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Farage may be setting the scene for complaints of election rigging when the results come in.
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Its golden age as a seaside town may be over, but left behind places like Clacton are not lacking in pride.
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The Conservatives campaigned against changing the voting system in 2011, but it could have saved them from a potential wipeout at this election.
Some potholes are deep and cause problems for cyclists.
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Will Labour’s pothole politics provide the meaningful infrastructure investment desperately needed in Britain?
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Farage and the Mail were previously close ideological bedfellows.
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, at the party’s economic policy launch on June 10 2024.
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Winning just a few seats would mean Reform would qualify for ‘short money’ – public funding for its operations – and would no longer have to rely on its own small donations pool.
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Boundary changes are making this election difficult to map, so we turned to the census.
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Making a ‘boring’ campaign more exciting, or just distracting from the issues that matter most?
Nigel Farage in one of his 10 appearances on Question Time in the last decade.
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The top five most frequent non-politician panellists all write for The Spectator.
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Data from Ukip’s performance in 2017 shows that once a certain tipping point is passed, Reform is indeed a significant threat to the Tories.
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The prime minister attempted to play the populist and ended up playing into the hands of Nigel Farage.
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The day’s agenda was already set by Nigel Farage, hours before the two party leaders stepped on stage.
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Research from political science shows that rightwing voters respond to narratives that harken back to a better time.
Nigel Farage, former leader of the UK Independence Party, speaks during the National Conservatism conference in Brussels on April 16, 2024.
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Trying to silence the radical right isn’t the way forward. Not only is it likely to backfire, it will probably galvanize the movement’s leaders.
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Extremists are not ‘capturing’ our systems – they are part of them.
Ex-politician Nigel Farage accused his bank of refusing his business because of his political views.
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Research shows banks – especially private banks – have always been concerned about their customers’ social status and respectability.
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Banks in the UK have to conduct extra checks on people more at risk of blackmail – and an easier option is sometimes just to say no to giving them and account.
French president Emmanuel Macron greets the rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris Chems-Eddine Hafiz in October 2022.
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Liberal schools of thought largely inform how Muslims are viewed across Europe, research finds.
Brian Tamaki with Destiny Church members and supporters leading the anti-government march to parliament on August 23.
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Far-right populism has been on the rise globally. Is New Zealand really immune, or should National Party leader Christopher Luxon be more unequivocal about working with the likes of Brian Tamaki?
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Local pubs play an important role in local identity – itself a known driver in support for radical-right parties.