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Supporter of RNLI. Legal fam so that’s a side interest. Favourite podcast ‘Quiet Riot’ Prefer people who think before they criticise. Subscriber of Private Eye. Stand with Ukraine . Anti Reform and anything to do with Farage as he is a liar.UK -Londoner
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Virginia @virginiagjh.bsky.social · 1d
Farage went on Russian TV 17 times www.theguardian.com/us-news/vide...
Nigel Farage clashes with Democrat members over free speech – video
The Maryland Democrat Jamie Raskin opened the hearing by accusing Farage of being a 'Putin-loving free speech impostor'
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1d
Corrupt chancers urged to come up with an economic plan that isn’t utter bullshit. So, no tax cuts and austerity on steroids for a country already stuck in Farage’s Brexit dead end.
But hey, some super wealthy industry big (k)nobs will come on board to help con the little guy.

(Times)
Times Farage to abandon manifesto's big plans for tax cuts Extracts: Farage will break with his manifesto pledges of £90 billion in tax cuts as he attempts to bolster his party's economic credibility. The leader of Reform UK will promise not to reduce taxes before reducing spending, deep cuts to the civil service and a ban on borrowing to fund government expenditure in his first big speech on the economy next month. "Reform will never borrow to spend, as Labour and the Tories have done for so long; instead, we will ensure savings are made before implementing tax cuts. I will have more to say on all this in the coming weeks." Speaking on the campaign trail before the Caerphilly by-election to the Welsh parliament on October 23, he did not respond to demands to name his shadow chancellor but suggested he would soon be able to draw on backing from the business community. Several high-profile figures from industry have privately indicated they would be willing to serve in a Reform cabinet, party officials said Farage said: "We will be launching between now and the budget, a new campaign — an economic campaign ... it's going to be very impactful. It'll another high-profile individual coming into politics from outside of politics, who's been supremely successful in their world." Promising a "total change of attitude" on the economy, he said: "We are not a party dominated by corporate thinking. The Tories and La-bour are both dominated by corporate thinking." The IFS has questioned whether Reform's economic plans are credible warning last year that the party had overestimated how much it could save through spending cuts: "Even with the extremely optimistic assumptions about how much economic growth would increase, the sums in this manifesto do not add up." Right-leaning think tanks have also urged the party to set out more credible policy. The Institute for Economic Affairs last month called for Reform to "put some serious economic policies on the table".
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Tobi @tobifrenzen.bsky.social · 13d
Nigel Farage must be the world's unluckiest man.

A magnet for “bad apples” — corrupt traitors, the violent, and racists — who somehow, inexplicably, keep ending up in his orbit to taint his flawless image.

Ex-Brexit Party MEP pleads guilty in Russia bribe case | www.politico.eu/article/uk-e...
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Stevie Bennett @steviebennett.bsky.social · 14h
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Lucy Abbotts @lucyabbotts.bsky.social · 13h
Badenoch has set a new low in terms of sheer disrespect for the bench opposite. Deputy Speaker Eleanor Laing can apparently tolerate any amount of this.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17h
That New York Times story lots of people are sharing today about Farage's ties to US anti-abortion groups was first reported by @mc00.bsky.social on Byline Times a year ago bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."
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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 16h
He’ll be writing a book with Matt Goodwin next.
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Ed Jennings @edjennings.bsky.social · 16h
Another one falls in Kent.

Reform has suspended county councillor Robert Ford after a complaint was made about him by 'several female members of staff.'

The party said that Cllr Ford refused to engage with the complaints process, so he has had the whip removed pending a disciplinary process.
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Virginia @virginiagjh.bsky.social · 16h
Made mincemeat of Laila Cunningham another Reform twerp
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Virginia @virginiagjh.bsky.social · 17h
@emily4mk.bsky.social excellent on politics live today
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 17h
Hahaha
Post by johndpoconnell "My old friend Nathan Gill, who I've never met, accidentally tripped over a briefcase containing £50,000 and then coincidentally the next day spouted pro Russian propaganda in the EU, as did I. And as far as I'm concerned that's the end of the matter."
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 17h
So, Reform would rocket-boost austerity, slash welfare *but not taxes*, cancel net zero progress, do mass deportations, huff out of the ECHR (torching the Brexit deal and our human rights)…
And to top it all off, there’d be this gem of US-funded christofascist authoritarianism on offer too.
Grim AF.
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 1d
If you wondered why Nigel Farage turned up in US Congress in September speaking about "freedom of speech", this story has the answer

His appearance was orchestrated by a powerful American anti-abortion group that is trying to increase its influence in the UK by influencing the free speech debate
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Jane Bradley @bradleyjane.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: How a U.S. anti-abortion group has quietly positioned itself as a powerbroker between the Trump administration and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.

