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malaise

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Thu Jan 8, 2026, 10:42 AM Thursday

Farage the fascist from schooldays - good read


‘Go back home’: Farage schoolmate accounts bring total alleging racist behaviour to 34
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries say Reform leader often used antisemitic language and racial epithets

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/08/go-back-home-farage-schoolmate-accounts-bring-total-alleging-racist-behaviour-to-34

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Farage the fascist from schooldays - good read (Original Post) malaise Thursday OP
Putin's UK Puppy Kid Berwyn Thursday #1
He's another Trump. He's the man who gave the UK Brexit, based on lies and racism. Ahead in all the polls. Doodley Thursday #2

Kid Berwyn

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1. Putin's UK Puppy
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 11:03 AM
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Farage accused of ‘parroting Kremlin lines’ after remarks on UK troops in Ukraine

Pat McFadden says stance on potential peace deployment casts doubt on Reform leader’s commitment to national security


by Alexandra Topping
The Guardian, January 8, 2025

Nigel Farage has been accused of “parroting Kremlin lines” after saying that he would vote against any UK government plans to deploy the military in Ukraine.

On Tuesday, Britain and France said they would be ready to send troops to Ukraine after a peace deal, but the Reform UK leader said he would vote against any such move to put boots on the ground.

Farage’s comments cast doubt on his commitment to the UK’s national security, the cabinet minister Pat McFadden said. He accused the politician of taking a pro-Russia stance on the issue, which he said should give voters “pause for thought”.

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Farage faced criticism for “not really [being] an MP at all” on Wednesday after choosing to appear on Times Radio instead of attending prime minister’s questions in the Commons. During the broadcast he criticised Starmer’s Ukraine policy and said he would vote against any proposal to deploy troops to the country.

“It would be a very interesting vote. I would vote against,” said Farage, who is one of five Reform MPs. “We neither have the manpower nor the equipment to go into an operation that clearly has no ending timeline.”

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/08/farage-accused-of-parroting-kremlin-lines-after-remarks-on-uk-troops-in-ukraine

Doodley

(11,648 posts)
2. He's another Trump. He's the man who gave the UK Brexit, based on lies and racism. Ahead in all the polls.
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 11:04 AM
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