Politics

John Sweeney: Dressed in Crusader chainmail and Reform footy kits, Farage’s faithful couldn’t care less about his scandals

Sep 15, 2026

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4 min read

John Sweeney: Dressed in Crusader chainmail and Reform footy kits, Farage’s faithful couldn’t care less about his scandals

Mega-donors, Nigel's £5m gift, the Channel 4 sting ... John Sweeney tried to challenge loyal party members about all of it – and no one seemed concerned

John Sweeney

I was there for the Daphne Caruana Galizia verdict. It was like hearing a court rule the Earth is flat

Sep 11, 2026

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6 min read

I was there for the Daphne Caruana Galizia verdict. It was like hearing a court rule the Earth is flat

Stephen Grey, who spent years investigating the tycoon accused of masterminding the journalist’s murder, says his outrageous acquittal has left a grieving family without justice – and yet still not without hope

Stephen Grey

Stewart Lee: Danny Tommo’s masked patriots are coming for the Mail – if Millets doesn’t run out of balaclavas first

Sep 11, 2026

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8 min read

Stewart Lee: Danny Tommo’s masked patriots are coming for the Mail – if Millets doesn’t run out of balaclavas first

When the rightwing pro-Christian protesters are standing outside the rightwing pro-Christian newspaper demanding to be bought a house, you hardly need a satirist to intervene

Stewart Lee

Fraud, lies, perjury ... inside the disturbing new allegations against Tommy Robinson

Sep 11, 2026

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7 min read

Fraud, lies, perjury ... inside the disturbing new allegations against Tommy Robinson

Matt Shea’s explosive film on the far-right activist tells a story of a man who exploits victims and tragedies to raise large sums of money that become very hard to trace. He talks to Lucia Osborne-Crowley

Lucia Osborne-Crowley

Britain isn’t too soft on migrants; it’s too soft on Patriot Platform

Sep 8, 2026

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8 min read

Britain isn’t too soft on migrants; it’s too soft on Patriot Platform

Between a Home Office determined to seem tough, and a police force too slow – or too scared – to act against far-right disorder, the country is entering dangerous territory, writes Nick Lowles

Nick Lowles

Sangita Myska on Starmer's legacy: he couldn’t read the room, take a stand... or even leave with grace

Sep 8, 2026

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5 min read

Sangita Myska on Starmer's legacy: he couldn’t read the room, take a stand... or even leave with grace

The government’s decisive action and language today over Israeli settler violence points to the many things that could and should have been different under our former PM, writes the Nerve’s political commentator

Sangita Myska

‘Captured by crypto’: Fears grow over Farage’s threat to Bank of England independence – and the economy

Sep 4, 2026

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‘Captured by crypto’: Fears grow over Farage’s threat to Bank of England independence – and the economy

Reform's biggest donor holds a direct stake in an industry the Bank regulates. A crossbench peer is calling for powers to block a Trump-style influence grab at the top of the institution, writes Ian Tucker

Ian Tucker

Charisma, cruelty, greed: John Sweeney on the ‘dark genius’ of Nigel Farage

Sep 1, 2026

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Charisma, cruelty, greed: John Sweeney on the ‘dark genius’ of Nigel Farage

In an exclusive extract from his new book, the Nerve’s Reform correspondent explores the career of ‘a leader who never seems to suffer the consequences of his actions’ – and asks if he should ever be allowed near power

John Sweeney

Bribes, betrayal ... and Reform’s Nathan Gill: inside Russia’s operation to drive a wedge between Ukraine and Europe

Aug 21, 2026

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18 min read

Bribes, betrayal ... and Reform’s Nathan Gill: inside Russia’s operation to drive a wedge between Ukraine and Europe

In an exclusive extract from his new book, acclaimed foreign correspondent Luke Harding joins the dots of a continent-wide Kremlin influence network disrupted by the jailing of a former senior official in Nigel Farage’s party

Luke Harding

From ‘human printer’ to headline-maker: meet Trump’s devoted aide Natalie Harp

Aug 21, 2026

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4 min read

From ‘human printer’ to headline-maker: meet Trump’s devoted aide Natalie Harp

The 35-year-old runs behind the president’s golf cart in case he needs hard copies of things to read, and credits him with curing her cancer. Now that’s what you call an assistant, writes Hannah Jane Parkinson

Hannah Jane Parkinson

Farage, George Cottrell and Putin’s friend Abramovich

Jul 31, 2026

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4 min read

Farage, George Cottrell and Putin’s friend Abramovich

Source reveals convicted money launderer and Reform leader’s close ally worked as a young man for the now-sanctioned oligarch after becoming friends with his son. Report by Carole Cadwalladr

Carole Cadwalladr

‘We go where the silence is’: Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! on Trump, violence and the power of bearing witness

Jul 31, 2026

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‘We go where the silence is’: Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! on Trump, violence and the power of bearing witness

The pioneering independent reporter, now the subject of a documentary, talks to Carole Cadwalladr about surviving a massacre and the current threats to the media

