Guardian Political Correspondent UK current affairs (with a fair bit on the Far Right, populism, disinfo) Irish Londoner Story? ben.quinn@theguardian.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mlnxykqfys2lFarage faces questions over failure to declare use of donor’s helicopter https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/12/farage-faces-questions-over-failure-to-declare-use-of-donors-helicopter12 May 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnxykqfys2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mkupcehvcc2yTension and dissent: inside the Green party’s antisemitism struggle https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/02/inside-green-party-antisemitism-struggle-israel-palestine?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other02 May 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkupcehvcc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mkhhr46jyc2dBrief moment of hope Mishal Husain actually had returned to Today27 Apr 2026 06:43 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhhr46jyc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mkdgwgwvnk2gEXC. MP at threat from Far Right gets... bodyguard from Far Right vigilante group Security vetting tightened for MPs https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/25/security-vetting-stepped-up-after-mp-is-given-bodyguard-with-far-right-links25 Apr 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdgwgwvnk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mjn2qkabck27End of the Orban € forces Hungarian0-funded think tanks & fellows to look el$where? https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/16/viktor-orban-defeat-halt-hungarian-support-populist-right16 Apr 2026 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjn2qkabck27https://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mjmedrm6uc2f@jonworth.eu Hi Jon.. can I get in touch?16 Apr 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmedrm6uc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mjdadbwpm22iIt was Troy Parrott wot won it ?12 Apr 2026 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjdadbwpm22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mjdaay6rzk2iChants of “Ruszkik, haza” – Russians, go home!” Among the crowds in Budapest reports @jakubkrupa.bsky.social https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/12/hungary-election-latest-results-viktor-orban-peter-magyar-fidesz-tisza-russia-europe-live-news-updates?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other12 Apr 2026 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjdaay6rzk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mirbrmubv22gStarmer attacks Greens, saying vote for Labour rivals puts new workers’ rights at risk https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/05/starmer-attacks-greens-saying-vote-for-labour-rivals-puts-new-workers-rights-at-risk05 Apr 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mirbrmubv22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mioi5btcws2mErm.. email drops about the Lego Maersk fuel container vessel Your little darlings can play at waiting around in Straits of Hallway04 Apr 2026 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mioi5btcws2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mig4pebuo22q“I dunno how he’s going to do it but the president would want something like Spain to get kicked out of NATO “ - ex Trump advisor on #Today with a ‘we’ve revoked your membership of Studio54’ school of geopolitics01 Apr 2026 07:02 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mig4pebuo22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3miewzjjtns2eAsked Nigel Farage about his ‘Trump problem’ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/31/nigel-farage-reform-biggest-problem-donald-trump31 Mar 2026 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3miewzjjtns2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mhyeaaf7h224*COME ON YOU BOYS IN GREEEEN*26 Mar 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhyeaaf7h224https://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mhtn4epke222Reform UK accused of seeking to insert “toxic politics” into football after pressing FA to scrap diversity policies. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/24/reform-accused-of-seeking-to-insert-toxic-politics-into-english-football24 Mar 2026 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhtn4epke222https://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mhqrcew2l22xReform UK mayor candidate describes Jewish neighbourhood watch group as “cosplayers” .. likens them to “Islamists on horseback” https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/23/reform-mayoral-candidate-likens-jewish-community-group-to-islamists-on-horseback23 Mar 2026 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqrcew2l22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mhbfyqvmvc2tThis is how it's done Fredrich Merz? Micheál Martin stepping in not just to defend Keir Starmer, but take issue with Trump's narrative on Europe "Europe is still a very good place to live, just to let you know.. Sometimes Europe gets characterised wrongly.."17 Mar 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbfyqvmvc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mhbei3h7s22tMicheál Martin's turn in the white-knuckle chair Seem to have gently chastised an Irish reporter for asking Trump about a planning objection to his golf course in Ireland over rare snails "What kind of question ..?"17 Mar 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbei3h7s22thttps://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mgkjg5nnvk27Survivors of Ireland’s mother & baby homes start having benefits cut in UK after accepting Irish state compensation Exc. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/08/survivors-of-irelands-mother-and-baby-homes-face-benefit-cuts-in-uk-after-accepting-compensation?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other08 Mar 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgkjg5nnvk27https://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mgilgvjv2s2zOof! Almost an embarrassing defeat there for Italy against one of the minnows #sixnations07 Mar 2026 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgilgvjv2s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mg6tnrntfk2m54% of Reform members believe non-white UK citizens born abroad should be forced or encouraged to leave - first public poll of members of Nigel Farage’s party https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/03/half-reform-voters-believe-non-white-british-citizens-forced-encouraged-leave?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other03 Mar 2026 22:41 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg6tnrntfk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mfucg4g26s25First time since 1945 that neither Labour / Tories finished 1st or 2nd in a by election The old world is dying, & the new world struggles to be born etc https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/labour-mps-demand-starmer-change-direction-after-humiliating-byelection-loss27 Feb 2026 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfucg4g26s25https://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mew3mvfigk23Made a trip to Great Yarmouth to hear Rupert Lowe launch his new national party https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/15/rupert-lowe-great-yarmouth-first-party-far-right-reform-uk15 Feb 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mew3mvfigk23https://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mdiaxwdz2c2vDavid Lammy standing in at PMQs describing Tory MPs defecting to Reform as “the most disgraceful” transfer saga since Sol Campbell left Spurs28 Jan 2026 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdiaxwdz2c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mde4phzckk2eNow bigger than Sinn Fein, but smaller than the SNP “.. in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear”26 Jan 2026 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mde4phzckk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mde4i3ildk2eSuella Braverman arrives ‘home’ after leaving ‘a party of left leaning social democrats’ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/26/former-home-secretary-suella-braverman-defects-to-reform-uk?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other26 Jan 2026 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mde4i3ildk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mdda33dpr22rSuella Braverman has joined Nigel Farage on stage at a reform event “I feel like I’ve come home ..”26 Jan 2026 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdda33dpr22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mck65mi4l22gReform grassroots on Jenrick: Generally positive/minority annoyed Farage: “I’m teaching [Zia Yusuf] forgiveness” https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/16/enough-already-jenricks-defection-gets-mixed-reception-among-reform-members16 Jan 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mck65mi4l22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mci3lnrosk2bRobert Jenrick launches his leadership campaign at Reform HQ15 Jan 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mci3lnrosk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/benquinn75.bsky.social/post/3mchzoypqd22vA false start for the political history books ..15 Jan 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:fuvkyde6sedp5wwolnmgnqdp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mchzoypqd22v