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Polanski did not appear on Kuenssberg’s show at his party’s conference, but the interview has now been rescheduled amid complaints
Robert Ford was elected to represent Maidstone Rural West in May’s local elections and will now sit as an independent until investigations into the allegations are complete.
‘This discussion about waste is generally misleading, we’ve had 14 years of Tory austerity which has cut spending to the absolute bone.’
Truss said she would launch her own social media platform, believing that the ‘establishment media’ have failed her.
‘It’s the Trump playbook’
Electoral reform will not transform our political culture overnight, but refusing to confront fragmentation will make effective governance permanently impossible.
Yet another resignation will add to the sense that Reform is a party in chaos, with a number of councillors having quit since the local elections in May.
‘Nigel Farage has finally admitted what everyone already knew: Reform’s economic plans are built on sand.’
Now it seems that the unit’s first test case has utterly failed, with Kent County Council considering a 5% hike in council tax.
Farage has admitted he knew Gill for ‘a very long time’ but claims he didn’t know anything about his pro-Russia activities…
