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Jul 9, 01:47 PM
In Britain, Reform UK party leader and Trump ally Nigel Farage says he's resigning from Parliament over questionable donations. But he plans to seek his seat again in a special election.
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"In Britain, Reform UK party leader and Trump ally Nigel Farage says he's resigning from parliament over questionable donations. But he plans to seek his seat again in a special election. The right-wing lawmaker has come under scrutiny for allegedly accepting millions of dollars in undisclosed gifts and donations. According to parliamentary rules, by stepping down, any investigations into his conduct would be paused. But they'd resume if he wins. In a video statement today, Farage says he's done nothing wrong and appealed to his constituents to decide his fate. No, I've decided that the people of Clapton should be the judges of my actions. This will be a people versus the establishment by-election. It's a chance to stick two fingers up to the entire establishment, to frankly tell them where to go. Farage also insisted that, as he put it, making money is not a crime. Outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer called Farage's actions a desperate stunt."
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· Jul 7, 10:27 PM
In Britain, Reform UK party leader and Trump ally Nigel Farage says he's resigning from Parliament over questionable donations. But he plans to seek his seat again in a special election.
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Chris⚖️Justice</span>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 7, 10:29 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Voters should never decide who is a criminal or not. Otherwise, mob bosses would rule the world. That's kind of the plan, isn't it?</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">SpezalED</span>
<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@spezaled.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 7, 11:07 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Slimy…no wonder he’s friends with the orange antichrist.</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">PeriwinkleRose 💙🇺🇦</span>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 7, 10:34 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Britain! Please don’t reelect him again! He is as dangerous to Britain as Trump is to the USA.</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">We are all F..ked, thanks to the maniac.</span>
<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@springfield45.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 7, 10:47 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Probably will, they&#39;re racist as he is.</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Sam Gleave</span>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 7, 11:25 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">It’s special because he is contesting it against a bin</p>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 7, 10:27 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">The right-wing lawmaker has come under scrutiny for allegedly accepting millions of dollars in undisclosed gifts and donations.
According to parliamentary rules, by stepping down, any investigations into his conduct would be paused. But they'd resume if he wins.</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Woke Patriotic Cats</span>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 7, 10:58 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">So only the us protects its corrupt</p>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 7, 10:27 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">In a video statement Tuesday, Farage said he&#39;s &amp;quot;done nothing wrong&amp;quot; and appealed to his constituents to decide his fate.
Farage also insisted that, as he put it, &amp;quot;making money is not a crime.&amp;quot; Outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer called Farage&#39;s actions a &amp;quot;desperate stunt.&amp;quot;</p>
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&lt;span class=&quot;text-xs font-bold text-slate-300&quot;&gt;wiccafenian.bsky.social&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;text-[10px] text-slate-500&quot;&gt;@wiccafenian.bsky.social&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;text-[9px] text-slate-600&quot;&gt;· Jul 7, 10:36 PM&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words&quot;&gt;Are you sure that&amp;#39;s what Keir called him? 😜&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;text-xs font-bold text-slate-300&quot;&gt;vanhabfan.bsky.social&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;text-[10px] text-slate-500&quot;&gt;@vanhabfan.bsky.social&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;text-[9px] text-slate-600&quot;&gt;· Jul 7, 10:29 PM&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words&quot;&gt;Imagine that. Governments showing accountability. 🇺🇸?, lol… not!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;text-xs font-bold text-slate-300&quot;&gt;BB&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;text-[10px] text-slate-500&quot;&gt;@1103plymouth.bsky.social&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;text-[9px] text-slate-600&quot;&gt;· Jul 7, 11:03 PM&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words&quot;&gt;No wonder the 2 are allies. Corrupt to the core extremists.&lt;/p&gt;
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Olympus-1</span>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 7, 11:50 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">He's stepping down expecting to lose. But if the other parties refuse to play he'll be re-elected unopposed and the investigation can continue!
How very Trump-lite.</p>
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