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They want to leave the ECHR because it will allow them to abolish the State Pension, the Minimum Wage, and paid holiday and sick leave.
It would make them tens of billions a year.
But of course they say immigration, because they can't tell you the real reason.
#r4today #LBC
Farage: "We are not sovereign until we leave the ECHR."
The only European countries outside the ECHR are Russia and Belarus.
For the UK to quit the ECHR would be to hand a huge victory to Putin in his war against human rights and international law.
Farage continues his treasonous collaboration in Putin's war against democracy, freedom, and human rights. He is a traitor, and that is the biggest issue by far in today's British politics.
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Nigel Farage is posting this morning
“More small boats in the Channel this morning. They will keep coming. Open Borders Burnham won’t stop them”
Lets remind ourselves how we got into this mess in the first place - the BREXIT he championed
Let’s call this bull**** out TOGETHER
The 200,000 illegal migrants figure Farage is using is over several years and let’s remind ourselves how we got into this mess in the first place - BREXIT
And now in threatening to punish those parts of the country where people don’t vote his way the Reform party leader is betraying the basic principles of democracy - its shameless and grotesque bullying which shows nothing but contempt for voters
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Banned from Reform's conference (again)...
It seems the self proclaimed "defenders of free speech" aren't fans of free speech.
For the second year in a row, I have been banned from Reform UK's conference. I applied for accreditation and was told that it had been rejected.
It’s worth noting that I regularly report from Conservative, Labour, Plaid, Green and Lib Dem conferences.
I was actually given a press pass for the Reform conference in Wales in the autumn of 2024. While there I interviewed Nigel Farage.
Just before the interview one of his long-time inner circle came up to me and whispered “I have never worked with you before, and whether we work together again will depend on what happens next”.
It seems I failed the test.
The ability of journalists to question, scrutinise and report on the actions of politicians is one of the absolutely fundamental cornerstones of any functioning democracy.
The banning of reporters they don’t like is, in my view, a clear indication of where the party really stands on free speech as well as how they would behave if they were to hold the full power of government including the police, armed forces and security services.
If you want to support my journalist consider subscribing using the link in the pinned tweet.
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Meet Christopher Harborne, the billionaire bankrolling Reform UK.
He moved to Thailand in the 1990s and became a Thai citizen, but he has pumped over £25 million into UK political parties, including £15 million to Reform UK and £10.2 million to the Brexit Party.
How is he legally allowed to do this?
A Channel 4 News investigation can reveal that Harborne specifically re-registered as a UK resident to cast his vote for the Brexit referendum whilst declaring just a few months later in a UK company documents that he lived in Thailand.
It’s a move that legally enabled him to pump tens of millions into British politics. Experts are calling it a "gaping loophole".
We look into the man behind Nigel Farage's £5 million gift.
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The revelation that Sunak has paid £1M in tax in the last 3 years 0.13% of his £720m wealth.
While the average person has paid about £45k or 14%, 100x as much.
Should open your eyes to just how much and how blatantly the rich dodge tax
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
UK taxes are levied on income and capital gains, not net worth. Sunak paid £1.05m in tax on £4.77m income over three years (effective rate ~22%), not 0.13% of wealth. bbc.com/news/uk-politi… instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/weal…
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Reform are having a mare inside the Welsh Parliament.
Senedd Member Gareth Beer seemingly forgot he had asked a question then didn't bother preparing a follow up.
You can see him looking panicked at Reform's chief whip.
Mr Beer is being paid over £80,000 a year to ask these questions and hold the Welsh Government to account.
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Mick Lynch on Reform & Restore ‘they are all as despicable as each other to me & working class people should turn away from the hatred they spread … you believe in isolating people & taking advantage of poverty so you can divide them & make your friends even richer.’
#newsnight
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Former MI6 chief Sir Alex Younger on Brexit: “Putin would have been absolutely delighted by our decision.”
“So would Xi. France has effectively eclipsed us. Brexit has marginalised us.” Most striking of all: “Just nobody mentions the UK.”
Very sad that Sir Alex Younger, chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, born on July 4, 1963, died of pancreatic cancer on June 2, 2026, aged 62
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Economist Mariana Mazzucato says Brexit led to businesses leaving the UK, shrank market opportunities and damaged investment.
She tells The Fourcast that Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson have still not been held accountable for what she calls one of the country's biggest economic mistakes.
Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson have both denied lying to the public.
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Over the last 36 hours, we have witnessed the very soul of Nigel Farage — his essence.
It has been over a month since he went into hiding, since serious questions began to be raised over his undeclared £5M donation.
A month since he appeared in front of TV cameras or underwent any questioning at all.
At 8am yesterday morning, Farage released a video, from a field somewhere, calling for rage. Calling for an end to the mythical two-tier policing.
Make no mistake, those were very carefully chosen words — he understood what he was unleashing, and his wish was granted last night in Southampton.
On Tuesday, the Home Secretary made a statement to the House regarding the murder of Henry Nowack. There was, as always, an opportunity to question Shabana Mahmood — was Nigel Farage in attendance?
No, of course not.
Today, Farage was granted a question at PMQs — the showpiece spectacle of the political week in which the country's news and politics fanatics tune in to watch — was Nigel Farage in attendance?
Yes, of course he was.
He had somehow found his way into work after missing 77 separate votes in Parliament because … he would, at least for three minutes, be the centre of the country's political attention.
His question was about the murder of Henry Nowack and the violence that erupted [on his command] last night, but he would not condemn it or call for calm.
Instead, he 'suggested' that this rioting might escalate.
This afternoon, he has performatively written to the BBC because someone on Newsnight dared to accuse him of inciting the violence — playing his perpetual victim card. Again.
And there we see the soul of Nigel Farage — a craven, desperate for attention, evil, petty and pointless man.
END RANT.
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“I said it’s good of Nigel Farage to speak out about the murder of Henry Nowak. What did I say Roy?”
“You said he’s a cynical piece of shit who’s exploiting a tragedy to spread hatred and division”
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Since 19th March - 67 votes in Parliament
Farage has not voted in a single one
£8216 per month before tax paid by the taxpayer
2 months of achieving net zero for those who voted him in to Clacton
He is just laughing at the taxpayer
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Rayner has been cleared, but the media ran 30 front pages in total, averaging 4 front pages a day during the peak of the story.
Farage's £5 million gift has had two front page stories.
Why would there be such a difference in reporting standards for the two?
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🔥 Brexit reality in one vox pop from Merthyr Tydfil 🏴
“This place used to have tons of funding… now everything has kind of fallen apart. I don’t feel like I can really stay here either.”
“You’re going to move?”
“Yeah, probably back to Dublin… there’s just more opportunity. There really isn’t anything here.”
An Irish worker leaving post-Brexit Wales for a booming Dublin 🇮🇪
Once, EU funding helped hold places like Merthyr together 👉over €2bn invested across West Wales & the Valleys.
The opportunity has moved. The investment has gone and people are following it.
This is the human cost of Brexit. And this is the proof of @Nigel_Farage Brexit lies.
@Plaid_Cymru
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Wales suffered through 14 years of tory austerity. Wales has never voted tory in over 100 years
Why now would they vote for the turquoise tories because reform is full of them. Why would you want our public services to suffer even more?
Make it make sense
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Badenoch leaning very heavily into Mandelson’s alleged links to Russia but she was a Tory MP when her then boss, Boris Johnson, put the son of an actual KGB agent into the House of Lords and she said the grand total of fuck all about it
#PMQs #PoliticsLive
