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Farage has made gaining a foothold in town halls a key staging post ahead of the next UK general election, which is expected in 2029.

The army will be hoping that reclaiming the Presidential Palace proves to be a staging post for a broader ultimate military victory.

Moscow clearly sees Libya as both a springboard for projecting its global reach in the Mediterranean and also as a staging post for its mercenary activities further south in Sudan and the Sahel.

The next staging post beyond today is next month’s Budget.

This weekend, there’ll be another staging post on this journey, when activists vote on a policy proposal at the conference in Brighton, to give young people better access to the EU, through scrapping visa fees and joining the Erasmus Plus student scheme.