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Daily Mirror
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Mikey Smith

Nigel Farage should be sanctioned, Labour MP says using Parliament privilege

Nigel Farage and Brexit bankroller Arron Banks should be added to the UK's sanctions list, a Labour MP said today.

Speaking in the Commons, where he is protected by Parliamentary privilege, Labour former minister Chris Bryant said he is "mystified" by some of the names missing from the UK sanctions list and used parliamentary privilege to identify individuals.

These included broadcasters "trotting out propaganda" on Russian television, others said to be associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime, plus those involved in Gazprom contracts.

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