Nick Beall

@nickbeall.bsky.social

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Sort of here, sort of there. Politics, Localism, Communities and Cricket. Labour and Co-op Councillor. Opinions unlikely to be anyone else's.

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Text: So, in many ways, Rupert Lowe giving remarkably unhelpful interviews to newspapers is just what we should expect to happen. It’s the same old set of criticisms that Farage has attracted from within his parties: he doesn’t have what it takes to expand appeal, he is too dictatorial, the party needs to be more open to its right flank.
Frankly, I don’t think Rupert Lowe is going to be any more successful than Gerard Batten, Patrick O’Flynn, Douglas Carswell, Robert Kilroy-Silk or any of the other politicians who thought they knew how to better steer the ship. (That it was a struggle to remember some of those names tells its own story.)

Text: On the grid: Meanwhile, Angela Rayner has announced a new £1.5 billion “plan for neighborhoods” fund for 75 deprived areas across Britain. Communities including Darlington, Scarborough and Great Yarmouth will be handed £20 million to invest in things like youth clubs and cultural venues. Rayner said the plan “puts local people in the driving seat of their potential, having control of where the Whitehall cash goes.” The Mirror’s Ashley Cowburn has more.
Tory response: Shadow MHCLG Secretary Kevin Hollinrake said: “Labour erased the phrase ‘levelling up’ from government and instead of delivering for local communities are now spending taxpayer cash on wasteful pet projects this country can’t afford.”