Campaign group Best for Britain has used April Fools Day to call out some of Reform’s greatest hits.
Before we start Nigel Farage has deployed Jimmy Savile’s famous “Jim’ll fix it” catchphrase for the new Reform UK slogan.
To kick off Best for Britain wrote: “Reform UK is trying to take us all for fools. So on April Fools Day, we’re exposing all of Reform’s hypocrisy so far (1/who knows????)”
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“These days Farage is often out cosplaying as a farmer, head to toe in tweed and Barbour. But since Brexit, British food exports are down 20%, meaning less income and business for our farmers, and they’re also missing out on a £3.5 billion subsidy available to EU farmers.”
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“Reform UK called net zero targets ‘stupid’ and pledged to scrap them. So deputy leader Richard Tice probably wouldn’t want you to remind him that he RECOMMENDED adding solar panels to his tenants’ houses in 2022 because they save so much CO2 and so much money.”
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“Farage is staunchly against economic migration. He makes that very clear. Yet he happily took a second job with Nomad Capitalist, who specialise in using economic migration to avoid tax – as @ByDonkeys revealed.”
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“Andrea Jenkyns, Reform’s candidate for the new mayor of Greater Lincolnshire – is quite astonishingly – anti-mayor and anti-devolution. Here’s what she’s previously had to say about elected mayors.”
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“Despite wars waging on abroad and living standards falling here, Farage’s main policy priority in December last year seemed to be tackling the rise of ‘woke’ milk, like almond, oat and even semi-skimmed. And yet the same ‘woke’ milk was at a recent Reform press conference.”
They conclude writing: “All jokes aside, Reform UK have a total lack of integrity or accountability. And that’s what makes them dangerous. Their aim is to stoke divisions and stir up hate for their own political gain.”
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