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Nigel’s ‘chiselled cheekbones’ make the news – Reform’s the Reformer, digested by John Crace

By · Via The Guardian Politics · Published by Everything Blog

In short

The mock publication aims to evoke a 1950s aesthetic while promoting Farage as everything from editor-in-chief to home affairs and football editor. Its articles advance aggressive claims, such as blaming channel-crossing migrants for domestic crop failures and targeting rival political figures. The digest also features an extended self-interview where Farage reflects on his standing in national polls and envisions a future premiership. In the piece, Farage dispatches his political associate Richard Tice to buy champagne while reminiscing about an electoral win over an opponent wearing a bin on his head.

Key points

  • The Reformer functions primarily as a platform for Nigel Farage to project an inflated pe…: The Reformer functions primarily as a platform for Nigel Farage to project an inflated personal role and future political ambitions.
  • Conspiratorial narratives targeting modern immigration and political rivals form the core…: Conspiratorial narratives targeting modern immigration and political rivals form the core messaging of the party's publication.
  • Farage relies on an easily dismissed backing staff while delegating menial tasks to polit…: Farage relies on an easily dismissed backing staff while delegating menial tasks to political associates like Richard Tice.

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THE REFORMER

Welcome to your new super, soaraway Reformer. The paper that aims to take you back to the 1950s with all the stories that the mainstream media don’t want you to read. Free to all patriots. And those who happen to have found a copy on the floor of the bus.

A message from the editor, Nigel Farage

We are living in dangerous times. The chances of finding an immigrant ahead of you in the supermarket checkout queue have never been higher. Now more than ever you need a newspaper you can trust. One that isn’t afraid to tell you the truth about Broken Britain, and where you can find a grievance on every page. So let me introduce you to the Reformer team. There’s me, Nigel. I’m the editor-in-chief. And then there are seven or eight other nobodies whose names escape me. Here is my promise to you. If you are not fully satisfied with the Reformer in the first 100 days then I will sack all the people I have already forgotten.

FARMING IN CRISIS

by Nigel…

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