Two Reform UK officials step down after allegations of donation rules breach James Orr and Dan Jukes have stepped down following allegations on Channel 4 News over a breach of political donation rules. Evening Standard · Sep 4
Reform officials ‘plotted to break law on foreign donations’ in undercover film Investigation broadcast by Channel 4 News shows man posing as ‘impermissible donor’ paying for polling that helped Reform The Guardian - UK · Sep 3
Why Posh George could prove as fatal for Farage as Mandelson was for Starmer ANALYSIS: Political editor David Maddox reveals the details of convicted criminal George Cottrell’s relationship with Nigel Farage The Independent UK · Jul 6
Could Farage quit? Questions swirl over Reform UK leader’s future Leader is under pressure over £5m gift, byelection losses and rise of rival Restore but allies say exit speculation is ‘wishful thinking’ The Guardian - UK · Jul 5
Orbán’s defeat threatens to halt Hungarian support of populist right Individuals such as Matt Goodwin and Lord Frost benefited from largesse of self-styled ‘illiberal democracy’ The Guardian - UK · Apr 16
UNC Newspaper Halts Satire and Implements DEI Training After Backlash Over April Fools' Issue Free speech lawyers say UNC violated North Carolina’s institutional neutrality law. Reason · Apr 10
The Guardian view on Britain’s religious right: using and abusing faith in the pursuit of power Editorial: A professed desire to protect the country’s Christian identity is cover for a divisive politics which ignores the central message of the gospels The Guardian - UK · Apr 5
Nigel Farage’s farming adviser calls for wheat prices to double Exclusive: critics warn Reform UK use of trade policy would increase food costs amid cost-of-living crisis The Guardian - UK · Mar 29
Revealed: a crypto billionaire’s political base hosting ‘anti-woke’ and rightwing activists in Westminster Pardoned by Trump after violating US banking law, Ben Delo provides funding, networking, and podcasting space for a range of groups, including those with hardline views on migration and abortion The Guardian - UK · Mar 18
What Reform UK’s senior figures really think about women and families As Reform UK surges in the polls and attempts to get its top team ready to fight an election, The Independent has taken a look at exactly what key figures in the party have said about marriage, women, abortion and fertility – and what it might mean for policy The Independent UK · Feb 21
Labour take note: the politics of home cannot be ceded to the nativist right Reform’s version of patriotism is opportunistic and bogus, but it is swaying voters. Labour must look to its roots to find a reply, says Guardian associate editor Julian Coman The Guardian - UK · Feb 17
Reform UK enlists Boris Johnson ally to write party nature policies Exclusive: Ben Goldsmith will work on issues including fishing and green belt preservation to attract green Tories The Guardian - UK · Jan 30
Faith and Reform: is the religious right on the rise in UK politics? Powerful Christian figures are emerging in Britain but there are important differences from the US, where evangelicals have fuelled Trump The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2025
OPINION - Who is the real James Orr? JD Vance’s ‘British sherpa’ and Reform’s ‘posh-bosh’ charmer It is hard to miss James Orr — with his slicked-back mane of blond hair, booming voice and all the confidence of a Wykehamist and an Oxford Balliol graduate, he could easily play the quintessential stage Englishman in a stage adaptation of Agatha Christie. A hybrid of academic and ideologue,… Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2025 Is British politics immune to US-style rightwing Christianity? We’re about to find out Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson are increasingly espousing Christian ‘values’, and a wealthy US legal group is becoming influential – this could have dire consequences, says author Lamorna Ash
The Guardian - UK · Nov 22, 2025 ‘America is British’. Heaven is ‘a socialist state’. David Attenborough is ‘anti-human’ – the startling theories of Reform MP Danny Kruger He was a Conservative party big-hitter who wrote speeches for David Cameron and worked with Boris Johnson before he suddenly jumped ship. He talks family, flags and why Nigel Farage is ‘top dog’
Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2025 Stormont declared ‘crime scene’ over environmental crisis at Lough Neagh The symbolic arrest of an ‘MLA’ was also staged at the front of Parliament Buildings in Belfast by environmental activists.
The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2025 How the cracks are beginning to show in Nigel Farage’s Reform UK NEWS ANALYSIS: Reform UK appears to have an impregnable lead in the polls, but political editor David Maddox highlights how the cracks are beginning to show in the councils the party runs and the ongoing policy vacuum
The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2025 Nigel Farage appoints right-wing anti-abortion theologian as Reform senior adviser Professor James Orr is understood to be close to JD Vance and influential in Donald Trump’s administration with his right-wing views on abortion and immigration
Evening Standard · Oct 19, 2025 Academic influential within Trump administration joins Reform UK as adviser Cambridge University’s James Orr was described as ‘a brilliant academic, theologian, thinker’ by Reform’s head of policy Zia Yusuf.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2024 Northern Ireland ‘dirty corner of Europe’ due to lack of governance, say experts Campaigners say keeping higher EU standards post-Brexit will have little impact as existing rules are already being flouted
Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2024 Crosta & Mollica entrepreneur takes the biscuit James Orr's first job importing Italian peaches inspired his fast-growing snack brand, Crosta & Mollica
The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2023 Viktor Orbán-influenced university plans outpost in London Exclusive: Branch will be part of attempts to spread Hungarian leader’s populist philosophy across Europe
Belfast Live · May 31, 2023 Stormont environment probe scrapped as department to be reviewed cuts watchdog funds "It is very convenient for DAERA to withdraw funding from the body that was investigating DAERA"
The Independent UK · May 19, 2023 Bible verse, conspiracies and the ‘cult of trans’: The ultra-conservative Americans infiltrating the Tory party The National Conservatism Conference, which starred Suella Braverman and Michael Gove this week, was disowned by the Tories only three years ago, Lizzie Dearden writes