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Evening Standard
Politics
Jonathan Bunn

Farage denounces ‘cretins’ in charge of the economy as he pledges ‘big bang two’

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has pledged to initiate ‘big bang two’ in the City of London if his party forms a government (James Manning/PA) - (PA Wire)

“Cretins” have been running the UK economy for “too Long”, Nigel Farage said, as he pledged to repeat the “big bang” reforms in the City of London introduced by Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.

Speaking at the Digital Asset Summit in London, the Reform UK leader took aim at Gordon Brown, who he accused of selling off gold reserves too cheaply, and imposing too much regulation in a bid to stop “boom and bust”, as Labour chancellor at the turn of the century.

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