# UGLY POLITIX

Exploring the ugly underbelly of politics and power in the UK.

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## [The ‘Hyperpolitics’ Trap: Why Passion Doesn't Translate into Power](https://www.uglypolitix.com/p/the-hyperpolitics-trap-why-passion)

_2026-08-26 · Matt Gallagher_

Today’s flash-in-the-pan style of online politics primarily benefits the populist right

## [The New Foreign Interference](https://www.uglypolitix.com/p/the-new-foreign-interference)

_2026-08-22 · Cathy Monaghan_

Normally, proving foreign interference requires intelligence agencies, leaked documents and investigative journalists. This time you can download the strategy.

## [We haven’t given up on each other. Maybe we’ve given up on the system.](https://www.uglypolitix.com/p/we-havent-given-up-on-each-other)

_2026-08-19 · Cathy Monaghan_

Pride in our communities is growing while pride in Britain and its institutions falls. That should tell us something about where rebuilding begins.

## [The Clacton Acquittal That Isn't](https://www.uglypolitix.com/p/the-clacton-acquittal-that-isnt)

_2026-08-14 · Matt Gallagher_

An electorate is not a jury.

## [The $60 Million Spend That Couldn't Buy a Win](https://www.uglypolitix.com/p/the-60-million-spend-that-couldnt)

_2026-08-11 · Matt Gallagher_

Refusing to play the donor-driven political game opens up new avenues of possibility

## [Britain's constitutional strategy? Fingers crossed.](https://www.uglypolitix.com/p/britains-constitutional-strategy)

_2026-08-08 · Cathy Monaghan_

Britain has spent years watching democracies fail. It's time we started taking notes.

## [Redemption or Rebrand?](https://www.uglypolitix.com/p/redemption-or-rebrand)

_2026-08-05 · Matt Gallagher_

Kemi Badenoch's defence of Joshua Bonehill-Paine (aka 'Crewkerne Man')

## [What Is Political Capital For?](https://www.uglypolitix.com/p/what-is-political-capital-for)

_2026-08-01 · Cathy Monaghan_

Political capital doesn't last forever. That's exactly why the Government should spend some of it fixing democracy.

## [Behind the Bin](https://www.uglypolitix.com/p/behind-the-bin)

_2026-07-30 · Matt Gallagher_

Count Binface and the artful business of skewering British politics

## [How do you rebuild trust in politics? 13,000 people (and counting) have an idea.](https://www.uglypolitix.com/p/how-do-you-rebuild-trust-in-politics)

_2026-07-29 · Cathy Monaghan_

Yesterday, more than 13,000 signatures arrived at Downing Street asking the PM to launch a National Commission on Electoral Reform in his first 100 days.

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## [Can Farage wriggle his way out of this one?](https://www.uglypolitix.com/p/can-farage-wriggle-his-way-out-of)

_2026-07-26 · Matt Gallagher_

Damning revelations continue to emerge. And it may just be the tip of the iceberg.

## [Closing Britain's 'Integrity Gap'](https://www.uglypolitix.com/p/closing-britains-integrity-gap)

_2026-07-23 · Matt Gallagher_

The Hillsborough Law will fundamentally change the tenor of British public life. But Burnham can and must do more.