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… In defeat you need it.

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@darrengrimes Is he though?

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Exclusive: Nigel Farage turned down taxpayer-funded security including a bodyguard, car and trained driver last year, The i Paper has learned. 

The Reform UK leader was offered the protection following police advice on the threats he faced.

He had already been receiving publicly-funded security prior to this, and felt that his package had been downgraded.

It would have given Farage a similar level of security to Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and some high-profile Cabinet ministers.

Farage declined the offer because he considered the protection to be inadequate.

A Reform spokesman suggested Farage needed stronger protection than the leader of the opposition, telling The i Paper he is “the most targeted politician in Britain and the only party leader who actually goes out to meet the public in huge numbers on the campaign trail”.

The spokesman also denied that Farage rejected protection, adding: “He declined a downgraded and inadequate package.”

By @singharj w/ myself and @kitty_donaldson

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@dontbrexitfixit How does resigning his seat prove he has done nothing wrong? If anything it suggests he is very concerned about the scrutiny towards his secret donations & is trying to deflect from the legitimate questions being asked.

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@GoodwinMJ “don't try to convince us that Axel Rudakubana was a nice choir boy from Cardiff.”

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@RobertJenrick 🤔

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Exclusive: Nigel Farage turned down taxpayer-funded security including a bodyguard, car and trained driver last year, The i Paper has learned. 

The Reform UK leader was offered the protection following police advice on the threats he faced.

He had already been receiving publicly-funded security prior to this, and felt that his package had been downgraded.

It would have given Farage a similar level of security to Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and some high-profile Cabinet ministers.

Farage declined the offer because he considered the protection to be inadequate.

A Reform spokesman suggested Farage needed stronger protection than the leader of the opposition, telling The i Paper he is “the most targeted politician in Britain and the only party leader who actually goes out to meet the public in huge numbers on the campaign trail”.

The spokesman also denied that Farage rejected protection, adding: “He declined a downgraded and inadequate package.”

By @singharj w/ myself and @kitty_donaldson

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@GauciReports What are your credentials to assess his mental health?

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@SarahForRuncorn So, if 60% have their asylum claims approved, they can’t all be illegal under U.K. law.

Why does it surprise you that many granted refugee status end up on UC? Your party labels them illegals & your supporters call them savages & invaders, hardly a plus for job offers is it?

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@gregorknight @lembitopik They do

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@te_aser2 @kyleisreasonabl @PeterSweden7 She is though.

embezzlement of public funds is a crime & one she was convicted of & her appeal only allowed her to run for public office, it did not set aside her conviction.

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@GoodwinMJ It leaps from polling on perceptions to unsupported claims that immigration is “destroying” Britain, that institutions are controlled by a 12% elite & that a “broken social contract” is caused by diversity. Measuring public sentiment isn’t the same as proving its conclusions /end

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@GoodwinMJ The report may document what people believe, but this article repeatedly recasts opinions as proven facts.
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@TRobinsonNewEra I doubt you came up with that, so who is really scripting this for you?

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@alanmendoza It’s only hounding and vilification if there aren’t legitimate questions which need answering, which isn’t the case with Farage & Reform at this time.

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@ehannah0 “what I’ve seen” 🙄

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@ZiaYusufUK No it doesn’t & I suspect you know this; so why the obfuscation?

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@BenGrahamUK If you ignore the speculation & political positioning it makes perfect sense.

The police are investigating a crime & unless you have a confession this is a process of analysis & development.

As the investigation progresses, more information arises which shapes the next steps

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@TiceRichard One wonders about the new information 🤔

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@Haryan_Glaeddyv @SamRWolf In what bizarre parallel universe are you living where Tony Blair is ‘on the left’? He was a centrist, not a left-wing politician, and many of the positions he’s taken since leaving office have reinforced that perception.

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@piersmorgan "new information and evidence came to light"

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@Go37005Anthony @DaleVince Much of that money*

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@Go37005Anthony @DaleVince Why should there be? All the donations were properly declared and many of that money was from contracts won/awarding under the Conservative Government before 2024.

The desperation to deflect from legitimate questions around Farage’s secret payments is palpable

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