Wales-on-line's political editor, Ruth Mosalski reflects on yesterday's meeting of the three nationalist leaders of the devolved nations of the UK, Wales' Rhun ap Iorwerth, Scotland's John Swinney and Northern Ireland's Michelle O'Neill. She says that in their capacities as party leaders, they asserted their desire for self determination, claiming that "Each of our nations has the right to determine its own future, through democratic means and in accordance with the wishes of its people.": Mr ap Iorwerth passionately disputed during the press conference that this meant a "break-up" of the United Kingdom. He refused to accept the word was ...
Mon 14th
23:22
Patrick Stillman announced as Liberal Democrat candidate for Holborn and St Pancras by-election
[IMG: Patrick Stillman] Cllr Patrick Stillman. A party press release brings the news: Patrick Stillman, a Liberal Democrat councillor for West Hampstead and outgoing Chair of Camden Liberal Democrats, has been selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate for the Holborn and St Pancras by-election. Patrick has lived in Camden for the past five years, moving to the area after graduating from the University of Kent. He works in compliance for a financial payments company based in Holborn. Earlier this year, Patrick was elected as a Liberal Democrat councillor for West Hampstead ward, taking the seat from Labour. Since then, Patrick ...
Jago Hazzard takes us to Camden Town station and its curse: the most complicated junction on the London Underground. Blame the witch Mother Damnable or Mother Redcap. The station was almost named after a pub that bore her name. You can support Jago Hazzard's videos via his Patreon page.
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If ever there were a moment to have a serious conversation about how we fund our politics, this is it. In the space of just 48 hours, Reform UK received an extraordinary £72 million from two billionaire donors – £36 million apiece from crypto entrepreneurs Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne. Let me be clear: my argument isn't that Reform should be singled out for rules that don't apply to everybody else. The problem is the system itself. At present, there is no overall limit on the amount a permissible donor can give to a political party. That means our democracy ...
I'll be speaking later today in Parliament about the need to tighten up by the rules over money coming into politics – such as with a donations cap – as well as the rules about how money is then spent. The latter has had much less attention in the last few days than the former, but is an important part of the picture, as I explained on Times Radio at the weekend: A party can spend unlimited sums on direct mail before May's local elections, as long as the leaflets avoid naming the candidate. Mark Pack told Times Radio the ...
Although hitting a record high unfavourable rating is what catches the eye in the latest YouGov Nigel Farage tracker, note the longer term trends shown below. It isn't just one moment of trouble for Nigel Farage, but rather a sustained pattern. 69% of Britons now have an unfavourable opinion of Nigel Farage (9-10 Sep 2026), the highest recorded by our tracker in the decade it has runFavourable: 24% (+1 from 13-14 Aug)Unfavourable: 69% (+2)Net: -45 (-1)yougov.com/en-gb/articl... — YouGov (@yougov.co.uk) 2026-09-14T09:23:28.459Z Nigel Farage's unfavourability stretches to those who voted Leave in the 2016 referendum. No surprise that Remain supporters split 88%-9% ...
Mon 14th
11:54
"Change the locks on the Penny Lane Community Centre," urges local councillor Richard Kemp
This is a press release that I have issued in despair at the snail like pace of the Liverpool City Council Penny Lane ward councillor, Richard Kemp, has criticised the council and AMS the administrators for the former organisation which ran the community centre, and property agents acting for the administrators for delay and obfuscation in getting open the former centre reopened after more than nine months. The development trust closed for business at the beginning of December 2025 when it ran into financial difficulties and had to call in administrators. The administrators believe that the lease has value which ...
Anna Sabine, Liberal Democrat MP for Frome and East Somerset, has discovered what happens when a politician loses her voice: "There's a thing about: do I seem weak now? Like, does this make me seem weaker? Which is another reason to be really clear: I will do national media, and I will carry on campaigning." "The council's constitution, which sets out how it is run, says it must have a cabinet and a leader at the top and this is required by UK law. The local authority is also required to have an elected member overseeing children's services. The absence ...
I go away for the weekend and two very rich cryptocurrency billionaires give £72 million between them to Nigel Farage's Reform UK. But will he be able to spend it? THe Guardian reports that communities secretary, Angela Rayner believes that the donation could be caught in a new bill which will apply retrospectively. The paper says that Labour MPs have voiced anger on internal WhatsApp groups that the government did not act last week to restrict domestic donations in the elections bill after Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo gave Reform UK a total of £72m over the weekend: Several MPs ...