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Watching money and influence in the UK
And with that, TalkTV has another explicitly Reform-aligned presenter.
The Ofcom-flouting pair of Talk and GB News both continue to bolster their presenter ranks with Reform/Brexit Party politicians.
A very bad sign for the state of British media.
The Ofcom-flouting pair of Talk and GB News both continue to bolster their presenter ranks with Reform/Brexit Party politicians.
A very bad sign for the state of British media.
Two more Conservative MP rejects hop over to Reform UK. Jonathan Gullis and Lia Nici.
More and more, Reform UK looks simply as if the Tories ran off stage, then came back on two minutes lates, wearing a comedy moustache-and-glasses disguise. ~AA
uk.news.yahoo.com/former-tory-...
More and more, Reform UK looks simply as if the Tories ran off stage, then came back on two minutes lates, wearing a comedy moustache-and-glasses disguise. ~AA
uk.news.yahoo.com/former-tory-...
Former Tory MP Jonathan Gullis defects to Reform UK
He joins Daniel Jellyman
uk.news.yahoo.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
And with that, TalkTV has another explicitly Reform-aligned presenter.
The Ofcom-flouting pair of Talk and GB News both continue to bolster their presenter ranks with Reform/Brexit Party politicians.
A very bad sign for the state of British media.
The Ofcom-flouting pair of Talk and GB News both continue to bolster their presenter ranks with Reform/Brexit Party politicians.
A very bad sign for the state of British media.
Hardcore antisemitism from former GB News, Talk, Brexit Party (Reform), UKIP, Conservative figure Calvin Robinson
So, I've done something nobody has ever done before: I've watched Fox & Father, which is even more reactionary than I ever could have imagined. Here's the fake priest claiming that jews run our society and are responsible for the existence of gay and trans people.
October 31, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Hardcore antisemitism from former GB News, Talk, Brexit Party (Reform), UKIP, Conservative figure Calvin Robinson
Paul Marshall is one of the most influential political figures of this decade. A wealthy media magnate with his fingerprints on TV, press, think tanks, and more, pushing a reactionary agenda. But so few outside of the politics watchers have heard of him www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-p...
Paul Marshall, the man who owns the right
The multimillionaire controls a network of news channels, publications and think tanks that the left could only dream of. If Reform or the Tories win the next election, he will become the country’s mo...
www.thenewworld.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Paul Marshall is one of the most influential political figures of this decade. A wealthy media magnate with his fingerprints on TV, press, think tanks, and more, pushing a reactionary agenda. But so few outside of the politics watchers have heard of him www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-p...
Suspicions confirmed. Nigel Farage and Reform UK are working with US anti-abortion group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF).
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
More on ADF's activity in the UK below:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
More on ADF's activity in the UK below:
October 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Suspicions confirmed. Nigel Farage and Reform UK are working with US anti-abortion group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF).
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
More on ADF's activity in the UK below:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
More on ADF's activity in the UK below:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Alliance Defending Freedom - an anti-abortion, anti LGBTQ+ organisation active in the UK - is lobbying the US Supreme Court to overturn a ban on conversion therapy.
They have been accused of deceptively misrepresenting the academics that they cite
Alliance Defending Freedom - an anti-abortion, anti LGBTQ+ organisation active in the UK - is lobbying the US Supreme Court to overturn a ban on conversion therapy.
They have been accused of deceptively misrepresenting the academics that they cite
Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say
Exclusive: Experts say Alliance Defending Freedom, arguing to revive conversion therapy, ‘profoundly misrepresented’ their work in case threatening trans and queer youth
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:58 AM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Alliance Defending Freedom - an anti-abortion, anti LGBTQ+ organisation active in the UK - is lobbying the US Supreme Court to overturn a ban on conversion therapy.
They have been accused of deceptively misrepresenting the academics that they cite
Alliance Defending Freedom - an anti-abortion, anti LGBTQ+ organisation active in the UK - is lobbying the US Supreme Court to overturn a ban on conversion therapy.
They have been accused of deceptively misrepresenting the academics that they cite
An advisor for Farage/Reform (who advocates for withdrawing aid from Ukraine, regaining British colonies and argues against Britain being in WW2) given nice opportunity to blame low living standards on migration in the Daily Mail.
More evidence of Reform’s capture of the RW media
More evidence of Reform’s capture of the RW media
September 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
An advisor for Farage/Reform (who advocates for withdrawing aid from Ukraine, regaining British colonies and argues against Britain being in WW2) given nice opportunity to blame low living standards on migration in the Daily Mail.
More evidence of Reform’s capture of the RW media
More evidence of Reform’s capture of the RW media
And the Centre for a Better Britain/James Orr, a self-confessed admirer of the Heritage Foundation (Project 2025), is drawing up similar plans for the UK under Reform
I’m still shocked that Republicans published a plan for how they were going to dismantle or compromise every major government agency, people called it crazy, and now they’re halfway done within the first year of Trump’s administration.
