16/01/2026 09:44
The Guardian
The new shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy said he was ‘sorry’ for how the Conservatives ‘handled certain things in those last few years’ in powerPolitics is re-aligning and Robert Jenrick had to get on the side of authenticity, is how Reform UK’s new Scotland leader Malcolm Offord explained yesterday’s extraordinary ejection/defection drama.Offord would be forgiven for feeling sore after Jenrick overshadowed his own coronation as the party’s Scottish leader, less than four months out from crucial Scottish parliament elections and as five out of the last six polls have Reform in second place in terms of Holyrood voting intention.I’m not worried, and I don’t know if that will happen but if it does, it’s still a right-wing project. This is a project that parrots president Putin’s line on foreign affairs, we’ve seen that most recently over Ukraine.It’s a project that doesn’t believe in the NHS. Nigel Farage himself has said that the model of the NHS is wrong. So whether it’s on foreign affairs or domestic affairs, this is a right-wing project and we will stand firmly against it.I think when you’re in government, you control what you can control and you keep to the job, and that is starting to pay off.I know there’s a lot more to do, and I know there’s more change that people want, but whatever the drama of what’s happening on the right of politics, those economic growth figures, those NHS waiting list figures, that’s what will make the difference to people in their daily lives. Continue reading...
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