A consultation last July found that 60% of the 44,000 responses backed the idea of taking nature as the theme, just in front of architecture and landmarks on 56%, and way ahead of historic figures at a measly 38%. Whether the public would have been quite so keen if they'd known upfront that household pets would be explicitly excluded from possible designs, I'm not so sure.
Asked whether sufficient safeguards exist to prevent those in positions of power from misusing market-sensitive information, Bailey said there was a "very clear" legal framework for dealing with potential breaches and that it was appropriate for the Mandelson allegations to be handled by law enforcement. He also stressed that the focus should remain on Epstein's victims, asking: "How is it that we live in a society that this happened and was allowed to happen?"
Quizzed on whether the proposal, first outlined in Reform UK's 2024 manifesto, remained party policy, Farage replied bluntly: "We are going to do it." "Some of the banks won't like it," he added. "Well, I don't like the banks very much because they debanked me, didn't they? This will be tough for banks to accept, but the drain on public finances is just too great."
Flynn said he would raise the "folly" of Brexit and "the economic impact that's had upon the UK, which has led to budget cuts right across these isles". He added: "And who's the man responsible for that? Nigel Farage. "So who knows, myself and the governor of the Bank of England might have an interesting conversation in that context and based upon his comments of late in respect to Brexit, we'll probably agree."
