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 ...