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Reform’s Robert Kenyon refuses to apologise after his misogynistic comments are read out to him on Question Time

The Green Party candidate, Sarah Wakefield, told Kenyon it was “disgraceful” that he wouldn’t apologise, while his response prompted visible disapproval from the Question Time audience, with several ...
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Question Time audience member roasts Reform’s Robert Kenyon over his sexist comments

A Question Time audience member tore apart Reform’s candidate for the Makerfield by-election, telling him that she would rather ‘have a career politician than a plumber who's a sexist’. Robert Kenyon, ...
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Reform’s Andrea Jenkyns storms out of meeting over criticism of Reform’s response to Henry Nowak’s murder

Andrea Jenkyns, the Reform mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, walked out of a meeting with cabinet ministers and other regional mayors yesterday, after her party came in for criticism for its response to ...
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The housing crisis is manufactured. We can end it.

The UK has been in the grip of neoliberalism for the last 45 years, enriching a few and impoverishing many. Social problems have multiplied. Unaffordable housing is one such problem, manufactured by a ...
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Burnham announces he will challenge Starmer for Labour leadership if he wins Makerfield by-election

Andy Burnham used his appearance on BBC Question Time last night to announce that he will challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership should he succeed in the Makerfield by-election. Pressed by p ...
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RMT’s Eddie Dempsey vows to fight attempts to ‘vilify’ workers as poll shows rise in support for Reform among union members

He said the transport union will "oppose anyone who attempts to ban strike action or threatens and vilifies our members" ...
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Andy Burnham extends lead over Reform by 10 points in latest Makerfield poll

Andy Burnham has extended his lead over Reform in the crucial Makerfield by-election by 10 points according to the latest poll. The poll, carried out by Survation,  found that Labour are on 49%, an in ...
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Rupert Lowe threatens legal action over BBC excluding Restore Britain from Question Time panel

Rupert Lowe has said he is considering taking legal action against the BBC after Restore Britain was not invited to appear on BBC Question Time for a Makerfield by-election special tonight.
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Wes Streeting says he will not allow an Andy Burnham coronation

Labour leadership hopeful Wes Streeting says that he will not allow an Andy Burnham coronation should a leadership race be triggered, vowing to stay in any potential race and to test the Mayor of Grea ...
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Keir Starmer slams Elon Musk for ‘trying to whip up division’ in UK

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has hit out at tech billionaire Elon Musk for once more interfering in British politics and trying to whip up hate and division. It comes after Musk made a series of interv ...
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Andy Burnham viewed more positively by voters than Keir Starmer was before becoming prime minister, YouGov poll finds

Brits view Andy Burnham more favourably than they viewed Keir Starmer before he entered Downing Street, a new YouGov poll suggests. The findings come as Burnham prepares for the Makerfield by-election ...
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Keir Starmer takes apart Nigel Farage at PMQs for exploiting Henry Nowak’s murder to create ‘grievance and division’

Prime Minister Keir Starmer slammed Reform UK leader Nigel Farage during Prime Minister’s Questions earlier today, for exploiting the horrific murder of Henry Nowak in order to create ‘grievance and ...