Nick

@danny__kruger - just now on r4today failing to convince that he really knows what he means by better politicians -claiming he was unaware of his party’s ‘plucky plumber’ deleted social media posts -but then Danny boy you have chosen to represent a nasty racist, and venal party!

@montie @Nigel_Farage You sure you have the actual Nigel Farage in mind? Talk about stretching an argument to breaking point…..it would be funny if it wasn’t so important!

One additional thought though on the splintering problem that Reform may now face on its Right flank. Because the BBCetc almost never credits @Nigel_Farage for policing the populist Right more carefully than any other populist leader in Europe and much more thoroughly than Jeremy Corbyn ever policed the British Left or Zack Polanski vets the Greens, Nigel needs to find ways of dramatising his biggest personnel calls. There are nearly as many uncompromising purists on the Right as the Left. The types who see betrayal around every corner and prefer the comfort of opposition to the compromises required in government. They are beyond Nigel's reach but there are many more mainstream voters - especially women - who will vote Reform if they see us fighting the good fight against the likes of Tommy Robinson, the increasingly troubled Elon Musk and the many anti-Semites that are spreading poisonously across the American Right and will surely surface more and more here. Millions love Reform's policies but need reassurance about Reform's "people". Proving that Reform live by Martin Luther King's desire that every person should be judged by the content of their character rather than the colour of skin must be a top priority as candidate selections gathers pace.

I don't often agree with Dan but this is a warning that Reform's campaign should heed. Restore may be big in its Twitter backyard but it is desperate for mainstream attention and to use that attention to begin eating into Reform's vote. If I was one of Labour's many Machiavellians I'd ensure Restore always had enough money and enough mentions so that it begins to split Britain's populist vote. Such a split is this government's last best hope of clinging on in power. C'mon @RupertLowe10. You're better than that. Aren't you?!

@SkyNews @TrevorPTweets @RobertJenrick ‘I don’t expect that’……..because he is a clueless and witless fool. He’s completely at home in the corrupt, money grubbing and racist organisation that is reform - let that be his epitaph!

'I don't expect that' Speaking to @TrevorPTweets, Reform UK's Treasury spokesperson @RobertJenrick has denied that people will game the system with their new proposal to give workers a tax break on overtime. #SMTP trib.al/Yg2doPw 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube

@JoeMarz10 @sciencegirl Actually its not…….!

@sciencegirl The labor that does this always gets blamed, but its actually the architects

Why don’t we build architecture like this any more

@AndyBurnhamGM @mrhenrymorris @christiancalgie Little understanding or research- that just about sums up farage and his praetorian guard ………

Mr @christiancalgie has been busy putting out a partial version of events these last few days, amplified by yourselves. I think it’s time all your readers had the whole story. They were all out of order and, if they had any decency, would now hold their hands up and apologise.

@CPhilpOfficial You have a very short memory - 14 years in power - the boriswave led to a hike in immigration and you losing control of the borders - sunak tightened the rules just before he and you got kicked out. It beholds you to be accurate if you want to be taken seriously!

The recent falls in net migration are due to policies implemented by the previous Conservative government. But we must now go further and completely end mass low-skill migration.

@Awls7k @Kevin_Maguire All indicators are falling including small boats, asylum applications/approvals and visa applications. While emigration numbers are flat the end of a large number of temp visas will add to the continuing net fall. The trend is clear and that is a result of cumulative policies.

@opinionrat @Kevin_Maguire Which of course doesn’t paint a full picture of where people’s concerns actually are; illegal boat crossings, which last year was second highest recorded. Also add the explanations to your chart…non-EU student and work visa drops, as a result of Tory policies

Nigel Farage is an enemy of the truth. The Hard Right Reform leader is accused of spreading misinformation about immigration which is falling sharply but people wrongly think it is rising. mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

@RIBA Bloody hell…….never heard of any of them! Time to retire I guess……

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@Awls7k @Kevin_Maguire Its not hard……….

@Kevin_Maguire Hmmm depending on which statistic you use and whether you conflate the total with net to suit your agenda 🙄 So if he is spreading “misinformation” then so are you by saying it is “falling sharply”

@FlanaganM480 @Kevin_Maguire Boris Johnson??

That depends on whose version of the truth you believe ! Whatever you believe, it’s my opinion that without Farage and the Reform movement then immigration would’ve continued at the unsustainable levels that it was. For 3 decades the Governments stood for GE’s claiming they would reduce immigration, none have !!. An agreed moratorium on discussing immigration at the Blair/Hague GE was introduced by the Community Relations Commission and implemented by all parties !!. How was that fair to the populace ?

@BenGrahamUK Its still a bung and its still corrupt!

All the rumours. All the slurs. All the hysterical accusations aimed at Nigel Farage. And now it turns out he likely doesn’t owe any tax at all. Another failed attempt at character assassination from people desperate to destroy him politically. This has backfired spectacularly.

@Keir_Starmer Cant hear you - more - louder - and again!

Net migration has fallen 82%. I promised to restore control to our borders. My government is delivering. I know there’s more to do, we’re introducing a skills-based migration system that rewards contribution and ends our reliance on cheap overseas workers.

One of the racist reform leader’s many contradictory excuses for his £5m bung was a ‘reward’ for brexit. We know -but needs much more amplification -brexit was supported by a rich right wing cabal to avoid regulation and further line their pockets- Farage did this at our expense!

@lewis_goodall More like this and Farage and his racist gang will be even more pointless - the labour communications team shouls be shouting this from the rooftops!

NEW: Net migration has fallen to 171,000 in 2025- lowest level since 2021 and covid pandemic. Down from 944,000 peak in 2022-23. Use of asylum hotels down by a third since peak.

@ZiaYusufUK There you go - demonstrating a total lack of class as well as a failed moral compass. One day Yusuf you will wake up and be ashamed. Until then I’m sure being Farage’s poodle has some (£) benefits……..!!

Could this legendary gentleman please get in touch. A future Reform government would like to give him a peerage for this outstanding public service. He can do similar to all the crooks currently sitting in the House of Lords!

@PippaCrerar I think some corrections are in order here!

UK government has relaxed strict sanctions on Russian crude oil, allowing for import of jet fuel and diesel refined in third countries amid surging costs. Emily Thornberry, chair of foreign affairs committee, said it was the wrong time to relax sanctions and Ukrainians would feel very let down. “I’ve heard from people in Ukraine overnight and I know that they are very disappointed and have been asking me why it is that Britain is doing this." theguardian.com/politics/2026/…

@SarahForRuncorn Wow - you are observant…! I totally missed that……

Andy Burnham is using Makerfield as a stepping stone for his own career.

@SarahForRuncorn Authentic what - authentic reform racist……authentic tax avoider like the reform deputy leader …….or authentic grubby kleptocrat like the reform leader. Or all three?

Robert is as authentic as they come. Makerfield through and through, he is not in this for Westminster games or personal ambition. He is standing because he cares about the place he calls home and will make a superb local MP.

I think you mean brexit bellend…….

@ArchRose90 Another batshit lying loon - another failed tory who conspired to make us poorer. She is now irrelevant!

Ann Widdecombe on how Labour will take us back into the EU via the backdoor. Every word she said here turned out to be true.