It was all in Project 2025.
It was all in Project 2025.
August 31, 2025 at 12:06 PM
And the Centre for a Better Britain/James Orr, a self-confessed admirer of the Heritage Foundation (Project 2025), is drawing up similar plans for the UK under Reform
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I’m still shocked that Republicans published a plan for how they were going to dismantle or compromise every major government agency, people called it crazy, and now they’re halfway done within the first year of Trump’s administration.
It was all in Project 2025.
It was all in Project 2025.
August 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I’m still shocked that Republicans published a plan for how they were going to dismantle or compromise every major government agency, people called it crazy, and now they’re halfway done within the first year of Trump’s administration.
It was all in Project 2025.
It was all in Project 2025.
Remember when a senior Reform activist was caught on camera during the 2024 GE campaign claiming that Reform had broken campaign finance laws? He later told the press it was a joke… The activist, Rob Bates, is currently head of the Centre for Migration Control www.bbc.com/news/article...
August 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Remember when a senior Reform activist was caught on camera during the 2024 GE campaign claiming that Reform had broken campaign finance laws? He later told the press it was a joke… The activist, Rob Bates, is currently head of the Centre for Migration Control www.bbc.com/news/article...
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"Tony Blair took part in a White House meeting with US president Donald Trump to discuss Gaza after the war"
A reminder that the Tony Blair Institute recently helped produce a plan to forcibly expel the entire civilian population from Gaza #GMB
A reminder that the Tony Blair Institute recently helped produce a plan to forcibly expel the entire civilian population from Gaza #GMB
August 28, 2025 at 5:18 AM
"Tony Blair took part in a White House meeting with US president Donald Trump to discuss Gaza after the war"
A reminder that the Tony Blair Institute recently helped produce a plan to forcibly expel the entire civilian population from Gaza #GMB
A reminder that the Tony Blair Institute recently helped produce a plan to forcibly expel the entire civilian population from Gaza #GMB
Reform loves MAGA’s cruel politics, and its fossil fuel funders
‘Reform Plans to Hand Fracking Windfall to Trump Donor’ - www.desmog.com/2025/08/27/r... - @writesbright.bsky.social & @rtakver.bsky.social
‘Reform Plans to Hand Fracking Windfall to Trump Donor’ - www.desmog.com/2025/08/27/r... - @writesbright.bsky.social & @rtakver.bsky.social
Reform Plans to Hand Fracking Windfall to Trump Donor
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK would allow a fossil fuel company owned by a Donald Trump donor to open up a huge fracking site in Greater Lincolnshire, DeSmog can reveal. Andrea Jenkyns, Reform’s mayor in t...
www.desmog.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Reform loves MAGA’s cruel politics, and its fossil fuel funders
‘Reform Plans to Hand Fracking Windfall to Trump Donor’ - www.desmog.com/2025/08/27/r... - @writesbright.bsky.social & @rtakver.bsky.social
‘Reform Plans to Hand Fracking Windfall to Trump Donor’ - www.desmog.com/2025/08/27/r... - @writesbright.bsky.social & @rtakver.bsky.social
US Christian conservative groups escalate support for UK anti-abortion protesters - @phoebeivy.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
US Christian conservative groups escalate support for UK ...
Network of well-funded bodies backs cases in UK after JD Vance’s challenge on buffer zones outside abortion clinics
observer.co.uk
August 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
US Christian conservative groups escalate support for UK anti-abortion protesters - @phoebeivy.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
Incoming pro-Reform think tank Centre for a Better Britain:
It’s head James Orr is “JD Vance’s English philosopher king”. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/could-proj...
It’s head James Orr is “JD Vance’s English philosopher king”. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/could-proj...
Could Project 2025 happen here?
The Christian Right that propelled Trump to power is coming for Britain, says American investigative journalist Katherine Stewart.
democracyforsale.substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Incoming pro-Reform think tank Centre for a Better Britain:
It’s head James Orr is “JD Vance’s English philosopher king”. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/could-proj...
It’s head James Orr is “JD Vance’s English philosopher king”. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/could-proj...
The Reform-aligned right wing press went into a frenzy about the Government attending COP29 with the Taliban.
And Farage himself attacked the government for (not actually) planning to import biomass from Afghanistan
And Farage himself attacked the government for (not actually) planning to import biomass from Afghanistan
August 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The Reform-aligned right wing press went into a frenzy about the Government attending COP29 with the Taliban.
