Farage is jubilant as Reform crosses the threshold to take control of Essex County Council:
Kemi Badenoch speaks of ‘renewal’ of the Conservatives.
Well, she would lose her own seat of North West Essex based on these Essex County Council results!
— Nigel Farage MP (@Nigel_Farage) May 8, 2026
40 out of 87 seats have gone Reform. Kemi Badenoch’s wards have gone to Reform…
Lord Khan in the Telegraph: “I hope, and I say this in a non-pompous way, that the public service I do will bring rewards in this world and the hereafter,” he says. “I’m hoping the work I do is earning me Brownie points.”