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UK Local Elections: Brexit’s Pied Piper Leads Britain into a Reform Bender

Monday, May 11, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
UK local elections Starmer, Farage, Trump in the clouds

Last week’s UK local elections humiliated the Conservative-Labour duopoly and showed Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is no longer just a protest vote. iPINIONS argues that Britain is relapsing into Brexit politics just as America relapsed into MAGA politics … voters choosing entertainment over governance, their own welfare be damned. Read my full take on Substack:… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Brexit, Conservative Party, Donald Trump, iPINIONS, Keir Starmer, Labour Party, MAGA, Nigel Farage, Reform UK, UK politics

King Charles’s Rough Wooing of Trump as Epstein Haunts His Visit

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
King Charles state visit to America with collage of Esptein, Starmer, Trump, Andrew and Mandelson

King Charles came to America bearing pomp, tea, and a civics lesson Trump’s America sorely needed. But iPINIONS contends that Epstein haunted the visit, Christian Turner undercut the special relationship, and Magna Carta exposed the absurdity of a republic flattering a wannabe king. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/king-charless-rough-wooing-of-trump Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Christian Turner, Donald Trump, Executive Power, Iran War, Jeffrey Epstein, Keir Starmer, King Charles, Magna Carta, NATO, No Kings, Peter Mandelson, Prince Andrew, Special Relationship, UK politics, US Politics

British Conservatives Defecting to Reform Hate Badenoch More Than They Like Farage

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Kemi Badenoch addressing conservatives with image of Nigel Farage and Oswald Mosely

As Reform UK closes in on the Conservatives, defections from the Tory ranks are revealing more than panic. They expose a party that elevated Kemi Badenoch for optics, not authority, and is now recoiling from the prospect of her actually leading. iPINIONS unpacks why Conservatives would rather follow Nigel Farage than stand behind their own… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, Oswald Mosley, race and politics, Reform UK, Robert Jenrick, UK politics

Musk Knifes Farage — Trump Should Watch His Back

Sunday, January 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Elon Musk with old friend Nigel Farage with Trump hovering in picture over them

I am shocked, shocked! Elon Musk is breaking up with Nigel Farage! Why? Because Nigel dared to tell Elon to stop championing the lost cause of British White supremacist Tommy Robinson. Frankly, Musk’s nostalgia for the good old days of Apartheid South Africa has him fraternizing with far-right demagogues worldwide. And it’s troubling enough that… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: billionaires and democracy, British Reform Party, Elon Musk, Elon Musk Twitter drama, far-right influence, Musk Farage breakup, Nigel Farage, Trump betrayal, UK politics

Kemi Badenoch: Britain’s ‘Black Magaret Thatcher’? Ha!

Friday, November 8, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Kemi Badenoch channeling Margaret Thatcher with her shadow cabinet

Kemi Badenoch has become the first black woman to lead a major UK political party but can she reunite the Conservative party? She’s hailed Margaret Thatcher as her inspiration and says she’s flattered by the comparisons to Thatcher. (Good Morning Britain, November 4, 2024) Badenoch channeling Thatcher too literally No doubt, Kemi Badenoch is as… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: British politics, Conservative Party, diversity, Kemi Badenoch, Labour Party, Margaret Thatcher, representation, Rishi Sunak, tokenism, UK politics

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