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Alex Farrell retweeted
To truly understand the Birmingham Tapestry, I have asked a doctor of Anglo-Saxon History to take us all through it.
Step forward, Conservative Party Deputy Leader, Dr @alexburghart .
Alex Farrell retweeted
I have listened to Sir Olly Robbins evidence for last hour and forty minutes and am seeing the very best of the civil service. I am left incredulous that the decision was made to fire him. Has there been a more egregious and shameful decision by a political master desperate to save his own skin?
Alex Farrell retweeted
🚨 If Reform can’t run Worcestershire… how can they run Britain?
Nigel Farage now says Reform “regret” taking control of Worcestershire County Council.
No one forced them to stand.
They campaigned on cutting waste and reducing taxes.
Instead residents got one of the biggest council tax rises in the country – nearly 9%.
So what happened?
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Let’s remember the facts.
Under the previous Conservative administration Worcestershire delivered around £60m of savings in two years while continuing to invest in services.
Reform promised they could do better.
Instead we’ve seen:
• Internal division
• Rushed decision making
• A Deputy Leader resigning publicly citing lack of action
• And now Nigel Farage saying they wish they hadn’t taken control
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Farage has even described Worcestershire as a “basket case”.
Let’s be clear.
Worcestershire is not a basket case.
It’s a county of hardworking residents, businesses and communities who deserve serious leadership — not excuses from politicians who suddenly realise governing is harder than shouting slogans.
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Here’s another inconvenient truth.
The current leader of the council was a Conservative councillor until March 2025 before switching parties shortly before the election.
So when Reform claim they inherited a mess…
they are effectively blaming themselves.
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Running a council is not the same as running a protest movement.
It involves difficult decisions about:
• social care
• children’s services
• infrastructure
• long-term finances
Serious politicians deal with those challenges.
Populists complain when reality arrives.
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Nigel Farage has spent years criticising governments from the sidelines.
But the moment Reform has to actually run something — even one county council — the story changes from:
“We’ll fix it.”
to
“We wish we hadn’t bothered.”
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So here’s the question voters should ask.
If Reform cannot run one county council without breaking their promises…
why should anyone trust them to run the country?
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Cllr Adam Kent
Leader of the Conservative Opposition
Worcestershire County Council
Alex Farrell retweeted
WATCH: Reform UK Doncaster leader Cllr Craig Ward says “it is what it is” when challenged on a lie in his party’s budget amendment today
Reform claimed residents faced maximum council tax hikes for the last 3yrs, but this was only the case in 2024
Watch the full interview here
Alex Farrell retweeted
I’m puzzled. Labourites tell us that Angela Rayner was only trying to look after her child which they quite rightly say is understandable.
But when a farmer tries to look after his children, they say he’s a tax dodger.
Alex Farrell retweeted
Exactly a year ago, we opened the Farmer’s Dog to back British farming. Today, there are 146 people on the payroll and I’d like to thank every single one of them for making it such a roaring success.
Alex Farrell retweeted
ANDREW NEIL: In 55 years of covering politics, I’ve never accused
ANY government of congenitally telling untruths. But Starmer
has taken lying, gaslighting and deceit to a new level
mol.im/a/14743517
Alex Farrell retweeted
Reform UK have had a pathetic start on Staffordshire County Council
Not a single question was answered with replies being mainly 'we will get back to you'. They've had 3 weeks to prepare.
One question even included asking about the £27k cost for the by-election caused by Reform's Wayne Titley who was booted off the council for wanting the Royal Navy to shoot at migrants. Reform's Council Leader Ian Cooper (@Ian4Tamworth) had no answer.
Watch it here: staffordshire.moderngov.co.u…
It's embarassing.
Alex Farrell retweeted
Conservatives' Alex Farrell wins Lichfield Rural South at Staffordshire County Council:
Sarah Beech (Reform)1744
Phil Bennion (Liberal Democrats)232
Alex Farrell (Conservatives)1825
David Thompson (Labour)500
lichfieldlive.co.uk/2025/05/…
Alex Farrell retweeted
Where do you want your statue, Jas Singh?
#EmiratesFACup
ALT An image of Tamworth goalkeeper, Jas Singh celebrating
Alex Farrell retweeted
Assistant Director of Tamworth Borough Council has sent an email asking employees of the council for donations.
The donations requested are clothes and mobile phones for the asylum seekers that have been placed back in the Holiday Inn Tamworth.
Alex Farrell retweeted
Reeves said she was an Economist.
Turns out she’s just economical with the truth.
Alex Farrell retweeted
This is utterly superb. Tom Hunter gives Labour MP Darren Jones a simple and well needed lesson in economic growth.
Labour are full of career politicians who've never had a job. It's terrifying this even needs to be explained!
Worth a watch 🔥
#bbcqt
Alex Farrell retweeted
Just one of hundreds of @Telegraph reader comments in response to the Budget:
“I run an SME with 72 employees. This charge on employers NI has just cost us £82k pa from April 2025. This will mean no pay rise for staff, no recruitment and potentially jobs lost. How does this protect workers and stimulate growth in the economy?”
Alex Farrell retweeted
This from the OBR is potentially a serious problem for Reeves and Starmer. It says that real household disposable income will be 1.25% lower at the start of 2029 than it expected in March, before the election, with 85% of this fall "explained by policies announced in this budget"
Here is the relevant extract.
"Real household disposable income (RHDI) per person, a measure of living standards, grows by an average of just over ½ a per cent a year over the forecast. But the profile is uneven, with strong real wage increases resulting in growth of 1¼ per cent this fiscal year and next before RHDI per person stalls for two years in the middle of the forecast as real wage growth slows and taxes increase. Compared to our March forecast, the level of RHDI per person is just over 2 per cent higher at the start of the forecast due to data revisions, but 1¼ per cent lower by the start of 2029. The bulk of this difference (around 85 per cent) is explained by policies announced in this Budget."
Alex Farrell retweeted
Even @BethRigby is totally dumbfounded “I’ve never seen anything like it” at the £74 billion on spending and £41 billion in tax rises.
As she said, none of this is laid out in their manifesto.
Labour have lied to you, the left can never be trusted.
Alex Farrell retweeted
Farmers. I know that you have been shafted today. But please don’t despair. Just look after yourselves for five short years and this shower will be gone.
