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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Emine Sinmaz

In Kent, the ‘silent Reform voter’ may give Nigel Farage his greatest victory

Nigel Farage grinned as he clutched an inflatable blue lilo at a seaside shop in Ramsgate just hours after holding a press conference about immigration.

“It’s Reform colours, that’s what it is,” he joked to the throng of press photographers, possibly tickled by its resemblance to the migrant dinghies that wash up on the nearby beaches.

Dressed in a blue suit and £300 Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses with built-in cameras, Farage had embarked on a busy day of campaigning across three towns in Kent, one week out from England’s local elections.

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