10 resultsfor “Reform party response to Farage controversy”
controversy. The cost of Farage lying low has been high for the party politically. Reform performed very well at the [local elections](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2026/may/07/local-elections-2026-may-full-results-england-scotland-wales) on 7 May, taking 14 councils and more than
controversies](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/10/reform-uk-local-election-candidate-was-twice-disciplined-by-tories-over-alleged-racist-comments) about some of its candidates in the local elections in England on 7 May, as well as some people standing for the [Scottish](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/20/reform-uk-suspends-scottish-candidate-stuart-niven) and [Welsh parliaments](https://www.theguardian.com
controversy in Britain over the killing of Henry Nowak, an 18-year-old white student stabbed by a Sikh man wielding a ceremonial dagger and then mistakenly arrested in his dying moments because police thought
Farage’s party in Makerfield during the 2024 general election and is going up against Andy Burnham in the byelection on 18 June, was a prolific poster on X, using an account which has since
controversies and political infighting. This included a bitter leadership battle in which the now former Reform councillor Jo Monk was replaced as leader of the council in April. At a full council meeting to elect
controversy raises wider concerns about Reform UK's ability to put forward credible, properly vetted candidates capable of representing residents seriously and responsibly." Merseyside Police was called to Perry's Bar, on Duke Street
Farage, who has been [widely condemned for his rhetoric](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2026/jun/03/southampton-riots-keir-starmer-nigel-farage-henry-nowak-video) about the case, despite Nowak’s family urging politicians not to use the 18-year-old’s death to sow division
Farage described the election results, in which Labour also lost ground in Scotland, as a “truly historic shift in British politics”. Reform UK’s success has caused trepidation among many members of minority communities across
controversial or offensive views allegedly held by Green candidates. The Mail on Sunday ran a spread that revealed one had described the justice secretary, David Lammy, and the former home secretary Priti Patel as “coconuts
controversy (in 2015, David Cameron’s government defined it as an “England and Wales” infrastructure project, despite not an inch of track being destined for Wales) to the refusal to devolve the crown estates