Mr Farage warned council staff working on diversity or climate change initiatives to seek 'alternative careers' after his party took control of Durham council.
In a major speech in Durham, the Reform leader insisted Labour had just as much to fear from his insurgent party as the Tories in its traditional working-class heartlands.
Bungling Barry Lowery handed police the golden opportunity to catch him. He has robbed dozens of student houses in of Durham over the last 31 years, so was already a prime suspect.