Latest investigation w Elizabeth Dias. 
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 18h
Sarah

Nigel Farage has taken over a year to establish that his fantasy manifesto is utter garbage.

A manifesto pledging £90 billion is tax cuts.

A manifesto that makes Liz Truss look economically literate.

Nigel Farage is a clear danger.

He would willingly destroy our country.
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Matthew Stadlen @matthewstadlen.bsky.social · 1d
Clarkson on Farage:

“Nigel Farage rarely talks about the economy and when he does, his numbers don’t add up. He says he wants to cut taxes and increase spending by £150bn. Huh? But before anyone can question his logic, he scuttles back to his safe space and starts raging about small boats.”
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22h
Reform UK abandoning manifesto pledge of £90bn in tax cuts, deputy leader admits
Reform UK abandoning manifesto pledge of £90bn in tax cuts, deputy leader admits
Richard Tice says party will concentrate on cutting civil service and scrapping net zero once in government * UK politics live – latest updates Reform UK’s deputy leader has admitted the party cannot deliver the £90bn in tax cuts promised in its manifesto, saying it would concentrate on public spending cuts once in government. Richard Tice said key election pledges such as lifting the income tax threshold would be an “aspiration” and that once in government Reform would concentrate on cutting the civil service and scrapping net zero. Continue reading...
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Jack London @jacklondonbluesky.bsky.social · 18h
Why would anyone trust anything these grifters say?

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Reform UK abandoning manifesto pledge of £90bn in tax cuts, deputy leader admits
Richard Tice says party will concentrate on cutting civil service and scrapping net zero once in government
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Gary Gilligan #FBPE #KTTO @garygilligan.bsky.social · 18h
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Shock resignation of Reform UK leader in Cornwall
The search for a new leader is now on after Cllr Rob Parsonage, who represents Torpoint, has decided to step down as leader
www.thepost.uk.com
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Virginia @virginiagjh.bsky.social · 18h
A bit of casual misogyny and reductiveness on the world wide stage -still, as all women know ‘if only we laughed a bit more and had a better sense of humour ….’
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Gadget @gadget44027447.bsky.social · 18h
LIVE STREAM TOMORROW: The TRUTH about Tommy Robinson's Terrorism Charges

I'll be going live to break down everything.

Live at 3.00pm London time, set a reminder 👇
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The TRUTH About Tommy Robinson’s ‘Terrorism’ Charges
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Virginia @virginiagjh.bsky.social · 18h
He has no shame - vile creature
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Virginia @virginiagjh.bsky.social · 18h
@lewisgoodall.com fancy doing the UK a service and actually investigating this story ?
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Peter Kay @theonlypeterkay.bsky.social · 3d
In any normally functioning democracy, Farage’s political career would now be over. You would have to invoke unbelievable levels of naivety and stupidity for Farage to dodge this one - and sadly for him such qualities are not on the person specification for the job of Prime Minister.
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Colin Payne🇬🇧💛💙🇪🇺🇺🇦💚 @minophis.bsky.social · 19h
Now he needs to be asked why he denied it. He needs to be put under pressure. Reformand reform members finances need to be scrutinised.

Farage's finances and connections should be investigated right back to when he was an MEP voting against EU resolution to stop Russian election meddling in 2019.
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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 19h
The house of cards is finally collapsing. Might collapse more quickly if only the mainstream media and the Reform-backing BBC accepted that they are backing a Russian-funded scumbag millionaire.
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Virginia @virginiagjh.bsky.social · 18h
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny
Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 20h
Let's make sure everyone knows about the activities that senior Reform members have gotten up to.

These are not people we can trust to run out country.

Make sure people never forget!

(Originally posted by the Labour Party on Instagram)
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