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Millie Cooke, Political Correspondent
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Reform reports Polanski to the police |
Reform UK has taken drastic action against Zack Polanski this week, reporting the Green Party leader to the police and accusing him of “inciting murder” after a controversial image was shared to his social media.
The photo, which was later unshared from Mr Polanski’s Instagram account, featured a man wearing a black T-shirt with the message “We’re only making plans for Nigel” – alongside an image of a guillotine.
The Green Party said Mr Polanski “condemns the image on the T-shirt” and clicked accept to be tagged in a post with 20 images “without realising there was more to it than he had seen”. But Nigel Farage argued: “If I was to post anything as inciteful then I would expect to be arrested, and so should Polanski.”
The row comes amid wider concern about MPs’ safety in the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s alleged murder. Senior figures in Reform UK, which the former Tory minister joined later in her life, have complained about the level of security their party has been offered.
Meanwhile, Andy Burnham has called for a “serious review” of MPs’ security, accepting that "something has changed" in politics in recent years.
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After his first week as PM, Mr Burnham has taken Labour to the top spot in three polls with a flurry of social media videos, 6am announcements and positive vibes. Political editor David Maddox looks at whether it can last
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The new PM’s rise in the polls will last if he can avoid unforced errors such as cutting winter fuel payments. It also suggests the next election may once again become a Labour-versus-Conservatives contest, says John Rentoul
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Why is there talk of reversing Brexit, and could it even happen? Sean O’Grady explains
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Andy Burnham week one: promises, pitfalls and the prison problem |
Helen and Cleo aren't just here to admire the opening moves. They want to know whether the presidential style is already tipping into hubris, what the prison U-turn actually signals about the government underneath the announcements – and perhaps most importantly of all… why does he keep hugging everybody?
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Andy Burnham week one: promises, pitfalls and the prison problem |
Helen and Cleo aren't just here to admire the opening moves. They want to know whether the presidential style is already tipping into hubris, what the prison U-turn actually signals about the government underneath the announcements – and perhaps most importantly of all… why does he keep hugging everybody?
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Does the ‘Burnham Bounce’ mean the return of two-party politics?
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John Rentoul, Chief Political Commentator
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The new prime minister’s rise in the polls – putting Labour ahead of Nigel Farage’s Reform for the first time in 15 months – will last if he can avoid unforced errors such as cutting winter fuel payments.
The self-puncturing of Nigel Farage and Zack Polanski, and the rise and rise of Kemi Badenoch, suggests the next election may once again become a Labour-versus-Conservatives contest.
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Is Burnham’s opening policy blitz enough to keep Labour above Reform?
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With three polls now putting Labour ahead of Reform for the first time in over a year, has the new prime minister’s flurry of early policies genuinely reversed Labour’s fortunes, or is it Reform doing the work for him?
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It is early days, but a Farage government doesn't now look inevitable, which will be helped further by Farage's poor decision making.
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I think the reversal of fortunes between Reform and Labour is probably a bit of both. Burnham has indisputably made a good start.
Reform meanwhile are mired in sleaze. Only a tin eared Reform ultra could think that iffy donations from a shadowy offshore crypto gambler was acceptable.
I don't think that Farage's shenanigans in Clacton will have done him any favours either. His arrogant assumption that the other main parties would fall for his pantomime has seriously backfired.
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