15 h. ago ‘The ultimate liberty’: how Nigel Farage became a cryptocurrency convert

Reform leader aims to make London a ‘crypto powerhouse’ and has previously hailed an ‘economic insurgency’As Liz Truss prepared to make a U-turn on her mini-budget in October 2022, Nigel Farage discussed the economic instability on his GB News show. But he was not broadcasting from the channel’s studios in Paddington. Instead, Farage was speaking from a bitcoin conference in Amsterdam.“With inflation forecast to perhaps get up to 20%, with increasing distrust of fiat currencies, people are looking for alternatives Are you ready for bitcoin?” he said in his opening remarks. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago It's Nigel Cabbage! Reform's Nigel Farage tipped to become the next Lettuce Liz Truss

Everyone remember Liz Truss, or, the answer to a pub quiz question in a decade's time of 'who was the Prime Minister between Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak'... well, she's got a successor

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31 h. ago Starmer says Tories ‘sliding into abyss’ and Reform is main challenger

Nigel Farage’s tax and spend plans are ‘Liz Truss all over again’, prime minister tells workers in MerseysideThe Conservatives are “sliding into the abyss”, Keir Starmer has said, as he described Nigel Farage and Reform as the main challengers to his Labour government.During a hastily arranged visit to a glass factory in St Helens, the prime minister castigated Farage as a fake defender of working people and compared him to Liz Truss as someone whose fiscal plans would crash the economy. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago Keir Starmer HUMILIATES Nigel Farage by blasting him as 'Liz Truss 2.0'

Keir Starmer ramped up his war of words with Nigel Farage as he warned Reform UK's uncosted pledges would trigger economic chaos that would hurt ordinary workers

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33 h. ago Keir Starmer says Nigel Farage is ‘Liz Truss all over again’ – UK politics live

Prime minister says ‘you cannot trust Farage with your future and your jobs’ as he gives speech in north-west EnglandStarmer to say Reform’s spending plans would cause Truss-style meltdownWhen “something sounds too good to be true, it’s because it is too good to be true”, water minister Emma Hardy has said, reports the PA news agency.Asked about the “threat” which Reform UK poses to Labour, Hardy told GB News:I think it’s really important that any political party is held to account for the promises that they’ve made and we know – gosh, don’t we just know – what happened when [former prime minister] Liz Truss made her £45bn of unfunded tax cuts: the economy tanked, mortgages went up, rents went up, bills went up.When something sounds too good to be true, it’s because it is too good to be true. If [Farage] wants to be taken seriously as a political party, then he needs to come up with some serious policies and he needs to be held to account.Now, had I come on your programme and said, ...

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37 h. ago Keir Starmer to give major speech today to attack Farage's 'mad experiment'

Keir Starmer will use a speech in the North West to warn Nigel Farage's 'fantasy' economics would lead to a Liz Truss-style economic meltdown and hit family finances

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37 h. ago Nigel Farage under fire over £85BN cost of Reform spending splurge as Keir Starmer brands it a Liz Truss

Sir Keir Starmer will use a speech this morning to deride a 'fantasy' package of measures that will lead to a Liz Truss-style market meltdown.

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45 h. ago Starmer: Farage’s ‘fantasy’ economics will lead to Liz Truss

The Prime Minister is expected to urge the public to reject Reform UK’s calls to use ‘family finances’ as a gambling chip on ‘unfunded’ tax cuts.

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5 d. ago Chancellor Rachel Reeves' prestige in tatters as she prepares to ditch her strict 'fiscal rules' designed to safeguard Labour's economic credibility

In an attempt to avoid a Liz Truss-style market meltdown, the Chancellor promised at the outset of the Labour Government that public finances would be in balance or surplus by 2030.

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6 d. ago Labour's new EU deal is full of 'promises but no detail,' as ex

EXCLUSIVE: Dehanna Davison served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up between 2022 to 2023 under both Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, and has warned the Daily Star over the new EU deal

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6 d. ago JEREMY HUNT: Liz Truss called me into a boudoir she'd created in No 10 and told me she had to quit. I urged her to go quickly

A message from an unrecognised number jumped out at me from my phone: ' Liz Truss here. Please can you give me a call.' Was the Prime Minister really trying to contact me? Surely not.

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1 week ago Gary Lineker’s social media posts that have made headlines over the years

The former football and TV star has been at the forefront of a number of controversies regarding his use of social media.

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2 w. ago Gary Lineker’s history of controversial tweets as he deletes controversial 'Zionism' post

The former football and TV star has been at the forefront of a number of controversies regarding his use of social media

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3 w. ago 'Don't panic,' says William Hague as Tory grandee clashes with Liz Truss on how to save party after elections rout

The Conservatives lost 674 council seats on May 1 as Nigel Farage’s Reform UK surged

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last month Nigel Farage dismantled for 'recruiting Liz Truss' in brutal PMQs swipe by Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer delivered a brutal swipe at Nigel Farage during PMQs over reports that Reform UK had been in talks with Liz Truss in recent weeks

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last month Local elections live: Starmer taunts Farage over Liz Truss ‘advising Reform’ ahead of polling day

Sir Keir Starmer facing final PMQs in the Commons ahead of crunch elections

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