Who better to defend Reform’s latest millions than Honest Bob Jenrick? The man who once helped Richard ‘Dirty’ Desmond save a load of tax was wheeled out to face Laura Kuenssberg The Guardian - UK · Sep 13
With Nige still sulking, it was left to Honest Bob to unveil Reform UK’s latest ‘policies’ The sense of futility hanging over the room was almost overwhelming as Robert Jenrick took the stage The Guardian - UK · Aug 26
Things get even more tricky for Dicky Tice, the Reform deputy with lots of cash but zero self-awareness Telling the country to enjoy the heat while it burns, you have to wonder if Tice has lost all sense of reality The Guardian - UK · Aug 18
Even GB News cringes as Reform turns dementia patients into a political football Honest Bob was rattled at the idea of joining cross-party talks on social care. Why bother behaving as a serious opposition? The Guardian - UK · Jul 30
Kemi declares war on net zero – and what remains of her party Badenoch’s ideological purge gathers pace as moderates are cast out and the Tories edge ever closer to political extinction The Guardian - UK · Jul 14
What a week for Daddy Nige and his dysfunctional Reform family From disciple-in-chief Dicky Tice to Honest Bob Jenrick, Farage really does know how to pick ’em The Guardian - UK · Jul 9
It must be bad for Nige and his finances if it’s Honest Bob Jenrick to the rescue ‘Nothing to see here,’ says the man who once overruled council planners in favour of Richard ‘Dirty’ Desmond The Guardian - UK · Jul 5
Reform UK’s Honest Bob stands up for the little people like him It fell to Robert Jenrick to announce his party’s plans to lift white British people from the bottom of the pile The Guardian - UK · Jun 15
Digested week: Hungary’s election result is rare good news in a depressing and surreal world Not least because JD Vance’s show of support for Viktor Orbán appears to have had opposite of desired effect The Guardian - UK · Apr 17
Show of strength by Reform MPs at PMQs turns into a cameo appearance A well-timed jibe by the prime minister at Nigel Farage’s side-hustle seemed to provoke the party leader into staging a mass walkout The Guardian - UK · Mar 25
Nige and Honest Bob want to turn politics into a downmarket reality gameshow But their latest stunt suggests Reform may be hitting the law of diminishing returns with a press conference too far The Guardian - UK · Mar 17
Farage delivers energy sermon at the pump – just don’t mention the war Reform leader’s Derbyshire petrol station stunt grinds to halt when questions on Iran leave him short-tempered The Guardian - UK · Mar 10
Nigel Farage assumes Anne Robinson role in political remake of The Weakest Link Reform UK leader snaps at reporters as he tries to maintain control over announcement of shadow cabinet The Guardian - UK · Feb 17
Mandy wonders where it all went wrong as Labour throws him to the wolves Mandelson tried to explain as everyone from Harriet Harman to Robert Jenrick lined up to condemn him The Guardian - UK · Feb 3
The Guardian - UK · Jan 16 Jenrick’s incredible journey – from self-centred halfwit to self-centred halfwit Reform’s latest defector from the Tories is a politician whose eye has only ever been on his own ambition
The Guardian - UK · Jan 16 Mystic Nigel has seen the future: a country run by his cabinet of taxidermied Tories By welcoming ‘Honest Bob’ Jenrick into the fold, the Reform seer is embracing the uniparty chaos he claimed to be seeing off, writes Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
The Guardian - UK · Jan 15 Treachery and stupidity to the fore as Robert Jenrick defects to Reform Even Nigel Farage looked taken aback by the news Honest Bob was about to join his flock, but he quickly saw the upside
The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2025 Honest Bob gets the party started – the Reform party. Well it’s tough being a Tory Robert Jenrick gives Conservative conference delegates permission to be the worst possible versions of themselves
The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2025 Danny Kruger takes Reform back to full strength – so who’ll be next to quit? Nigel’s gang has its own ‘one in, one out’ policy, having lost two MPs since the election – now it’s all eyes on the next one to exit
The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2025 It’s a love-in at the home affairs committee as Yvette Cooper runs down the clock Forget tough scrutiny of small boats or asylum hotels – this home secretary appears to lead a charmed life
The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2025 Digested week: Mum, Dad, Barry and Herbie the dog – the list of talking dead grows ever longer I’ve found myself petless for the first time in decades and the house feels empty – a sandwich-eating lion may not be the answer
The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2025 Yeah but no but yeah but no but surrender. Life’s just one big betrayal for Kemi and co Be it winter fuel, criminal justice, the EU or Chagos Islands, never miss a chance to try to rewrite Tory history
The Guardian - UK · Apr 29, 2025 Kemi revels in a Conservative electoral drubbing – in Canada of course Never mind potential losses at home, the Tory leader was loving the fall of Robert Jenrick’s heroes across the pond
The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2025 Labour used to give the needy the benefit of the doubt. Now they slash their benefits It’s no wonder many people on welfare are starting to look back on the last government with affection
The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2025 Jenrick shape-shifts on air with reality-bending Today interview Shadow justice secretary makes case for second child sexual abuse inquiry, despite ignoring the last one