Reform UK’s deputy leader has defended a ban on a local newspaper handed down by a council leader in a free speech row. Nottinghamshire County Council leader Mick Barton banned its Reform councillors, who hold 41 of 66 seats, from speaking to journalists from the Nottingham Post, its digital site Nottinghamshire Live and its local…
Representative Image (AI-generated) At the beginning of May, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution(BfV), Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, classified the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a “confirmed right-wing-extremist” party.The AfD is now challenging this decision in court. The BfV has announced that it will not use the extremism label until the…
1 p.m.: Durham is proper Labour heartland territory. Until 2021, the party had controlled the county for a century. After mopping up every seat here in the general election, this was seen as Labour’s best chance of regaining control of a council. But Farage has been campaigning hard here personally and hopes to make real inroads….