Reform: Foreign Money, Loopholes and the Race Against the Clock

Reform UK’s donor list this year reads like a map of global capital. A £9 million donation from a businessman based in Thailand. Hundreds of thousands from a telecoms entrepreneur born in Beirut with global interests. Large sums emerging from corporate vehicles and overseas-linked donors. Fund raising dinners in Dubai hosted by Mumbai billionaires. According… Read More Reform: Foreign Money, Loopholes and the Race Against the Clock

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Rupert Lowe: The New New Far Far Right

The schism on Britain’s hard right is no longer gossip; it is formal. Rupert Lowe, reportedly buoyed by encouragement from Elon Musk’s online ecosystem, has launched a rival to Reform. His one-MP outfit is called Restore. The launch, staged in Great Yarmouth, leaned heavily into hard-line rhetoric on immigration and “national restoration”: mass deportations, drastic… Read More Rupert Lowe: The New New Far Far Right

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Banning Working From Home: Bad Policy Comes Round Again

Last week, Nigel Farage announced that a future Reform government would ban working from home. If that sounds familiar, it’s because you’ve heard it before. Boris Johnson floated the same idea four years ago. Same rhetoric. Same applause lines. Same fatal flaw. Reform supporters bristle when critics describe the party as a retirement home for… Read More Banning Working From Home: Bad Policy Comes Round Again

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From Newcastle to NEOM: What Weaker Oil Prices Really Mean

I don’t normally write about football, least of all Newcastle. As a Sunderland fan, I’m not entirely neutral. But something is happening in football that reflects something much bigger. Cristiano Ronaldo is reportedly unhappy at his Saudi club despite being paid eye-watering sums, frustrated that no major new signings have arrived. Meanwhile Newcastle United —… Read More From Newcastle to NEOM: What Weaker Oil Prices Really Mean

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Have 735,000 foreign patients registered with the NHS?

No, It’s Not “Foreigners Using the NHS” It’s total nonsense, despite what you read online. To be eligible for NHS treatment, you have to be ordinarily resident in the UK. Your entitlement doesn’t last forever once you leave. If you’ve been living abroad and you return, you are not automatically treated as a permanent UK… Read More Have 735,000 foreign patients registered with the NHS?

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