Feddit UK

3,558 readers
129 users here now

Who are we?

Feddit.uk is UK-centric, with integration to the wider Fediverse.
We tend to focus on UK-interest communities, others are welcome.

The name is a shortening of "federate it".
Want to share a thing? Share it with the fediverse, or, fed-it.

See it
Like it?
Feddit

What are the rules here?

No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia or xenophobia
No incitement of violence or promotion of violent ideologies
No harassment, dogpiling or doxxing of other users
Do not share intentionally false or misleading information
Do not spam or abuse network features.
Alt accounts are permitted, but all accounts must list each other in their bios.

Rules apply on this instance, and when using an account from this instance to interact with other instances.
Administrators may warn or ban for breaches of the rules, or the spirit of the rules.

Where should I start?

Here

!unitedkingdom@feddit.uk for general UK news.
!casualuk@feddit.uk for general chit-chat.
!uk_politics@feddit.uk for politics.
!memes@feddit.uk to watch us get arrested for stealing memes without a licence.
!askuk@feddit.uk to find out where to get a meme licence.
!andfinally@feddit.uk for silly news.

Elsewhere

Frontends

Donation Link

This site does not serve adverts.

Contact

Uptime status

Fediseer

Threads

Meta's activitypub network has been blocked as a default.
If you believe there is a good case for this not to be, please start a thread in the feddit.uk community.

Banner

Credit for the iconic banner --> https://joelgoodman.net

founded 2 years ago

ADMINS

Reform UK councillors resign in protest over Nigel Farage (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Emperor to c/uk_politics

8 comments fedilink

Ten Reform UK councillors in Derbyshire say they have resigned in protest over Nigel Farage's leadership.

The group said Reform was being run in an "increasingly autocratic manner" and "has lost its sense of direction" since Farage took over as leader last June.

But Farage told BBC Newsnight the councillors who had quit were put forward by a "rogue branch" of the party and that "none of them passed vetting".

The Clacton MP also said he and Elon Musk had patched up their relationship after the tech billionaire posted on the X social media platform that Reform needed a new leader.

...

Stevenson, who stood for Reform UK in Amber Valley in the general election and came second, did not deny that some of the candidates he put forward for local elections had not passed the party's vetting process.

"Apparently one of them shared a Tommy Robinson post a few years ago," he told the BBC. "We have got no issue with that."

He added the councillor in question, who he did not name, was a "good bloke".

...

Farage told Newsnight that Musk had wanted him to "come out strongly and support [former EDL leader] Tommy Robinson."

"Whilst many things Tommy Robinson has said have been right and it's wrong he's in solitary confinement, I certainly don't want Tommy Robinson in my party," he said.

Refusing to disclose the contents of their "private conversation", Farage said that he and Musk have since made up and "absolutely agree we don't want to be at war with each other and have very similar aims".

Reform UK councillors resign in protest over Farage (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 week ago by free@rss.ponder.cat to c/bbc@rss.ponder.cat

0 comments fedilink