41 h. ago Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet?

The wild politics and chainsaw made Argentina’s president an economic hero for the right. And now, with his nation’s finances in chaos: silenceSo you really want to know how Prime Minister Farage would pan out? Well, speculate no longer. An excellent test case is unfolding right now, in a country that just so happens to be run by one of Nigel’s heroes. Javier Milei is “amazing”, said the CEO of the private company he calls Reform. “Cutting and slashing doing all the things he’s done that’s leadership.”You may know some of this story, about how a political outsider took power in Argentina. You’ve seen photos of El Loco, the self-styled madman, in a black leather jacket, with sideburns like hedges and wielding a giant red chainsaw – all the better to slash the public sector with. Taking over Latin America’s second-largest country made Milei the poster boy of the international hard right. Elon Musk: “I love Javier Milei.” Kemi Badenoch: “Javier Milei is the template.” Donald Trump: “My...

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41 h. ago Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet? | Aditya Chakrabortty

The wild politics and chainsaw made Argentina’s president an economic hero for the right. And now, with his nation’s finances in chaos: silenceSo you really want to know how Prime Minister Farage would pan out? Well, speculate no longer. An excellent test case is unfolding right now, in a country that just so happens to be run by one of Nigel’s heroes. Javier Milei is “amazing”, said the CEO of the private company he calls Reform. “Cutting and slashing doing all the things he’s done that’s leadership.”You may know some of this story, about how a political outsider took power in Argentina. You’ve seen photos of El Loco, the self-styled madman, in a black leather jacket, with sideburns like hedges and wielding a giant red chainsaw – all the better to slash the public sector with. Taking over Latin America’s second-largest country made Milei the poster boy of the international hard right. Elon Musk: “I love Javier Milei.” Kemi Badenoch: “Javier Milei is the template.” Donald Trump: “My...

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3 d. ago Rattled Nigel Farage moans Keir Starmer put him at risk in unhinged Trump

The Reform leader, who has repeatedly backed absolute free speech complained about the Labour leader’s “language”, and claimed "antifa" and the "radical left" would be coming after him

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6 d. ago Inside Donald Trump's deportation 'goon squads' that are blueprint for Nigel Farage's Britain

Armed ICE officers ruthlessly swoop on US homes in the dead of night, rounding up men and locking them in shackles ready for deportation. The Mirror has watched them in action

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7 d. ago Government urged to push ahead with climate plans amid growing net zero pushback

Sir Keir Starmer is facing calls to hold firm on Labour’s green policies amid increasing political pressure at home and a fraying consensus globally.

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7 d. ago Farage endangering women by failing to condemn paracetamol claims, says Bridget Phillipson

Labour deputy leader candidate criticises ‘scaremongering’ on autism and says party must be firmer in tackling ReformUK politics live – latest updatesNigel Farage is “endangering women’s health” by failing to condemn Donald Trump’s claims that using paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism, Bridget Phillipson has said.The education secretary and minister for women said she had used the painkiller throughout her second pregnancy, and she warned that Reform’s connections with medical conspiracy theories including anti-vaccine rhetoric made the party a danger to public health. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Did the political establishment pave the way for Trump and Farage?

New research suggests mainstream politicians created an opening for the populist right

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9 d. ago Andy Burnham says Britain needs ‘wholesale change’ as Labour MPs prepare for conference – UK politics live

Manchester mayor urges Keir Starmer to reveal plans to deliver reform but denies he is plotting to replace PMWes Streeting, the health secretary, has described Nigel Farage over his comment implying Donald Trump might be right about paracetamol posing a risk to pregnant women. (See 10.23am.)Dangerous and irresponsible. This man is a snake oil salesman and it’s time people stopped buying. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago LIZZY BUCHAN: Nigel Farage's scaremongering is latest example of why he isn't fit to be PM

'Nigel Farage's enthusiasm to be a pound shop Trump is a curious political strategy for a man who claims to have his finger on the pulse of what ordinary Brits think'

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9 d. ago Farage says Republicans ‘have to get used to things being said that they don’t like’ amid Jimmy Kimmel row

Nigel Farage has said Republicans "have to get used to things being said that they don't like" after late-night talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel was suspended last week having made comments about the death of MAGA commentator Charlie Kirk.

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9 d. ago Farage backs Trump over paracetamol autism claim: 'They said thalidomide was safe and it wasn't':

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage today insisted he had 'no idea' if President Trump's claim was correct. Instead, he argued: 'We were told thalidomide was a very safe drug'.

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9 d. ago Farage refuses to criticise Trump over paracetamol despite health experts dismissing autism claims

Reform UK leader says he has ‘no idea’ if US president is right to tell women to avoid drug during pregnancyUK politics live – latest updatesNigel Farage has refused to criticise Donald Trump’s claims that paracetamol, sold in the US as Tylenol, could cause autism, insisting “science is never settled” and he would never “side with” medical experts.The Reform UK leader said he had “no idea” if the US president was right to tell pregnant women to avoid taking acetaminophen, also known as Tylenol and paracetamol, and suggesting that those who could not “tough it out” should limit their intake. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Nigel Farage blasted for refusing to condemn Donald Trump's baseless autism and paracetamol claims

The Reform UK leader claimed that "science is never settled" as he declined to side with medical experts who warned it was dangerous to make the link.

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9 d. ago Nigel Farage weighs in on paracetamol autism scandal: 'They said thalidomide was safe and it wasn't'

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage today insisted he had 'no idea' if President Trump's claim was correct. Instead, he argued: 'We were told thalidomide was a very safe drug'.

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9 d. ago Farage says he has ‘no idea’ whether Trump right to link paracetamol to autism

Asked if he would side with medical experts who say it is dangerous to make the link, Mr Farage said he ‘doesn’t side with anybody’.

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9 d. ago Nigel Farage blasted after refusing to rubbish Donald Trump's paracetamol claims

Health Secretary Wes Streeting hit out at the Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, saying he is 'the snake oil salesman of British politics and it’s time to stop buying his rubbish'

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1 week ago Farage will roll back gun laws and turn Britain into Trump’s America, Ed Davey claims

Sir Ed claimed the Reform UK leader would roll back gun laws and allow social media barons to 'poison young minds' if he becomes PM

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1 week ago Nigel Farage will roll back gun laws, Ed Davey to claim in Lib Dem speech

‘Trump’s America’ will be the blueprint for ‘Farage’s Britain’, the Liberal Democrat chief will say in an attack on the Reform UK leader.

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1 week ago The country bucking the Trump trend – and making it easier for migrants to live there

As Donald Trump proudly cracks down on immigration and Nigel Farage stirs discontent about migrants in the UK, New Zealand has introduced a visa policy to help plug gaps in the workforce

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2 w. ago Trump has dragged the US to the abyss and Nigel Farage would do the same to Britain. Here’s how to stop him | Jonathan Freedland

It’s not too late to puncture the Reform leader’s populist myth. His ‘make Britain great again’ act is out of step with the British peopleThe march towards the darkness is becoming a sprint. In the US, warnings about the autocratic ambitions of Donald Trump that were once dismissed as hyperbole and hysteria now seem, if anything, too mild. Faster than most imagined, he has moved to weaken institutional checks on his power – whether the courts, the universities, the civil service or the press – and now has set to work gagging his critics, even, it seems, to outlaw large swathes of the opposition.This week saw the suspension by a major broadcasting network, Disney-owned ABC, of a late-night talkshow, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, following remarks Kimmel had made about the killing of the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk. Kimmel did not criticise Kirk himself – an act now considered all but blasphemous in the US – but rather Republicans’ reaction to his murder, especially their eagerness to “scor...

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