The first secretary of state will face deputy Conservative leader Alex Burghart
Nigel Farage (or at least someone from his social media team) has posted on X this morning. But not about the US midterm election results, and what they might say about the Trump-style populism he has been advocating in the UK. Instead he has posted a message saying the policy announced by Kemi Badenoch yesterday on indefinite leave to remain is “a con”.
In a column for the Times today, Daniel Finkelstein, who is a Tory peer, says Farage should be held to account for Donald Trump’s failings. He says:
It was claimed by Farage’s friends that he and Trump were “as close as two people can be in politics”. In 2016, Farage said: “If I was an American citizen, I wouldn’t vote for Hillary Clinton if you paid me.” For Farage to assert that there was something he still wouldn’t do even if you paid him suggests a very strong political commitment indeed.
It is perfectly obvious now (and should have been at the time) that Farage was advocating something that would damage his own country. Trump’s election was profoundly against the interests of the British people. It has undermined, and may possibly destroy, our most important security relationship. More broadly, it has deprived the free world of a leader, because Trump is incapable of being a leader and doesn’t believe in the free world. It is hard to think of a more serious blow to our foreign and defence policy.
Ministers had been expected to publish their response to the consultation on special educational needs and disabilities (Send) reform this month. It is suggesting more support in mainstream schools and fewer care plans.
But multiple Whitehall sources say the timetable has slipped to the new year, although the Department for Education has declined to confirm when its response will be published.
Under Labour, educational standards and the requirements of children with special educational needs are being pushed down the agenda. Children with Send can’t afford to wait any longer. They deserve a Government that listens and takes action — not more of the empty promises that have become a defining characteristic of Labour’s time in office.
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Author : Andrew Sparrow
Publish date : 2026-11-04 11:41:00
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