Which Way They’re Facing

Stay in the Room Podcast · Sep 4, 2026 · 14m

Reform UK’s conference runs at the NEC in Birmingham today and tomorrow. It opened under a Channel 4 News investigation, broadcast on Thursday evening, in which two senior figures were filmed discussing how half a million pounds of foreign money might be routed into the party. That money was discussed, not taken. What did change hands was smaller and real: three polls the party commissioned, costing £32,500, paid for by a US company. Both men have stood down pending an internal inquiry. The Liberal Democrats have written to the Metropolitan Police and the Electoral Commission. Labour says it…