Author: James Carter

Rupert Lowe’s Friday night launch of Restore Britain as a fully-fledged political party may have just delivered a devastating blow to Nigel Farage’s ambitions of reaching Downing Street, potentially fracturing the right-wing vote at the worst possible moment for Reform UK. The Great Yarmouth MP’s announcement, which racked up 2.4 million views on X within hours, represents far more than just another political vanity project. This is a calculated challenge to Reform UK’s dominance of the populist right, and the early signs suggest it could genuinely split the vote in critical marginal constituencies where Reform was banking on victory. The…

Evri customers in Oxford faced two-week delays for parcels after the courier giant’s e-cargo bike delivery partner unexpectedly ceased trading, leaving packages stranded at depots across the city. Pedal and Post, which had been operating for 14 years, shut down without notice after losing a significant client earlier this year. The firm handled deliveries within Oxford’s Clean Air Zone on behalf of Evri before its sudden collapse forced the courier to rapidly restructure operations. The company’s chief executive Christopher Benton confirmed around 60 workers, including both employees and self-employed contractors, lost their positions as a result of the closure. The…

Green Party leader Zack Polanski and by-election candidate Hannah Spencer have faced mockery online after an emotional podcast episode saw both politicians crying whilst discussing the candidate’s four greyhounds during the campaign for the Gorton and Denton seat. Social media users reacted with scepticism after Polanski promoted a clip from his Bold Politics podcast showing the tearful exchange, with one sarcastically writing: “These are exactly the sort of people you want to take on tough international negotiations.” Another critic stated: “I love dogs. I’ve cried when I’ve lost them, cats too. But the person we put in charge to be…

Sir Keir Starmer’s former communications chief has announced he will not take the Labour whip after issuing an apology for his past association with a councillor convicted of possessing indecent images of children. Lord Matthew Doyle stated he would not join Labour peers in the House of Lords following scrutiny of his connection to Sean Morton, who admitted having indecent images of children in 2017. Doyle had campaigned for Morton when he ran as an Independent candidate in May that year. The former Downing Street communications director acknowledged his failure to cease supporting Morton before a judicial conclusion represented a…

Andy Burnham has called for an end to “constant anonymous briefings” within Labour as he backed Sir Keir Starmer following a failed attempt to force the Prime Minister from office through blocking the Greater Manchester mayor from a by-election candidacy. Burnham stated he had spoken to Starmer to create “a sense of a stronger team again” within the party after being prevented from running in the Gorton and Denton by-election, a move widely interpreted as an effort to trigger a leadership crisis. “We need to sort of dial down all of this constant briefing. It’s seemingly a bit endless some…

Kemi Badenoch has questioned why documents Sir Keir Starmer promised to release about Lord Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador have not been published, accusing the government of attempting to hide information ahead of Prime Minister’s Questions. The Conservative leader stated she would press the Prime Minister at Wednesday’s PMQs to explain the delay in releasing files showing how Mandelson was selected for the role despite his connections to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. “Tomorrow at Prime Minister’s Questions, the Prime Minister will need to explain why the documents he promised to release last week have not turned up yet,” Badenoch said during…

Nigel Farage has outlined plans to eliminate working from home arrangements as Reform UK positions itself on a “general election war footing” ahead of crucial May elections. The Reform leader addressed approximately 2,000 supporters at a Birmingham rally on Sunday, where he announced preparations to unveil his shadow cabinet this week whilst declaring his party ready to win the next general election, which he hinted could arrive sooner than expected. Farage’s attack on remote working represented a central pillar of his call for an “attitudinal change to hard work” across Britain. He dismissed claims that employees are more productive working…

Sir Keir Starmer’s director of communications has resigned just hours after the Prime Minister’s chief of staff Morgan McSweeney quit Downing Street. Tim Allan, who joined Sir Keir at Number 10 in September last year, stated he was stepping down to allow the Prime Minister to build a new team. “I have decided to stand down to allow a new No10 team to be built,” Allan said. “I wish the PM and his team every success.” The resignation comes on the same day McSweeney departed his role as chief of staff, dealing a double blow to Starmer’s inner circle as…

Eighteen months after Labour’s landslide victory, British politics has been turned on its head. Reform UK leads national polls, Labour trails in third behind the Conservatives in some surveys, and the Greens are projected to win more seats than the governing party. If voters went to the polls tomorrow, the result would be unlike anything seen in modern British electoral history. The Polling Snapshot: Reform’s Commanding Lead Multiple polling firms place Nigel Farage’s Reform UK decisively ahead of all rivals in early February 2026. Ipsos recorded Reform on 30 per cent at the end of January, eight points clear of…

Several senior Labour figures are emerging as potential successors to Keir Starmer amid Westminster speculation about an internal challenge, though no leadership contest is currently underway. A YouGov-Sky News poll in late 2025 found approximately half of voters expect Starmer to be replaced as prime minister by the end of 2026, reflecting ongoing discussion within political circles about his leadership. Current Situation Starmer recently invited numerous Labour MPs to his Chequers retreat in a last-ditch attempt to prevent them turning against him. One attendee told Politico the PM insisted to the room he “had been grievously lied to” about the…