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Carol Vorderman facing resounding calls to stand against Farage in Clacton to challenge Reform UK

Post author:Maddison Wheeldon
Post published:8 July 2026
Post last modified:9 July 2026

Calls are growing across social media for progressive Carol Vorderman to take on Nigel Farage in the upcoming Clacton by-election. The by-election was sparked after the Reform UK leader quit his seat while facing scrutiny over millions in donations that should have been declared. The standards commissioner is still investigating him, bankers reportedly raised concerns over possible money laundering, and now Farage has triggered another by-election. Coincidence? We think not. Whatever the motive, Farage is clearly backing himself to stroll straight back into Westminster. However, his only competition currently is Count Binface and Laurence Fox, which has led many to see…

Zia Yusuf has tried and failed to make the cut to stand for Reform leaving many wondering why

Post author:Maddison Wheeldon
Post published:27 June 2026
Post last modified:27 June 2026

Zia Yusuf appeared on Question Time on Friday 26th doing his usual arrogant punditry attacking Andy Burnham and other political opponents and doing his best to suggest far-right Reform UK are the best hope for the UK. However, other panelists pointed out that Yusuf has yet to stand in an election for the party — and Yusuf’s response exposed the embarrassing fact that he has indeed tried to stand, he just can’t seem to be selected. Given Farage’s party has seen perverts and white supremacists elected, it leaves you wondering what skeletons are in Reform’s ‘home affairs’ spokesperson. Going further, it…

Rihanna Kelver facing felony charges shows ‘stand your ground’ is not for trans people

Post author:Olaitan Mos-Shogbamimu
Post published:15 June 2026
Post last modified:16 June 2026

Rihanna Kelver, a transgender woman in Wyoming, is facing felony charges for pulling a weapon to defend herself after being subject to homophobic and transphobic slurs. Slate magazine reported that Kelver was about to end a work shift when several men on the street began yelling slurs at her. Then: Moments later, according to court testimony and surveillance footage, the man shoved Kelver to the ground hard enough to injure her tailbone. Kelver responded by drawing a pistol from her bag, chambering a round, and pointing the weapon at the man who had pushed her. She kept the safety on and…

Shameful DUP still defends decision to stand with pro-genocide protestors

Post author:Robert Freeman
Post published:9 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politicians have maintained they were correct to stand alongside masked men who hurled racist and sectarian abuse at a peaceful pro-Palestine march. MP for Upper Bann, Carla Lockhart, incongruously claimed that she showed “real leadership” by joining a 300-strong pro-genocide mob, which jeered relentlessly metres away from the roughly 1,500-strong Palestine-backing contingent. The latter were taking part in the Great March for Gaza, an event raising money for Palestinians still being murdered by Israeli Occupation Forces. Part of the march on 6 June passed along a towpath beside the largely unionist town of Scarva, prompting hostility from…

Mothin Ali tells Labour to stop begging the Greens to stand down

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:27 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

There are many people attached to the Labour Party who have argued the Greens should do the ‘decent thing’ and stand down in the Makerfield by-election. The counter-argument to this is why would they? And as the Greens’ deputy leader Mothin Ali has now said: If Burnham can't win an election without the Greens giving him an easy ride, how's he going to beat Reform in a general election? — Mothin Ali (@MothinAli) May 26, 2026 Put up or shut up The Makerfield race may be the most decisive by-election in British electoral history. If Andy Burnham wins, he will almost…

Greens grassroots push back: Burnham is ‘not what we stand for’

Post author:Cameron Baillie
Post published:26 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

A Green Party membership coalition has hit back at senior party figures, urging the Greens to stand aside in the Makerfield by-election. Their letter‘s message is unambiguous: the grassroots will not be managed into irrelevance. Green grassroots hitting back at Burnham The Canary can reveal a letter signed by Green Party members, circulating in response to a joint statement from high-profile party figures including former co-leader Jonathan Bartley and ex-councillor Rupert Read. It calls on Zack Polanski to rule out stepping aside for Labour’s Andy Burnham in Makerfield. Over 120 members and counting have so far signed the open letter, launched…

Moog 4 prepare to stand trial

Post author:The Canary
Post published:22 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

The Moog 4 are comprised of four pro-Palestine activists who were arrested and remanded to prison for six months in August 2025. Their trial is due to start at Birmingham Crown Court on 4 June 2026. Regardless of the outcome, it is an action that has shed new light on the UK government’s facilitation of the genocide in Gaza Moog Inc. You might associate the name Moog with electronic instruments and synthesisers. It turns out Robert Moog had an equally inventive cousin, Bill, who went into aviation and engineering. The company that bears Bill’s name supplies key parts to the global…