The Guardian opinion piece, on UK Politics, 13 November 2026
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Read the original article on theguardian.com (opens in a new tab)Will Hayward's column argues that Reform UK's six months as the Senedd's official opposition show a chaotic, leader-driven party, drawing on his team's investigation, committee attendance figures and his own encounter in the Senedd canteen. The column gives the people it criticises their responses and sets its attendance figures against every other party's. Nothing in it misleads the reader on the grounds an opinion piece is judged on.
Opinion piece: read for false claims of fact and for fairness to the people it names, not for its opinions.
“Thomas said that he had done “nothing wrong” but resigned to avoid becoming a “distraction”.”
Hayward reports the arrest of Dan Thomas and, in the next sentence, gives Thomas's own denial. He does not leave a named person with a criminal suspicion and no answer.
“For context, here are the figures for the other parties: Plaid, eight times; Labour, nine; the Tories, nine; the Greens, six; and the Lib Dems, one.”
Hayward gives the absence figure for every party over the same period. A reader can check the comparison rather than take Reform's 31 on its own.
“We sought clarification on which of the 13 different points we put to them they were referring to.”
Hayward prints Reform UK's response to the findings in full and says plainly what he did when it did not reply. The party he criticises gets its right of reply.
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