UK police opened an investigation into allegations that Reform UK breached donation rules. [1] Reuters filed the Wednesday probe. [1] The New York Times filed the same Met announcement. [2] A probe is not a charge. Print investigating. Do not print convicted.

Channel 4's sting is the broadcast that prompted complaints. It is not a verdict. Leave a named charge to the edition that owns a named charge. No arrests are in this Reuters file.

Print the probe. Print not a conviction. Wednesday is not a Reform verdict.

A probe remains a probe, not a charge on this Wednesday politics desk.
No arrests remain in this Reuters file.
A Channel 4 sting remains a broadcast, not a docket.
Wednesday is not a Reform verdict on this London politics desk.
Sting broadcasts make cases in public before police make them in private; Channel 4's footage is evidence for viewers first. Arrests follow investigations, not airtime. Wednesday holds a probe, not a charge.

Held probes aren't charges; Wednesday holds a probe. Airtime isn't a docket. Arrests follow investigations.

Channel 4's footage is evidence for viewers first. Arrests follow investigations, not airtime. Wednesday holds a probe, not a charge.

Channel 4's sting went to air, and the Met opened a donations inquiry. An inquiry is not an indictment and not an arrest. Reuters and the Times carried the same Met notice. Reform UK is unconvicted on Wednesday.
Wednesday holds a probe, not a charge. Reform UK is unconvicted on Wednesday. An inquiry is not an indictment.

Wednesday holds a probe, not a charge. Reform UK is unconvicted on Wednesday. An inquiry is not an indictment.

-- CHARLES ASHFORD, London