping hotel after court of appeal revokes ban | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian

"Reform Plans to Hand Fracking Windfall to Trump Donor"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate #ClimateChange

Reform Plans to Hand Fracking Windfall to Trump Donor
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK would allow a fossil fuel company owned by a Donald Trump donor to open up a huge fracking site in Greater Lincolnshire, DeSmog can reveal. Andrea Jenkyns, Reform’s mayor in the region, recently met with Egdon Resources – an oil and gas firm owned by Texas-based Heyco Energy – which claims […]

"Ed Miliband to tell MPs who reject net zero policies they are betraying future generations"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate

The #POX, Xenophobes and Fascists in the Reform and Tory parties are now targeting schemes to support migrant children in school.
'Education must remain a beacon of hope, dignity, and solidarity' | Morning Star

"Reform-led Durham county council scraps climate emergency declaration"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate #ClimateChange

"Farage to Share Stage with Architects of Trump’s Anti-Climate Agenda"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate #ClimateChange

Farage to Share Stage with Architects of Trump’s Anti-Climate Agenda
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage will speak next week alongside the authors of Donald Trump’s plans to “dismantle the administrative state” and scrap climate policies.  Farage is a featured speaker at the National Conservatism (NatCon) conference in Washington DC – at least his tenth visit to the U.S. since being elected as an MP. As […]

"Reform council to ‘rescind’ climate emergency declaration"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate #ClimateChange

"Farage faces backlash from younger Reform voters over net zero policies"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #NetZero #Climate

Farage faces backlash from younger Reform voters over net zero policies
Polling suggests new Reform supporters are less climate sceptic than those who voted for Nigel Farage’s party in the 2024 general election

"How to defend climate leadership in UK politics amid Reform's culture war"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate #ClimateChange