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The Guardian view on Nigel Farage’s byelection stunt: spectacle is not scrutiny | Editorial

The Guardian view on Nigel Farage’s byelection stunt: spectacle is not scrutiny | Editorial
Politics | The Guardian

The Reform UK leader wants voters to overrule parliamentary accountability. Labour should expose the trick, then offer a politics that works Nigel Farage, Brexit’s snake-oil salesman, is at it again. The Reform UK leader is under investigation over whether he broke parliamentary rules by failing to disclose a £5m gift from a crypto billionaire shortly before announcing he would stand for parliament. He now faces questions over claims that George Cottrell, a Montenegro-based convicted criminal and longtime associate, helped fund his security and social media operation before the 2024

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