The right-wing challenger party taken over by Ben Habib to outflank Reform clearly needs some work. Visit the Integrity Party's website and you're greeted with this surreal AI-generated vision of Britain's future.

My full piece here inews.co.uk/news/politic...

After foreign aid & welfare cuts, Miliband allies fear retreat from Net Zero could be next as part of a "bigger agenda of neutering possible attacks from the populist right", i.e. Reform UK.

Outriders for Morgan McSweeney seen as behind briefing, though not necessarily with his consent:

Is the row really about Farage trying to professionalise/widen support? A flashpoint has been Tommy Robinson (Farage has distanced himself but Lowe said he should get "credit" over grooming gangs).

One ex-Reform candidate, Howard Cox, told me Robinson was "inspirational" & compared him to Mandela

Former head of the Royal Navy Lord West says UK should be “very wary” about committing troops to Ukraine as part of any security guarantees, in part because “we’ve got hardly any soldiers” inews.co.uk/news/politic...