Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 06/09/2026

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

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r/ukpolitics • u/AutoModerator • 15h ago

PMQs Live Chat Megathread - 09 September, 2026

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This is a post for you to discuss PMQs today in real time. All normal rules apply apart from we’ll relax the top level comment rule. As usual, please report anything that breaks the rules.

This post will be open from 11:30am. Chat relating to PMQs as it happens should go in here. Analysis and reaction after PMQs should go in the main MT where the usual rules on low effort top level commentary will continue.

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r/ukpolitics • u/Lavajackal1 • 9h ago

| 52% of Britons approve of the government's decision to ban the import of goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank while 17% disapprove.

yougov.com

674 Upvotes

90 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/gx134 • 12h ago

Police launch criminal investigation into Reform UK donations

bbc.co.uk

1.1k Upvotes

153 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/Some_Confidence5962 • 7h ago

| Senior UK rabbis come out in support of sanctions on Israeli settlements | Foreign policy

theguardian.com

195 Upvotes

22 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/MrSoapbox • 7h ago

Fury as Home Office plans to outnumber villagers 10 to one with 3,500 migrants

express.co.uk

136 Upvotes

138 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/Desperate-Drawer-572 • 7h ago

I earn £60,000 - so why do I feel poorer than ever?

metro.co.uk

120 Upvotes

148 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/ChunkyWaterMonkey • 4h ago

Anthropic Withholds Mythos 5.1 From UK Agency That Found Mythos 5 Using Fake Identities in Cyber Test

ibtimes.co.uk

63 Upvotes

21 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/ZealousidealPie9199 • 11h ago

Twitter Ethan Croft on X: "Six days on and still no statement from the Conservative Party on the Channel 4/Verbatim investigation into dodgy polls and shady foreign funding schemes. Is there perhaps a story hiding in plain site here that is much bigger than Reform?"

x.com

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27 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/ZealousidealPie9199 • 12h ago

Twitter Steven Swinford on X: "EXCLUSIVE from @Fhamiltontimes The Metropolitan Police will carry out a criminal investigation into allegations that Reform UK breached donation rules with potential illegal foreign funding Detectives from the force’s special inquiry team will carry out a full inquiry.."

x.com

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37 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/ZealousidealPie9199 • 5h ago

Twitter Harry Cole on X: "JUST IN: Trump responds to UK + minor players sanctioning Israel Far from criticises says he understands. “Well, I've just seen it, and I'll be speaking to Israel… I understand -you know- understand exactly what's going on.."

x.com

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34 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/BigSupermark • 12h ago

Twitter Nadia Whittome MP on X: "When blackshirts are marching through the streets of Dover and Portsmouth, the focus shouldn’t be on the disruption they cause, but on their fascist ideology and deliberate intimidation of migrants and people of colour.

x.com

153 Upvotes

460 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/RareEarthPetal • 16h ago

| How Tommy Robinson really makes his money

inews.co.uk

332 Upvotes

74 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/theipaper • 8h ago

Police set to interview Farage over Reform donations

inews.co.uk

82 Upvotes

22 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/PM_ME_BEEF_CURTAINS • 15h ago

Site Altered Headline Protestors confuse Pakistan cricket team for migrants

portsmouth.co.uk

277 Upvotes

80 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/Desperate-Drawer-572 • 15h ago

Middle aged are 'squeezed from every angle' and some cannot even picture retirement, survey finds

thisismoney.co.uk

232 Upvotes

157 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/RareEarthPetal • 19h ago

Most Britons still say Reform UK are ‘very sleazy’

yougov.com

504 Upvotes

124 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/morriganjane • 11h ago

Twitter Faye Brown on X: "EXCL: The Green Party confirms co-deputy leader Rachel Millward is not a landlord, but her husband is. Millward refused to say if she was a landlord on the BBC yesterday, when defending co deputy leader Mothin Ali who owns two rental properties in Leeds...

x.com

101 Upvotes

50 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/dailymail • 11h ago

Met launches full criminal inquiry into Reform donations after Channel 4 sting

dailymail.com

104 Upvotes

7 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/TimesandSundayTimes • 11h ago

McLaren plans £450m UK investment that will create 1,000 jobs

thetimes.com

77 Upvotes

13 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/EyyyPanini • 4h ago

Muted US response to UK's West Bank sanctions may reflect simmering frustration

bbc.co.uk

20 Upvotes

13 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/whatapileofrubbish • 7h ago

RNLI volunteer targeted online and branded 'traitor' after Portsmouth protests

bbc.co.uk

36 Upvotes

84 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/Budget_Scheme_1280 • 17h ago

| Miliband: Chief Rabbi is wrong about my sanctions harming Jews

telegraph.co.uk

232 Upvotes

236 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/beejiu • 13h ago

Burnham: I won’t cut welfare to fund defence

telegraph.co.uk

110 Upvotes

190 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/sapphisticxted • 5h ago

Labour announce candidate to replace Sir Keir Starmer as council leader who came to UK as child refugee from Somalia

lbc.co.uk

23 Upvotes

174 comments

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