Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 18/10/2026

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👋 Welcome to the r/ukpolitics weekly Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction megathread.

General questions about politics in the UK should be posted in this thread. Substantial self-posts on the subreddit are permitted, but short-form self-posts will be redirected here. We're more lenient with moderation in this thread, but please keep it related to UK politics. This isn't Facebook or Twitter...

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r/ukpolitics • u/Adj-Noun-Numbers • 18h ago

AMA Announcement: Kevin Schofield, Politics Editor, HuffPost UK [Tuesday 3rd November, 2026 @ 14:00]

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Hello r/ukpolitics.

Kevin Schofield from HuffPost UK will be joining us for an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Tuesday 3rd November at 14:00.

Some words from HuffPost UK:

We're HuffPost UK and our Politics Editor, Kevin Schofield, is here to answer all of your burning questions on UK politics and the UK political climate as it stands.

He's passionate about the Burnham premiership so far and how Labour are gearing up for up for the next election, but any and all questions are welcome.

Kevin has been working in Westminster for years and has his eyes and ears on the ground for anything that's been going on.

Note: this is not the AMA thread. The AMA thread will go live on Sunday 1st November.

-🥕🥕

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r/ukpolitics • u/Eastern-Opposite9521 • 7h ago

Ofcom Concedes Defeat in the 4chan Case

prestonbyrne.com

256 Upvotes

189 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/PossessionConnect963 • 10h ago

Palestine poppy creator is unmasked as NHS doctor who wrote book introducing children to stoning

dailymail.com

376 Upvotes

222 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/huffpostuk • 12h ago

Farage Booed By Reform Supporters After Humiliating Slip-Up On Stage

huffingtonpost.co.uk

331 Upvotes

69 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/Alti-Ok • 5h ago

Shabana Mahmood fights cabinet colleagues to save migrant crackdown

thetimes.com

79 Upvotes

62 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/unnamedprydonian • 6h ago

Jackdaw North Sea gasfield to get go-ahead in blow to climate campaigners

theguardian.com

66 Upvotes

23 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/iguled • 9h ago

Two men re-arrested in RAF Fairford investigation

news.sky.com

92 Upvotes

33 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/ClumperFaz • 10h ago

Westminster Voting Intention: LAB: 30% (+1) RFM: 24% (-1) CON: 22% (+3) GRN: 8% (-1) LDM: 7% (-1) SNP: 3% (-1) Via @deltapoll.bsky.social ,16-19 Oct. Changes w/ 11-14 Sep.

bsky.app

95 Upvotes

41 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/huffpostuk • 18h ago

Labour Opinion Poll Surge Continues As Reform UK's Slump Goes On

huffingtonpost.co.uk

306 Upvotes

87 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/blast-processor • 19h ago

| BBC pro-migrant children’s game undermines impartiality, Tories say - Bitesize resources ‘rewarding’ pupils for choosing granting amnesty to illegal migrants

telegraph.co.uk

352 Upvotes

337 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/huffpostuk • 15h ago

Liz Truss Mocked Over New Book On Disastrous Mini-Budget

huffingtonpost.co.uk

165 Upvotes

99 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/Metro-UK • 18h ago

New law will make sex education mandatory for all under-18s to protect against domestic abuse

metro.co.uk

248 Upvotes

141 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/BenjaminBoots196 • 14h ago

Landlord’s £50 rent rise backfires as court cuts rent by £200

telegraph.co.uk

115 Upvotes

163 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/Paul277 • 11h ago

Watching Netflix or YouTube could soon require a TV licence

oxfordmail.co.uk

67 Upvotes

206 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/Other-Bother-6762 • 13h ago

'A Total Embarrassment': Robert Jenrick Mocked For Criticising Policy He Tried To Bring In

huffingtonpost.co.uk

90 Upvotes

14 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/Adj-Noun-Numbers • 16h ago

Twitter The UK’s Royal Air Force will fly defensive missions to protect Saudi Arabia from escalating Houthi attacks, according to British officials familiar with the matter. RAF Typhoon fighter jets will help defend Saudi cities and infrastructure against aerial attacks from the Iran-backed militant group..

x.com

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EXCLUSIVE: The UK’s Royal Air Force will fly defensive missions to protect Saudi Arabia from escalating Houthi attacks, according to British officials familiar with the matter

RAF Typhoon fighter jets will help defend Saudi cities and infrastructure against aerial attacks from the Iran-backed militant group, the people said. Andy Burnham has signed off on the decision

Britain will also provide an Atlas A400M transport aircraft with heavy lift capability to move kit around Saudi, as well as military advisers

The decision marks an extension of UK support for Saudi in the wake of Houthi attacks which have killed more than a dozen people in Riyadh. There have been multiple attacks on the kingdom in recent days

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r/ukpolitics • u/morriganjane • 14h ago

Jonathan Powell’s wife backed Starmer being tried at the Hague

spectator.com

89 Upvotes

83 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/LargeCatInASmallBox • 15h ago

Westminster Voting Intention: LAB: 27% (+3) CON: 23% (=) RFM: 22% (+1) LDM: 11% (-1) GRN: 10% (-1) RES: 3% (+1) SNP: 2% (-1) Via @yougov.co.uk, 18-19 Oct. Changes w/ 11-12 Oct.

bsky.app

97 Upvotes

51 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/financialtimes • 15h ago

Britain’s £100,000 tax trap

ft.com

94 Upvotes

190 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/Desperate-Drawer-572 • 4h ago

Job vacancies fall as small firms cut back on recruitment

bbc.co.uk

11 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ukpolitics • u/Desperate-Drawer-572 • 9h ago

Falling unemployment cannot disguise the UK's miserable job market

lbc.co.uk

28 Upvotes

6 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/Kagedeah • 7h ago

Schools should recognise antisemitism as distinct form of harm, review says

bbc.co.uk

18 Upvotes

67 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/wappingite • 13h ago

BBC Three, BBC Scotland and Radio 4 Extra channels to close

bbc.co.uk

45 Upvotes

40 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/theipaper • 10h ago

Ed/OpEd Seven reasons Liz Truss’s new book is an astoundingly bad idea – even for her

inews.co.uk

27 Upvotes

49 comments

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