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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Pippa Crerar Political editor

Nigel Farage is a political fraud ‘cosplaying’ as working-class champion, TUC chief says

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage sits on a bench between two men in working clothes in Ramsgate, Kent.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, centre, meets people on the campaign trail in Ramsgate, Kent, last week during the run-up to the local elections. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

Nigel Farage is a “political fraud and hypocrite” who is “cosplaying” as a working-class champion in order to win votes at this week’s local elections, the UK’s most senior union chief has warned.

In a stark rejection of the Reform UK leader’s attempts to court the trade unions, Paul Nowak, general secretary of the TUC, said there were “massive contradictions” in Farage’s positions on issues ranging from workers’ rights, the economy, industry and Brexit.

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