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

Reform MP’s questionable claims about street problems anger residents

Angry residents have criticised their MP after she claimed their street had been blighted by violence and anti-social behaviour caused by illegal immigration.

Sarah Pochin, the Reform MP for Runcorn and Helsby in Cheshire, said in a video posted on Facebook she had received “disturbing reports” from residents and businesses about incidents happening in Greenway Road, Runcorn.

Residents said this portrayal of their street was “untrue” while Cheshire Constabulary said it had received no such reports.

MP’s claims about street problems anger residents, BBC

‘Get Some Help’: David Lammy Mocks Reform MP For Repeating ‘Conspiracy Theory’ In Commons

David Lammy accused a Reform UK MP of “swallowing conspiracy theories” over a question she asked him in the House of Commons.

The foreign secretary told Sarah Pochin to “get some help” after she suggested the government’s controversial decision to give the Chagos Islands to Mauritius had played a part in America’s plans for bombing Iran.

‘Get Some Help’: David Lammy Mocks Reform MP For Repeating ‘Conspiracy Theory’ In Commons, Huff Po

Lammy urges Reform’s newest MP to ‘get some help’ over ‘conspiracy theories’

David Lammy has urged a Reform UK MP to “get some help” because she is “swallowing conspiracy theories”.

Sarah Pochin had asked the Foreign Secretary whether the US felt unable to use the UK-US airbase on Diego Garcia, following the Government’s deal with Mauritius over the Chagos Islands.

Responding during a statement on the Middle East, Mr Lammy said the MP for Runcorn and Helsby should “get off social media”.

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Mr Lammy replied: “The honourable lady has got (to) get off social media, has got to get some help… because she is swallowing conspiracy theories that should not be repeated in this House.”

Lammy urges Reform’s newest MP to ‘get some help’ over ‘conspiracy theories’

Question about a ban on burkas from Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin “dumb”.

The unelected chair of the party stood down from his role in the party, following a row in which he called a question from a Reform MP about banning burkas “dumb”.

Zia Yusuf: Chairman of Reform UK resigns, Sky News