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…
Speaking to Adam Boulton on Times Radio about kicking the Golders Green suspect, Heidi Alexander said:
“I thought that if I was in the shoes of that police officer, then if I’m honest, given the situation, and the fact that he had a backpack on his back, and they were worried about whether that might go off, I could, if I was a police officer, frankly, I could see myself having taken similar action.”