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Richard North -
12 July 2026
It may be indelicate to say so, but the murder of Ann Widdecombe has proved rather convenient for Mr Farage, drawing attention away from his own troubles yet keeping him centre-stage as he ramps up the outrage over what he is broadly hinting is a political assassination. That a new suspect has been arrested in… View Article ...Read full story
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Richard North -
11 July 2026
The murder of Ann Widdecombe has rather turned the news agenda on its head today – and rightly so, even if the effect is unfortunate. Any murder is awful but there is something especially horrible about the slaughter of an elderly woman living on her own in a remote part of the country. We do… View Article ...Read full story
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Richard North -
10 July 2026
One might have thought that the Farage storm would have abated by now, but not a bit of it. Most national newspapers are currently running mixes of news and opinion about Reform UK leader, and the Guardian is giving him the lead story. Its report is headlined: “Police investigate £500,000 Reform donations from mother of… View Article ...Read full story
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Richard North -
9 July 2026
It says something of British politics (and the media) that while open season has been declared against the Farage entity, the Iran demi-conflict has been grumbling away in the background, with not a fraction the attention devoted to it. But now that open hostilities have erupted again, with US forces conducting strikes against Iranian targets… View Article ...Read full story
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Richard North -
8 July 2026
A thought occurs: why, if Farage is so certain that he has done no wrong, doesn’t he let Daniel Greenberg, the parliamentary commissioner for standards, do his job? As it stands, he is frustrating the process by resigning. Should he be successful in returning to the Commons, one presumes that Greenberg’s investigation – which will… View Article ...Read full story
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