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This combination of file photos created on August 10, 2026, shows then-London mayoral candidate Count Binface, left, posing for a photo on College Green beside the Palace of Westminster in London on April 25, 2024; and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaking during the inaugural Conservative Political Action Conference Great Britain in south-east London on July 17, 2026. (AFP/Benjamin Cremel, Henry Nicholls)
August 13, 2026, 6:06 pm
Accused of calling stunt election to avoid scrutiny, UK’s Farage faces joke candidate
Head of anti-immigration Reform party expected to beat Count Binface, a man wearing trash can on his head, as major parties snub special election in small seaside resort outside London
By Pan Pylas
Screenshot of Joshua Bonehill-Paine, a former convict and neo-Nazi, and recently selected local Conservative Party candidate, in an interview with Channel 4, February 10, 2026. (Channel 4/YouTube)
August 4, 2026, 12:23 pm
UK Conservatives select former neo-Nazi activist to run in local council election
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, ex-convict who called Jewish MP ‘evil money-grabber,’ says he’s changed after prison; separately, Reform UK deputy under probe for, he says, not declaring pro-Israel interest
By ToI Staff and Reuters
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaks during the inaugural Conservative Political Action Conference Great Britain (CPAC GB) in south-east London on July 17, 2026. (Henry Nicholls/AFP)
July 18, 2026, 12:17 pm
Farage to stand against ‘record’ 33 candidates in UK by-election, including Count Binface
Mainstream parties boycotting election next month sparked by anti-immigration politician’s efforts to stymie a furor around his finances; vote draws record number of candidates
By AFP
Britain’s European parliament member Ann Widdecombe, of the Brexit party, arrives at the European parliament, on January 14, 2020, in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
July 13, 2026, 9:57 pm
UK counterterror police take over investigation into suspected murder of ex-lawmaker
British police re-arrest suspect in ‘horrific murder’ of longtime Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe; police assess she was attacked some 24 hours before her body was found on Thursday
By Anna MALPAS
FILE - Britain's European parliament member Ann Widdecombe, right, of the Brexit party, speaks during a debate at the European parliament, Jan. 14, 2020, in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)
July 10, 2026, 11:36 pm
UK police arrest suspect in the killing of former Parliament member Ann Widdecombe
Widdecombe, 78, found dead in her home in southwest England, police say she sustained serious injuries; killing not believed to be politically motivated
By brian melley
Britain's Reform UK leader Nigel Farage waves as he leaves Milbank Tower in London on July 7, 2026, after announcing he would resign and seek reelection. (AP Photo/Thomas Krych)
July 7, 2026, 10:54 pm
UK hard-right leader Farage quits as MP to force snap vote amid scrutiny of finances
High-stakes gamble comes as Farage’s Reform party leads UK opinion polls, but he faces mounting pressure over non-disclosure of gifts, including allegedly from convicted fraudster
By Peter HUTCHISON
In this image taken from PA Video, police and protestors clash during a protest following the death of Henry Nowak, a 18-year-old student stabbed to death with a Sikh kirpan ceremonial dagger by Vickrum Digwa, in Southampton, England, June 2, 2026. (Jamie Lashmar/PA via AP)
June 4, 2026, 11:38 am
UK government pans protesters for ‘hijacking’ controversial death of stabbed student
2 arrested, 11 officers injured in clashes over Henry Nowak, who was wrongly handcuffed by police and bled to death after being knifed by Sikh man, sparking allegations of police bias against white people
By Jill Lawless
People hold images of victim Henry Nowak, and blood-covered handcuffs as they take part in a protest outside of Southampton Central Police Station in Southampton, southern England, on June 2, 2026, following his murder by Vickrum Digwa. (Justin Tallis/AFP)
June 2, 2026, 11:57 pm
‘I can’t breathe’: Outrage, violent far-right protests after UK police handcuff dying student
Henry Nowak, 18, was murdered by Sikh man who falsely accused him of racial abuse, spurring far-right figures to take an interest in the case and sparking anti-police protests
By Marie Heuclin and Anna MALPAS
Green Party leader Zack Polanski (C) celebrates with the party's newly elected Mayor of Lewisham, Liam Shrivastava (centre R), and supporters, outside the count center in Lewisham, south London, on May 8, 2026. (Brook Mitchell / AFP)
May 9, 2026, 12:23 pm
Anti-Israel Greens win 2 mayoralties, 5 councils in UK local elections; hard-right Reform is big winner
Farage’s Reform would be largest party in Parliament if general elections were held today; Polanski’s Green Party, engulfed in antisemitism scandals, wins mayoralty and council control in London’s Hackney, home to large ultra-Orthodox community
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Britain's Reform Party leader Nigel Farage shows his socks as he arrives at a polling station in Walton on the Naze, England, May 7, 2026 to cast his vote in the local elections.(AP Photo/Richard Pelham)
May 8, 2026, 4:41 pm
In UK local elections, anti-immigrant Reform soars; anti-Israel Greens rise, win 2 mayoralties
Starmer says he won’t quit; new mayor of Hackney reportedly blocked letter praising London police for response to antisemitic attack; Farage says results show ‘truly historic shift’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Britain's Reform Party leader Nigel Farage arrives at a polling station in Walton on the Naze, England, on May 7, 2026 to cast his vote in the local elections.(AP/Richard Pelham)
May 8, 2026, 8:45 am
UK Labour dealt blow as far-right Reform surges, Greens gain in local elections
PM Starmer’s party loses control of at least eight councils, 200+ seats in total; Reform’s Farage hails ‘historic change’ in UK politics
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A man puts up 'polling station' signs at a makeshift polling station set up at St John's Parish Hall in central London on May 7, 2026, as polls open for local elections. (Peter Nicholls / AFP)
May 7, 2026, 10:13 am
UK holds local elections, with left- and right-wing populist parties expected to surge
Polls show PM Starmer’s Labour losing ground amid discontent and Epstein scandal, pushing Polanski’s anti-Israel Greens and Farage’s anti-immigrant Reform UK to the forefront
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban, left, during a signing ceremony on the US-led Board of Peace at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
January 25, 2026, 11:41 am
Trump’s Greenland ambitions strain MAGA ties with Europe’s far right
Leaders from France, Germany, Italy denounce takeover threats, with even the UK’s Nigel Farage, a long-time Trump ally, calling the moves ‘a very hostile act’
By AP
Britain's former Conservative Party Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick shakes hands with Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, after announcing his defection to Reform, during a press conference, in central London on January 15, 2026. (Henry Nicholls/AFP)
January 16, 2026, 8:49 am
Ousted Conservative Party politician joins Nigel Farage’s hard-right Reform UK
Announcement of Robert Jenrick’s move comes hours after his sacking by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch for ‘plotting’ to defect to Reform in a ‘damaging’ way
By AFP
Kemi Badenoch with Robert Jenrick before being announced as the new Conservative Party leader following the vote by party members at 8 Northumberland Avenue in central London, November 3, 2024. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)
January 15, 2026, 5:54 pm
UK’s Conservative Party leader fires chief rival after apparent plot to defect
Kemi Badenoch says ‘irrefutable evidence’ revealed Robert Jenrick was trying to bolt party — potentially to Farage’s Reform — in manner ‘designed to be as damaging as possible’
By Pan Pylas
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