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ECHR WITHDRAWAL BILL IN PARLIAMENT?
A will was debated of the legislation is the European Convention on Human Rights (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Commons Bill 92 of the 2026–27 session. It is a presentation private member’s bill introduced by Conservative MP Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire), supported by Sir Christopher Chope, and first printed on 22 June 2026. It is extremely short. Clause 1 says: The Prime Minister may notify, under Article 58 of the ECHR, the United Kingdom’s intention
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Restoring China: CNOOC linked question
The Restore Britain’s new Holborn and St Pancras candidate works as in-house counsel for a Chinese state-owned oil company and has been involved with a diversity-focused legal charity. That combination has prompted sharp questions about candidate vetting from commentator Raheem Kassam on the same day Rupert Lowe announced the selection. On 15 September 2026, Lowe's party posted that Tyler Johnson would stand for the party in the 8 October by-election triggered by Keir Starmer
Sep 152 min read


PIGGY IN THE MIDDLE: Top 11 UK Parties donations
Reform UK Ben Delo £36M 2026 Conservative Lord (J) Sainsbury £10M 2022 Reform UK Christopher Harborne £9M 2019 Lib Dems Lord (D) Sainsbury £8M 2019 Conservative Mohamed Mansour £5M 2023 Conservative Frank Hester £5M 2023 Conservative Stuart Wheeler £5M 2001 Conservative Sir J P Getty £5M 2001 Reform UK Ben Delo £4M 2026 Labour Cayman Islands £4M 2024 Conservative Lord Laidlaw £2.9M 2007
Sep 121 min read


MPs reject assisted dying bill in 'knife-edge' Commons vote
UK MPs have voted down legislation that would have legalised assisted dying for terminally ill adults in England and Wales. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was defeated at its second reading on Friday 11 September 2026 by 286 votes to 270 — a majority of 16. The result ends the latest attempt to change the law after a two-year parliamentary process and makes it highly unlikely the issue will return before the next general election. What the bill would have done:
Sep 112 min read


UK 10-Year Gilt Yields Climb
On 9 September, Burnham rejected Conservative proposals to partly fund higher defence spending through cuts to welfare, specifically reforms to housing benefit estimated to save around £4 billion. He stated that national security “can’t come at the expense of social security,” arguing that such cuts would risk widespread homelessness and that community resilience underpins broader security. Burnham reaffirmed an “absolute” commitment to defence, pledging to set a path toward
Sep 102 min read


Who's Asking Questions PMQ's
1. Lillian Jones LAB 2. Sarah Hall LAB 3. Connor Naismith LAB 4. Wera Hobhouse LIB 5. Siobhain McDonagh LAB 6. Lauren Sullivan LAB 7. Alberto Costa CON 8. Kim Johnson LAB 9. Liz Saville Roberts PC 10. Ian Lavery LAB 11. Chris Law SNP 12. Daisy Cooper LIB 13. Laura Kyrke-Smith LAB 14. Cat Eccles LAB
Sep 91 min read


FAMILY ACCOUNTS FROZEN - NIGEL FARAGE
What is actually being alleged: A friend told The Sunday Express that two of Farage’s family members had their accounts frozen because of their association with him. GB News said it had contacted Reform UK to verify the claim. The Daily Mail reported the same detail two days earlier, attributing it to allies and adding that Farage was “furious” about the effect of his career on his family. Farage went further in his own words. Speaking this weekend, he said the impact on rela
Sep 64 min read


REFORM IN TROUBLE
Reform UK’s largest-ever annual conference kicked off this week in Birmingham, with party leader Nigel Farage and senior figures setting out a detailed vision for how they would govern if they win the next UK general election. The event, running through September 5 at the NEC, has drawn a bigger crowd than last year, including business leaders and international guests such as Jordan Bardella of France’s National Rally. Organizers described the tone as “very serious,” focused
Sep 33 min read


Lee Anderson says next general election will be his last as MP
Reform UK chairman Lee Anderson has said he will stand down from Parliament after the next general election, describing national politics as a chapter that is coming to a close. In an exclusive interview with The Sun published on 2 September 2026, the 59-year-old Ashfield MP said: “Life’s ebbing away, young man. It’s slipping away so I’m going to try something else.” He added that he wanted “one more term after this, which will take me up to my late 60s,” before turning to ot
Sep 22 min read


11 Years and he's off - STARMER OUT
The former prime minister said it was “the right time” to leave Parliament and focus on international affairs. He told the Camden New Journal it had been “a huge honour and privilege” to represent the north London seat since 2015, succeeding Frank Dobson. Starmer had previously indicated he would remain an MP until the next general election in 2029, but changed his mind after reflecting over the summer. He plans to concentrate on defence, security, trade and technology, while
Sep 11 min read


