Reform says they’ll build 50,000 new social homes — but if your garden starts looking like Jumanji, they’ll evict you before you can say ‘strimmer’. Reform would evict social home tenants who don’t mow their lawns or take out their bins, the party’s chairman says — basically, keep the grass short or the tenancy’s shorter.Continue reading “Long Grass, Short Tenancy”
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Reform: The Rich Rise, The Rest Get Stripped
Voting Reform is like cutting your own lifeboat because you don’t like the people on the next raft. Reform voters: turkeys voting for Christmas — and they’ve already basted themselves. However, Turkeys are way smarter — they’d never vote for the chef holding the carving knife. What do we have to look forward to underContinue reading “Reform: The Rich Rise, The Rest Get Stripped”
Bounce? More Like A Belly‑Flop
There was a hint today that the Burnham bounce might be losing altitude, spotted wobbling slightly as it tried to navigate the nation’s expectations with all the grace of a shopping trolley with one dodgy wheel. Less than a month after the PM strolled into No. 10, a poll now shows his favourability has alreadyContinue reading “Bounce? More Like A Belly‑Flop”
Under NHS Reform, Appointments Will Change
The “major NHS reform” changing hospital appointments is the government’s shift to move most outpatient care out of hospitals and into neighbourhood health centres — a structural overhaul that ministers are calling a “fundamental rewiring” of the NHS. This is being presented as a win for patients because it promises faster access, fewer hospital trips,Continue reading “Under NHS Reform, Appointments Will Change”
Andy Burnham’s Labour Coup ‘On A Knife-Edge’
Andy Burnham’s prospects in the Makerfield by‑election are genuinely knife‑edge, with the latest constituency polling revealing an incredibly tight race between Labour and Reform UK. The first Survation poll (18–22 May, N=369) puts Burnham on 43 per cent and Reform’s Robert Kenyon on 40 per cent, well within the ±5.1‑point margin of error. Reform’s localContinue reading “Andy Burnham’s Labour Coup ‘On A Knife-Edge’”
Nigel Farage Reveals His Home Was Firebombed
Arsonists targeted Nigel Farage by pushing a firebomb through the letterbox of his home, the Reform Party leader has revealed. Farage, 62, said the petrol bomb fortunately burnt out before causing any significant damage during the incident last year. He has marked the event as an ‘outright arson attempt’. Farage recalled how the attack, which came at the beginningContinue reading “Nigel Farage Reveals His Home Was Firebombed”
Farage Referred To As A ‘Toytown Trump’ By The “Marxist” Teachers’ Chief
Nigel Farage has exchanged blows with a ‘Marxist’ teachers’ leader whose trade union vowed to mobilise members to prevent him becoming Prime Minister – and dubbed him a ‘Toytown Trump’. Delegates at the annual conference of the National Education Union (NEU), which starts on Monday, will debate a motion calling for the trade union movement toContinue reading “Farage Referred To As A ‘Toytown Trump’ By The “Marxist” Teachers’ Chief”
Will Keir Starmer’s Shambles Hand Farage The Keys To No 10?
Nigel Farage will now gear Reform up to be prepared in case Labour’s descent into chaos initiates a snap general election. In a speech this afternoon, Mr Farage will lay out his intentions for his front-bench team and urge party members to be prepared to cast ballots before the end of the year. While there are expected toContinue reading “Will Keir Starmer’s Shambles Hand Farage The Keys To No 10?”
Reform Council To Remove Cast-Iron Lampposts
It is the cathedral city so dear to Charles Dickens, and where he set David Copperfield. Yet a wonderful assemblage of cast iron lampposts, which have illuminated the streets of Canterbury since Victorian times, is set to be ripped out and swapped for modern alternatives – by a Reform-run council. Residents and heritage campaign groups haveContinue reading “Reform Council To Remove Cast-Iron Lampposts”
Keir Starmer Considers Social Media Ban For Teens
Sir Keir Starmer is weighing up an Australian-style social media embargo for children aged under 16. The Labour Prime Minister formerly said he was ‘personally’ against the ban for teenagers but is understood to be ‘closely monitoring’ the policy. The world-first law was introduced on December 10 by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and sees under-16s banned from Facebook, Instagram, Kick, Reddit, Snapchat,Continue reading “Keir Starmer Considers Social Media Ban For Teens”