Zia Yusuf this morning claimed that Nigel Farage’s parliament-supplied security team has been downgraded by a three quarters. Bizarre…
Reform’s head of policy said on Times Radio:
“Two weeks ago, the authorities cut Nigel’s security detail by 75% and then we have seen the most extraordinary 48 hours of demonisation… The Parliamentary Security Department that is responsible for security in both houses, that frankly for inexplicable reasons, decided to materially downgrade Nigel Farage’s security. Those are the facts of the matter. And I think that they place into context everything that we have just seen. Now, again, I want to be very clear that donors have stepped in, thankfully, to shore up that security and make sure that Nigel is well protected… Keir Starmer is desperate, he knows he cannot beat Nigel Farage at the ballot box, so he’s resorted to the most extraordinary and frankly, nefarious means.”
Farage has hit out at Starmer’s decision to attack Reform at racist on the grounds that it puts members of the party, along with the leader, in danger. Dangerous given Charlie Kirk…
Former Treasury minister and adviser to Burnham in the Makerfield campaign Lord Jim O’Neill, who has turned down a role in his government, said Burnham’s first statement Commons was:
“The last thing investors wanted to hear… gilt yields have risen by a 0.25% in one day, which is a lot. We’ve not had that since Liz Truss days… If your country is under the focus of ‘can they come up with a sensible fiscal strategy’ on a day when the markets think ‘well no, you’re not showing any sign of it’ you’re going to have a tough day…if it stays like this your mortgage rate is going up.”