Former Trump election official Kurt Olsen attempted to ban Dominion voting machines by proposing the Commerce Department declare their components national security risks. The effort failed due to insufficient evidence, despite reaching the exploration phase within the Commerce Department.
An Irish parliamentary by-election in Dublin Central on Friday could see criminal godfather Gerry Hutch become an unlikely kingmaker, potentially impacting Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald's influence.
The first-past-the-post system favoured Reform in this English local elections
Welsh nationalist party able to form minority government in Wales, blocking momentum of Reform UKElection 2026 live: latest news updatesFull results from England, Scotland and WalesPlaid Cymru have won 42 seats in Wales’s Senedd election, putting the Welsh nationalists in position to form a minority government and ending more than 100 years of Labour hegemony.Polls consistently suggested Plaid Cymru and Reform UK were neck and neck in the race to become the biggest party under Wales’s new more proportional voting system. As in last year’s closely watched Caerphilly Senedd byelection, however, the contest was not as close as predicted. Reform has come in second, with 34 seats – up from 1% of the vote share in 2021’s election. Continue reading...
Polls suggest Reform could win most seats in Senedd election but party is unlikely to be able to form governmentUK politics live – latest updatesOn a sunny but cold evening in a shopping centre car park on the outskirts of Merthyr Tydfil, Reform UK supporters enjoyed free pizza and loud music as they waited for what the party leader, Nigel Farage, said was his last big speech before Thursday’s Welsh Senedd, Scottish parliament and English local elections.Reform could win the most seats under Wales’s new more proportional voting system but it is unlikely to be able to form a government, as other parties have ruled out going into coalition with it. Yet Farage’s outfit is the first rightwing party with a shot at winning in Wales since the 1850s. The surge in support for a party that got 1% of the vote in the last Senedd election is impossible to ignore. Continue reading...
Polls suggest Reform could win most seats in Senedd election but party is unlikely to be able to form governmentUK politics live – latest updatesOn a sunny but cold evening in a shopping centre car park on the outskirts of Merthyr Tydfil, Reform UK supporters enjoyed free pizza and loud music as they waited for what the party leader, Nigel Farage, said was his last big speech before Thursday’s Welsh Senedd, Scottish parliament and English local elections.Reform could win the most seats under Wales’s new more proportional voting system but it is unlikely to be able to form a government, as other parties have ruled out going into coalition with it. Yet Farage’s outfit is the first rightwing party with a shot at winning in Wales since the 1850s. The surge in support for a party that got 1% of the vote in the last Senedd election is impossible to ignore. Continue reading...
All six parties contesting May's expanded Senedd election face criticism for failing to be upfront about fiscal challenges. Polls show Plaid Cymru or Reform UK will be the largest party, with Welsh Labour in distant third after nearly 30 years in power. The IFS warns the next Welsh government will face significant budget pressure from UK funding cuts and rising health and social care costs, but party manifestos contain virtually no detail on spending commitments.
