Yahoo News Reform UK drops three candidates as racism row continues to engulf party
Reform UK has withdrawn support from three of its parliamentary candidates as the racism row engulfing the party continues to grow.
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PA Media: VideoEd Davey urges lifelong Tories to 'take the plunge' and vote Lib Dem
Sir Ed Davey took part in a bungee jump as he urged voters to take a similar “leap of faith” and back the Liberal Democrats on Thursday. The Lib Dem leader sought a General Election poll bounce for his party by flinging himself off a crane platform while shouting: “Do something you’ve never done before – vote Liberal Democrat.”
- Bournemouth Echo UK
Lib Dem candidate withdraws from hustings due to Reform UK candidate
A Liberal Democrat candidate has pulled out of an election hustings event as he refuses to ‘share a platform’ with the constituency’s Reform UK candidate.
- The Conversation
Why Nigel Farage’s anti-media election interference claims are so dangerous
Farage may be setting the scene for complaints of election rigging when the results come in.
- The Telegraph
Watch: Thousands protest in France after Le Pen election success
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of France on Sunday night after Marine Le Pen’s hard-Right National Rally (RN) won the first round of the country’s parliamentary election.
- Yahoo News UK
How a far-right French government could affect small boats crossings in the Channel
France is one step closer to a far-right government following National Rally's success in the first round of elections – but what does this mean for the UK?
- HuffPost
'Very Bad News' For Trump: Lawrence O'Donnell Says Ruling Could Backfire Quickly
The MSNBC host revealed how the former president's case could be back in court sooner than anyone realizes.
- HuffPost
Reporter Reveals 'Real Anger' From Biden White House Aides After Debate
They were "shocked" and felt "they had not been told the truth," said Axios' Alex Thompson.
- CNN
Trump amplifies posts calling for televised military tribunal for Liz Cheney
Former President Donald Trump amplified posts on social media calling for a televised military tribunal for former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney and the jailing of top elected officials, including President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
- Echo
Just ONE crane in country can bear the weight of Queensway bridge set for removal
The Queensway Bridge has been the scene of several tragedies, including the death of 19-year-old Chris Nota in 2020
- The Telegraph
Has Nigel Farage stumbled at the last hurdle? Our writers give their verdicts
One party has transformed the general election race, with Nigel Farage announcing several weeks ago that he would not only stand as a Reform UK candidate but would lead it for the next five years. The polls moved quickly in the days that followed with his party rising up the rankings. Now, however, there is doubt over its state in the final week of campaigning. Have Farage and Reform UK bungled it, allowing a slew of stories regarding candidates to dominate the narrative, or is this an exaggerat
- HuffPost
Supreme Court: Trump Has 'Absolute Immunity' For Core Constitutional Powers
The court found that Trump is entitled to immunity from prosecution for "official" acts, but not "unofficial" ones, and ordered lower courts to decide which acts are which.
- Evening Standard
Tories narrow gap to Labour in poll as Sunak says election result not ‘foregone conclusion'
Poll shows the Conservatives have closed their gap behind Labour to 15 points, the smallest lead for Sir Keir Starmer’s party for a month
- The Independent
Richard Tice refuses to back Nigel Farage’s Ukraine comments in fiery clash with BBC’s Nick Robinson
Heated exchange came hours before second Reform candidate defected to Tories, claiming party’s candidates ‘racist, misogynistic and bigoted’
- Yahoo Finance
Brexit brings dire warnings for Trumpism
When Britain voted to exit the European Union in 2016, Donald Trump, then the Republican candidate for president, declared himself 'Mr. Brexit.'
- HuffPost
Authoritarianism Expert Gives Trump Immunity Ruling An Alarming Label
Ruth Ben-Ghiat accused the conservative Supreme Court justices of using the court to “destroy democracy from within.”
- The Telegraph
Emmanuel Macron is about to become unbearable
His party faces near-annihilation in the National Assembly, with fewer seats than Rishi Sunak’s Tories can hope for later this week. His prime ministers, past and present, could not find hard enough words in private to describe his “suicidal” snap election decision since he took it three weeks ago. Marine Le Pen was quick to claim an historic victory as her National Rally came first in yesterday’s first round of the legislative elections, with 33 per cent of the vote.
- CNN
Are Trump’s celebrations premature after Supreme Court immunity ruling?
Rosemary Church talks to CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen about the implications of Monday’s bombshell Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity that could allow Donald Trump to avoid accountability in some of his criminal cases.
- Associated Press
Voters kick all the Republican women out of the South Carolina Senate
The only three Republican women in the South Carolina Senate took on their party and stopped a total abortion ban from passing in their state last year. Sandy Senn, Penry Gustafson and Katrina Shealy from office during sparsely turned out primaries in June, and by doing so completely vacated the Republican wing of the five-member “Sister Senators," a female contingent that included two Democrats and was joined in their opposition to the abortion ban. For Republicans, the departure of Senn, Gustafson and Shealy likely means there will be no women in the majority party of state Senate when the next session starts in 2025.
- The Independent
Marjorie Taylor Greene rages outside Bannon’s prison - but is interrupted by a ‘Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Body’ sign
The sign made reference to a name Rep Jasmine Crockett gave to Majorie Taylor Greene during a heated argument
- The Telegraph
Eight ways to make the British Army more lethal
The new head of the British Army, General Sir Roly Walker, has declared in an opening salvo to whichever party wins next week’s election that he wants to double the military’s lethality.