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  The presumptive prime minister’s plans to build more local authority homes face multiple hurdles Daily Telegraph 11/07/26 Nostalgia. Ah, that gloriously intoxicating longing for the warm glow of an imagined past that never really existed.  But then, almost anything seems better than today’s broken Britain, with its stagnant living standards, rapidly changing demographic and failing public services. The decade most fondly remembered in this regard tends to be the 1950s, when Britons were said to have “never had it so good” . It scarcely needs saying that the reality for many people back then did not live up to this sugar-coated perception of Britannia at its finest. But one thing they did seem to get right was that lots of houses were built for Britain’s fast-growing, baby-boomer generation. This was the golden age of UK housebuilding, with more than two million new dwellings built across the decade. More than half of these were council houses to replace homes destroyed in th...

 E Mail from Nigel Farage to Reform Members Ann Widdecombe was an extraordinary woman - without doubt, the best-known and most outstanding female politician in Britain since Margaret Thatcher. Ann spent many years in the Conservative Party. Then, in 2019, she joined us in the Brexit Party when we won the European elections, and was an outstanding colleague in the European Parliament. Beyond that, she became a loyal member alongside us all in Reform UK. Ann reached, of course, far beyond politics through Strictly Come Dancing, Big Brother and her theatre tours. She wasn’t just a politician; she became a celebrity. But the thing about Ann is that she never sought popularity for its own sake. She stood up and fought for what she believed in.  She was a devout Christian and somebody with strong socially conservative views - perhaps not popular in the top circles of modern Britain, but Ann stood up for what she believed, regardless of fashion. Ann could stand on a stage and give a ...

  This Government has become as unpredictable as HBO’s adaptation after it ran out of George RR Martin’s source material Daily Telegraph 10/07/26 link There are those who think it matters not that innumerable journalists, sub-editors and email authors have got into the habit of referring to Andy Burnham, our prime minister presumptive, as “The King of the North” . I have gone to great lengths, in this column and on X, to remind everyone that if they’re going to use pop culture references, they should do so with greater accuracy. In the first season of Game of Thrones , the character Robb Stark is given the title of King in the North by his followers. In, not “of”. I do not need reminding that this doesn’t really matter. We all know to whom the reference applies, after all. It’s a well-chosen nickname because, even though Burnham is notoriously reluctant to mention it in public, he is, in fact, from the North himself . My contention is that there is no point in adopting any cultura...

  He could be honest with the public about the scale of the challenges facing Britain. He won’t be Daily Telegraph 05/07/26 Link Even some Labour supporters who wanted shot of the hapless Sir Keir Starmer, and have flocked to Andy Burnham, quietly express reservations about the difficulties ahead. Some winced when he refused to take questions from the media after his fatuous devolution speech last Monday. Others note that his promises – such as finding more money for defence without attacking Labour’s benefit-dependent clientele by imposing “crude” welfare cuts – will require some unpleasantness if they are to be kept. Mr Popularity might all too easily become Mr Unpopularity, as many recent prime ministers have shown. Few, including some in Labour, would be surprised if by Christmas he were just as unpopular as Sir Keir. There are many reasons. As Mendès France said, gouverner, c’est choisir : to govern is to choose. Can he take the choices required? As well as keeping his promise...

In triggering a by-election in Clacton, he has disarmed the media elites and empowered working-class people. Spiked 07 July 2026 Link With righteous indignation, Nigel Farage has resigned today as MP for Clacton, triggering a by-election that he intends to fight. He’s giving up his seat in the hope he’ll win it back. Why? Because he believes it should be ordinary people, not the turbo-smug media classes, who determine his destiny. ‘Why should they be the people that decide my fate?’, he asked, spitting out the word ‘they’ with highly warranted contempt. Only ‘the people of Clacton’ should be ‘the judges of my actions’, he said. It’s a bold move. For it wrestles Farage’s fate – and the future of populism itself – from the whining and mudslinging of the cloistered media classes and returns it to the cool deliberation of the people. It was in a televised press conference that he made his announcement. His voice quivering with rage, he slammed the media for obsessing over allegedly dodgy d...

  Farage steps down as MP 'I am the most attacked public figure of modern times' Parliamentary investigations are being weaponised as political tool, claims Farage Leader of Reform UK faces sleaze inquiries Farage allegedly failed to report donations from cryptocurrency billionaire and convicted fraudster Farage: I have done nothing wrong ‘I have not broken the law in any way at all,’ says Reform UK leader LiveFarage resigns to fight by-election 07 July 2026 2:44pm BST key moments Farage steps down as MP Reform UK leader’s resignation will trigger by-election in Clacton. Follow the latest below 'I am the most attacked public figure of modern times' Parliamentary investigations are being weaponised as political tool, claims Farage Leader of Reform UK faces sleaze inquiries Farage allegedly failed to report donations from cryptocurrency billionaire and convicted fraudster Farage: I have done nothing wrong ‘I have not broken the law in any way at all,’ says Reform UK leade...