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Nigel Farage promises to bollock Zia Yusuf over ‘traitor’ X post

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:12 August 2026
Post last modified:12 August 2026

In the wake of Ann Widdecombe‘s alleged murder, Reform UK members complained that they were being unfairly criticised by politicians and journalists. According to them, the level of intense criticism they receive is beyond the pale and puts them at risk of violence. While it’s certainly the case that UK political discourse has become increasingly heated, there is a problem for Reform in all this; namely that their politicians are the ones who have most obviously turned up the heat. The latest example of a Reform politician throwing around extreme rhetoric was Zia Yusuf, who called Tory Ben Wallace a “traitor”.…

Richard Tice has meltdown over anti-slavery post

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:2 August 2026
Post last modified:2 August 2026

Richard Tice is the deputy of Reform UK, and do you know what really winds him up? The idea that people of faith might want to acknowledge and learn from the horrors of the past. We’d like to say this is unexpected, but Tice was promoting an alleged human trafficker a few weeks ago, so it really isn’t. Did you thank Jesus for giving great courage and vision to the British for abolishing the slave trade, spending vast amounts of money and sacrificing brave Royal Naval sailors in the process? As a Christian, you don’t speak for me, nor millions of…

‘Scandal within a scandal’: DWP fails to begin Post Office convictions review

Post author:Cameron Baillie
Post published:30 July 2026
Post last modified:31 July 2026

The UK government’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is still failing families affected by the potentially wrongful Post Office convictions scandal. It’s now almost 12 months since the DWP first announced its review into its infamous handling of prosecutions against Post Office staff. Yet no review has begun and still no reviewer is even appointed. The widow of a sub-postmaster told Sky News she is “extremely” frustrated at the stalling of the review. It is supposed to investigate the (mis)handled prosecutions of multiple Post Office staff. The DWP was involved in bringing prosecutions against roughly 100 Post Office staff from…

Reform report Polanski to police over picture he didn’t post

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:30 July 2026
Post last modified:31 July 2026

On Wednesday 27 July, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage posted the following to Twitter/X: This is what Zack Polanski has just posted on his instagram. If I was to post anything as inciteful then I would expect to be arrested, and so should Polanski. pic.twitter.com/u1s25FQ38U — Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) July 27, 2026 The image in question shows a guillotine next to the message “We’re only making plans for Nigel”. And Farage is certainly correct to think he would have attracted criticism if he’d published something similar. Farage is less correct to suggest Polanski ‘posted’ the image, but we do agree the…

Reform deputy reposts alleged sex trafficker’s post on Ann Widdecombe

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:13 July 2026
Post last modified:13 July 2026

Richard Tice, Reform UK’s deputy leader, is among those promoting the views of an alleged human trafficker on social media. In the aftermath of Ann Widdecombe’s death, many right-wingers have sought to politicise the alleged murder despite facts being thin on the ground. This includes the lesser-known Tate brother, Tristan. Richard Tice unfazed by Tate’s history Tristan and his brother, Andrew Tate, are facing serious accusations in Romania and the UK. On 6 July, Romania Insider reported: Prosecutors from Romania’s Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism, or DIICOT, announced on Friday, July 3, that they have expanded the investigation into…

Senior Graham ally deletes ‘blackface’ Facebook post

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:25 June 2026
Post last modified:27 June 2026

Scot Walker, a senior and close ally of Unite general secretary Sharon Graham, has deleted an image of himself wearing a beard-and-dreads mask. Walker had posted the image to his Facebook feed, triggering a storm of outrage at the ‘blackface’ get-up: Walker runs Unite’s so-called ‘Workers’ Economy‘, which union insiders have said Graham created to circumvent Unite’s Community section for unwaged members. Unite Community was set up by her predecessor Len McCluskey, whom Graham has long attacked with what McCluskey called “pages of smears and innuendo”. Union members and staff said that Graham planned to shut down Community if she wins…