Oxford is Now More or Less a Quango
14 June 2025
by Darren Gee
The Two-Stroke Engine of Brian Wilson
14 June 2025
Nigel Farage has declared that a Reform administration in Cardiff would reopen Welsh coal mines and blast furnaces and "reindustrialise Wales" to boost the British steel industry.
The Independent's John Rentoul's £6 billion Net Zero claim, aimed at rubbishing Nigel Farage's £40 billion estimate, is torn apart by Paul Homewood – who shows the real cost could be double that, at £80 billion a year.
Ed Miliband has torn into Tony Blair for being "defeatist" on Net Zero – even while admitting he could lose his seat to Reform, who want to scrap the agenda altogether.
Dominic Cummings has told Sky News that "Kemi is a goner", the Tories may have "crossed the event horizon" and Nigel Farage could be the next prime minister.
Nigel Farage has set out Reform UK's election pitch with a flurry of headline pledges – scrap Net Zero, axe DEI, lift the two-child cap and raise tax thresholds to support families and workers.
Ed Miliband is set to lose his seat to Reform at the next election in a Labour wipeout, the most comprehensive analysis of this month’s local election results has found.
Voters reject Net Zero when asked whether it is more important than cutting the cost of living, an opinion poll has shown, with nearly 60% picking cutting costs and just 13% cutting carbon emissions when asked to choose.
The Green Blob hasn't spent countless billions of dollars only to abandon the mission when the going gets tough. Expect the pushback after Reform's sweeping victories last week to be strong and venomous, says Ben Pile.
Reform UK Chairman Zia Yusuf says the party will use every lever available – including legal action – to stop asylum seekers being housed in areas where it now controls councils.
Reform has won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election from Labour by just six votes, overturning a majority of 14,700 and triggering a political earthquake that threatens to shatter the hegemony of Labour and the Tories.
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