Mr Farage might take an interest in the popular naval battles reenacted on the lake
The people of Northstead in North Yorkshire must be readying themselves to welcome their new Crown Steward and Bailiff. He is Nigel Farage. I don’t think he has visited Northstead yet.
Mr Farage was not elected to the post. He was granted it by Rachel Reeves, in perhaps her last notable act as the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The appointment was necessary because no one may resign from membership of the House of Commons. So an office under the Crown has to be given to him to disqualify him from membership. This is sometimes called a legal fiction, but it’s all there in statutes passed by Parliament in living memory.
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