Carole Cadwalladr

Jul 28, 2026

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5 min read

Deborah Frances-White: Andrew Tate’s too toxic to touch now. But look at the damage he’s done

Languishing in prison, the manosphere’s favourite misogynist has been abandoned even by Trump. But thanks to him, male discourse around women, consent and empathy has been well and truly poisoned, writes the Guilty Feminist

Deborah Frances-White

Adele Walton: The Online Safety Act is supposed to make Britain’s internet a safe space – yet it can’t touch the site linked to my sister’s death

Jul 22, 2026

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Adele Walton: The Online Safety Act is supposed to make Britain’s internet a safe space – yet it can’t touch the site linked to my sister’s death

Ofcom says it has used all its powers and can do no more against a pro-suicide forum. For bereaved families like mine, only a public inquiry can explain why

Adele Walton

Liz Truss, dark money and the gen-Z Catholics: who’s behind CPAC in the UK?

Jul 21, 2026

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Liz Truss, dark money and the gen-Z Catholics: who’s behind CPAC in the UK?

The British debut of Maga’s favourite conference last week was widely seen as a joke. But a Nerve investigation reveals its young organisers are part of a web of culture-war connections – from the US Christian right to Viktor Orbán's influence network. Alice McCool reports

Alice McCool

Sangita Myska: Hats off to Farage for an incredible achievement: he’s turned the rightwing press against him

Jul 14, 2026

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4 min read

Sangita Myska: Hats off to Farage for an incredible achievement: he’s turned the rightwing press against him

The increasingly absurd spectacle of the Clacton byelection is starting to drag down Reform’s polling numbers – and Britain’s media barons don’t like a loser, writes our political commentator

Sangita Myska

Jul 10, 2026

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11 min read

‘At the heart of change is always protest’: Misan Harriman on Gaza, George Floyd and the spirit of activism

At a special Nerve screening of a new documentary about his work, the acclaimed photographer and campaigner sat down with Carole Cadwalladr and director Andy Mundy-Castle for an in-depth discussion of race, culture, cancellation and more

Carole Cadwalladr

Jul 10, 2026

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3 min read

He was looking for a job, now he’s found a job: Burnham, Manchester and the power of the Smiths

The band inspired the UK's new PM as a teenager. Now his generation has reached middle age, he is using their lyrics to explain policy – and perhaps even speak to a new electoral coalition with adherents from left and right, writes Jude Rogers

Jude Rogers

Chequers gatherings, Johnson's diary and a new jet fighter... how billionaire Christopher Harborne became a big player in defence

Jul 5, 2026

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11 min read

Chequers gatherings, Johnson's diary and a new jet fighter... how billionaire Christopher Harborne became a big player in defence

Soon after the Ukraine war broke out, the investor emerged as a highly favoured backer of the Tory government – and then a major shareholder in privatised defence lab QinetiQ at a transformative moment for its fortunes. By Carole Cadwalladr and Charlie Young

‘It’s like this was made up by a schoolkid’: Reform’s vanishing crypto bill

Jun 30, 2026

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9 min read

‘It’s like this was made up by a schoolkid’: Reform’s vanishing crypto bill

Nigel Farage launched it in Las Vegas and promised to make it law. Now, as his links to cryptobillionaire Christopher Harborne are under scrutiny, Reform’s flagship policy has disappeared. When you understand who would benefit from its proposals – and from other policies Farage has lobbied for since – this is perhaps no surprise. By Ian Tucker

Ian Tucker

Philippa Perry: Prime ministers change, but the problems stay the same. Here's my advice for Andy Burnham

Jun 30, 2026

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5 min read

Philippa Perry: Prime ministers change, but the problems stay the same. Here's my advice for Andy Burnham

In families, as in politics, blame for dysfunction is often pinned on one individual. But the issue is usually a shared inability to process conflict, writes the Nerve’s cultural agony aunt

‘There are no normal people here’: the youth verdict on the rightwing Davos

Jun 26, 2026

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7 min read

‘There are no normal people here’: the youth verdict on the rightwing Davos

This week’s ARC conference in London, an event bankrolled by the old and very rich, insists it is fighting for the young. They aren’t convinced, writes Stella Tsantekidou

Stella Tsantekidou

Sergei Cristo: From interference in Brexit to arson attacks on Starmer – then as now, Russia is playing with us

Jun 19, 2026

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3 min read

Sergei Cristo: From interference in Brexit to arson attacks on Starmer – then as now, Russia is playing with us

The names linked to the men jailed for attacks on Keir Starmer’s properties are disturbingly familiar to those of us who warned against Putin’s efforts to disrupt Britain 10 years ago, writes whistleblower Sergei Cristo

Jun 19, 2026

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9 min read

'Billionaires aren’t going to save you’: Amazon union trailblazer Chris Smalls on fighting back against the gig economy

The labour activist who took on Jeff Bezos in 2022 – and challenged him again at the Met Gala this year – talks to Lucia Osborne-Crowley about courage, community, class and why he's telling his remarkable story in a new memoir

Lucia Osborne-Crowley