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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics

Imagine there’s no Farage, it’s easy if you try

Nigel Farage, Leader of Reform UK, launches manifesto on 17 June
Nigel Farage launching the Reform UK manifesto on 17 June in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Photograph: Victoria Jones/REX/Shutterstock

The Reform UK Party Limited, with Nigel Farage as its leader, has produced five core pledges, all of which start with the word “imagine”. I much prefer John Lennon’s exhortations to imagine people living for today, living life in peace and sharing all the world. You may say Lennon was a dreamer, but he wasn’t the only one.
Toby Wood
Peterborough

• Having been named after Jude, the patron saint of hopeless causes, and endured Hey Jude being sung to me when I introduce myself, I had hoped that Bellingham might change this. Having heard him being serenaded, I fear that this is a lost cause (Jude Bellingham gives England winning start but Serbia make Southgate sweat, 16 June).
Jude Carr
London

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