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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
John Crace

Nigel Farage’s Reform contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on – but who cares?

Nigel Farage waving
Nigel Farage arrives for the launch of the Reform UK manifesto at the Gurnos estate on the edge of Merthyr Tydfil. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

“What the fuck are you doing here?” says the cab driver. Fair to say he doesn’t get that many pickups from the Gurnos estate on the edge of Merthyr Tydfil. “It’s fucking rough round here. Everyone’s fucking mental.”

Say what you like about Nigel Farage but he gets to parts of the country that other politicians don’t. You wouldn’t have caught the Tories, Labour or the Lib Dems launching their manifestos on a rundown estate in Wales.

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