REFORM UK have sparked outrage after putting forward plans which would criminalise election campaign materials in Gaelic and Scots.
Nigel Farage’s party has moved an amendment to a Westminster bill that would, if passed, criminalise all political materials that are not in English or Welsh.
If Reform’s amendment to the Representation of the People Bill is passed, those in breach of the law could be jailed for up to six months and could also face a fine.
Reform UK bid to criminalise Scottish Gaelic on election materials
Month: July 2026
Councillor deletes post linking Ann Widdecombe’s death to ‘radical left thugs’
A Restore Britain councillor has deleted a social media post in which he suggested that Ann Widdecombe’s death was linked to “radical left thugs”.
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Cllr Clatworthy wrote: “Ann Widdecombe has been murdered.
“A straight talking patriot, fearless defender of Britain, taken out in her own home.
“Serious injuries Devon and Cornwall Police confirming murder investigation.
“What kind of a country lets radical left thugs create this climate of fear?
“A broken one. A failing one. One run by weak politicians who’ve surrendered to the mob.
“I faced threats myself. One still live with South Wales Police.
“I’m not backing down. Ann Widdecombe stood against all that. Her murder is a warning.
“Justice for Ann.”
Around half an hour after publishing the post, Cllr Clatworthy deleted it.
Councillor deletes post linking Ann Widdecombe’s death to ‘radical left thugs’, https://nation.cymru
According to the report, Owain Clatworthy defected to Rupert Lowe’s party from Reform UK in March.
Nigel Farage declined offer of taxpayer-funded security
The Reform UK leader’s spokesman told The i Paper it was a downgrade on the state-funded protection he had previously received
Nigel Farage turned down taxpayer-funded security, including a bodyguard, car and trained driver, last year, The i Paper has learned.
The Reform UK leader was offered the protection following police advice on the threats he faced.
Nigel Farage declined offer of taxpayer-funded security, inews
Lichfield District Council motion about LGBTQ+ material in libraries
A council could be set to condemn Staffordshire County Council over the controversial decision to remove LGBTQ+ materials from libraries. A motion which is set to be presented to Lichfield District Council next week will warn the decision risks fostering prejudice and restricting freedom of expression.
Last month during Pride month the Reform UK-led county council announced it would no longer feature LGBTQ+ displays. Instead the council said that libraries should focus on the core offer of reading, learning and connecting residents to wider council services.
Lichfield Distric Council motion about LGBTQ+ material in libraries, centralbylines.co.uk
Hace some Count Binface memes
Bearly Politics is reporting that Ipsos has found more people want Count Binface to win than want Nigel Farage to win
Faragian Farce Day 5: Winning Isn’t Enough Anymore
Why Nigel Farage may still win Clacton, but lose the only contest that really matters.
It appears we now have a date for the Clacton-on-Sea by-election. Tendring Council has announced that the election will be held on the thirteenth of August, which is, by my reckoning, just over a month away. I initially thought it was going to be around the sixth, but another week doesn’t really change the fundamentals. It just gives us another week or so to watch the increasingly surreal political drama that has become the Faragian farce unfolding in public.
Faragian Farce Day 5: Winning Isn’t Enough Anymore, The Bear, Bearly Politics
Stewart Lee: Move over, Nigel – it’s time for the Bin Supremacy
A comedy writer with a refuse receptacle on his head may be the only thing that stands between Britain and fascism. He’s just the man for the job
The Reform candidate for Makerfield, Robert Kenyon, said women should be denied abortions even if they had been raped by a family member; the Reform MP Sarah Pochin said there were too many black people on television; the Reform candidate for Rayleigh West, Stuart Prior, said white people were the master race and had bigger brains than black people; the Reform candidate for Bootle West, Jay Leslie Cooper, said the Holocaust was a hoax; and Nigel Farage made a wedding speech joke, after a gay man died in a celebrity’s swimming pool, about throwing your fags in the pool. He’s here all week! Try the fish!!
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And it is into this fractured landscape that strides the colossus that is Count Binface, who, by absurd association, may throw Reform’s attempt to foist fascism on a public who seem to have forgotten what fascism looks like into sharp relief. Not all heroes wear capes. But Count Binface does. And he wears a bin as well. So that bit doesn’t make sense, sorry.
Stewart Lee: Move over, Nigel – it’s time for the Bin Supremacy, Stewart Lee, The Nerve