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Well, after one act of backstabbing betrayal by Nigel Farage today – dumping his deputy leader Ben Habib – we are now reminded of another: Traditional Unionist Voice MP and party leader Jim Allister (pictured) has announced he may sit with Reform UK in the Commons and accept the Reform whip.
According to the BBC: “Mr Allister said there was no reason he wouldn’t sit beside Nigel Farage” given the two parties had an electoral pact during the general election.
Well, try this one: despite the election pact, Farage went and publicly endorsed Ian Paisley Jr, the DUP candidate running against Allister in North Antrim.
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The TUV leader obviously has a very short memory indeed – as apparently does the BBC whose report make no mention of this at all.
Read more about it here: https://www.searchlightmagazine.com/2024/06/sneaky-farage-betrays-hardline-loyalist-allies/