And Farage himself attacked the government for (not actually) planning to import biomass from Afghanistan
And Farage himself attacked the government for (not actually) planning to import biomass from Afghanistan
Another example of the Reform-ification of the RW media in the UK:
Jeremy Kyle, presenter on Murdoch-owned Talk TV and Radio, is joining the presenting lineup for the Reform UK national conference. This is not good for holding politicians to account
Jeremy Kyle, presenter on Murdoch-owned Talk TV and Radio, is joining the presenting lineup for the Reform UK national conference. This is not good for holding politicians to account
August 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Another example of the Reform-ification of the RW media in the UK:
Jeremy Kyle, presenter on Murdoch-owned Talk TV and Radio, is joining the presenting lineup for the Reform UK national conference. This is not good for holding politicians to account
Jeremy Kyle, presenter on Murdoch-owned Talk TV and Radio, is joining the presenting lineup for the Reform UK national conference. This is not good for holding politicians to account
GB News host and Reform party Chief Whip Lee Anderson calls female journalist "young lady" and tells her to "go back to bed and call for a nurse"
August 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
GB News host and Reform party Chief Whip Lee Anderson calls female journalist "young lady" and tells her to "go back to bed and call for a nurse"
The Reform Party is capturing the right-wing press by stealth, and not enough people are acknowledging this (Thread)
August 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The Reform Party is capturing the right-wing press by stealth, and not enough people are acknowledging this (Thread)
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JD Vance has met with Robert Jenrick, Nigel Farage, Lord and Lady JCB, some bishop of banterbury off the Apprentice, Danny Kruger, George Osborne, Paul Marshall, Chris Philp and David Lammy (illegal fishing). He's now playing golf in Scotland for 5 days. But doesn't have time to meet Kemi Badenoch.
August 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
JD Vance has met with Robert Jenrick, Nigel Farage, Lord and Lady JCB, some bishop of banterbury off the Apprentice, Danny Kruger, George Osborne, Paul Marshall, Chris Philp and David Lammy (illegal fishing). He's now playing golf in Scotland for 5 days. But doesn't have time to meet Kemi Badenoch.
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There needs to be a full scale Leveson style inquiry into the relationship between politics and gambling. All we've had is a few prosecutions of Tories for betting on the election date. Let's really start turning over rocks and stamping on the things that scuttle out.
I'd be inclined to tax them even more - UK gambling industry launches summer charm offensive to head off tax rise www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK gambling industry launches summer charm offensive to head off tax rise
Exclusive: Lobbyists meet with ministers, and host a darts night with Labour advisers and MPs’ staff
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
There needs to be a full scale Leveson style inquiry into the relationship between politics and gambling. All we've had is a few prosecutions of Tories for betting on the election date. Let's really start turning over rocks and stamping on the things that scuttle out.
@steveakehurst.bsky.social's analysis of Persuasion's research into Reform's vulnerabilities:
1) tying Farage to Trump through their friendship and ideological closeness
2) showing Farage's closeness to corporate interests, including fossil fuels
strongmessagehere.substack.com/p/what-messa...
1) tying Farage to Trump through their friendship and ideological closeness
2) showing Farage's closeness to corporate interests, including fossil fuels
strongmessagehere.substack.com/p/what-messa...
What messages might Reform be vulnerable to?
Exploring weaknesses in the Farage brand - an experiment.
strongmessagehere.substack.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
@steveakehurst.bsky.social's analysis of Persuasion's research into Reform's vulnerabilities:
1) tying Farage to Trump through their friendship and ideological closeness
2) showing Farage's closeness to corporate interests, including fossil fuels
strongmessagehere.substack.com/p/what-messa...
1) tying Farage to Trump through their friendship and ideological closeness
2) showing Farage's closeness to corporate interests, including fossil fuels
strongmessagehere.substack.com/p/what-messa...
"Farage has delivered speeches to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the Heartland Institute, the Arizona Liberty Network, and the New York Young Republicans Club, all of which have attacked climate policies."
🔴 NEW - With Friends Like These: Nigel Farage’s Year of Speaking at Radical Right-Wing Groups
The Reform UK leader has addressed several anti-climate outfits with ties to Donald Trump – while making nearly £1 million on top of his MP’s salary.
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The Reform UK leader has addressed several anti-climate outfits with ties to Donald Trump – while making nearly £1 million on top of his MP’s salary.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
With Friends Like These: Nigel Farage’s Year of Speaking at Radical Right-Wing Groups
Nigel Farage has spent his first year in Parliament giving speeches to radical right-wing groups close to President Donald Trump, making multiple trips to the U.S. to push his anti-climate agenda. As ...
www.desmog.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"Farage has delivered speeches to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the Heartland Institute, the Arizona Liberty Network, and the New York Young Republicans Club, all of which have attacked climate policies."
UK parties receiving "millions from opaque donor clubs that refuse to disclose who funds them — and at least one group bankrolled by a billionaire involved in a secret donation to Germany’s far-right AfD party"
July 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
UK parties receiving "millions from opaque donor clubs that refuse to disclose who funds them — and at least one group bankrolled by a billionaire involved in a secret donation to Germany’s far-right AfD party"
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Arms firms buying access to Westminster lawmakers for just £1499
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July 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Arms firms buying access to Westminster lawmakers for just £1499
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