A 'Cleverly' Headache
Festus Akinbusoye has entered the Conservative race for London Mayor, setting up a contest with Sir James Cleverly for the party’s 2028 nomination. The former Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner announced the move on GB News and in interviews published on 1 September 2026. Guido Fawkes flagged it the same morning with the headline “Cleverly’s Challenger.” Akinbusoye, now a Westminster City councillor, is pitching himself as the outsider the Tories need after more than
Sep 14 min read


Andy Burnham’s government 'TRIES' is tightening an early-release scheme
Andy Burnham’s government is tightening an early-release scheme born of a severe prison overcrowding crisis, but campaigners say thousands of domestic abusers will still leave jail sooner than planned. The Sentencing Act 2026 changes automatic release points for most prisoners serving standard determinate sentences in England and Wales. Lower-level offenders who previously served 40% or 50% of their term in custody can now be released after one-third. More serious offenders
Sep 14 min read


Meet your Shadow Cabinet IN FULL
Kemi Badenoch completed a significant Shadow Cabinet reshuffle on 31 August 2026, positioning the Conservatives for what she described as a shift “from recovery to preparation for government.” The changes came after James Cleverly resigned as Shadow Housing Secretary to pursue the Conservative nomination for the 2028 London mayoral election, and ahead of the party conference in October. The move also followed Andy Burnham’s appointment as Prime Minister in July 2026 after Kei
Sep 13 min read


Tories lose two big names from the front bench in one week as Cleverly and Patel step aside. The 'Kemi Bounce'
The Conservative Party has lost two of its most senior remaining figures from Kemi Badenoch’s shadow cabinet in the space of a few days, deepening the sense of flux around a party still struggling to recover from its 2024 election collapse. On 29 August, Sir James Cleverly resigned as shadow housing secretary to pursue the Conservative nomination for Mayor of London in 2028. The former home secretary and foreign secretary said he needed to be free to campaign fully on London’
Aug 313 min read


Restore Britain is a "protest vehicle" firing on 3 cylinders!
Restore Britain is a protest vehicle with a hard ceiling. Reform UK is a serious electoral machine that can actually contend for power. That is the core difference heading into the next general election, which must be held by August 2029. Rupert Lowe’s party, launched as a pressure group in 2025 after his expulsion from Reform UK and registered as a party in February 2026, has one MP, unverified membership claims, and a platform that most voters will not touch. Reform, despit
Aug 303 min read


“Unite the right”
Voting Right (votingright.uk / unitetherightuk.com) is an independent UK tactical voting website aimed at right-of-centre voters. Launched around June 2026 as a volunteer-run project under the banner “Voting Right | Uniting The Right UK,” it seeks to help prevent vote-splitting under the UK’s first-past-the-post system. Its core message is that division between parties such as the Conservatives, Reform UK, and smaller right-leaning groups (including newer ones like Restore B
Aug 292 min read


"Operation Vanguard" - Reform Essex
A three-month trial placing private security operatives in the town and city centres of Colchester, Chelmsford and Braintree. The stated aim is a visible presence to reassure residents and deter anti-social behaviour as the Home Office expands the nearby Wethersfield asylum accommodation site. The announcement, made on 28 August 2026 by council leader Cllr Peter Harris, comes days after Harris visited the former RAF base. Reform UK took control of Essex County Council in May
Aug 293 min read


Standard Committee “Not so standard ”
Here are UK Dispatch we’ve been looking into UK MP’s (Members Of Parliament) we’ve are going to take a trip into the Standards Committee the same office in Parliament who is responsible into looking into Reform UK’s leader and MP Nigel Farage. This article will go into detail of who and what gifts or expenses they been given. Every thing in this article comes from government published data a news paper clippings and at the time of writing this is correct. Alberto Costa Conser
Aug 253 min read


WATCH: Nigel Farage tells Jeremy Kyle that Andy Burnham’s Real Test Is on the Economy
Nigel Farage tells Jeremy Kyle that Andy Burnham’s Real Test Is on the Economy On TalkTV with Jeremy Kyle the Reform leader said the economy was the number one issue: “Can Andy Burnham turn around the economy? Because that’s the real question, and I don’t see it. I don’t see it. I don’t think turning around the economy would be easy for anybody. There is going to be a very big change of culture that is needed. I mean, you know, when one in seven are going on antidepressants,
Aug 251 min read


WATCH: Lee Anderson Advises People to Scroll Past Zia Yusuf's Posts
At Reform’s press conference today, Richard Tice and Lee Anderson were asked of Zia Yusuf: “Do you think he should be spending less time on social media?” After some combative X posts from the Reform ‘Shadow’ Home Secretary… Richard Tice said: “We’re all passionate. Zia is passionate. And we all frankly are furious at how the previous Conservative government, they let us all down because they said they were going to reduce immigration numbers. They didn’t. They opened the doo
Aug 241 min read
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