Richard Tice shares AI-manipulated photo of Reform activists on the campaign trail 'Their supposed policies for working people are fake, they spin stories that are fake and now we know even their campaigners are fake.'

Reform's deputy leader shared a photo of Reform campaigners which has several tell-tale signs of AI manipulation

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Reform looks to win control of council but will not commit to policies before local elections Reform has not published a manifesto and said it will not commit to any policies until after the elections

Reform will not commit to any policies before the local elections

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Successive governments have failed to learn lessons of Grenfell Tragedy The conditions that facilitated the tragedy remain unchecked

In his latest column for Left Foot Forward, @premnsikka.bsky.social argues that successive governments have failed to learn the lessons of Grenfell.

Labour benefits from eight-point swing as Reform support plunges in another poll Another polling disaster for Farage...

Has Reform peaked?

We need to end the hostile environment, not create a moral panic against LGBT asylum seekers Government policies are creating the conditions through which unethical actors can profit

Thanks to @left-foot-forward.bsky.social for this chance to respond to the BBC's deeply flawed 'investigation' into the UK asylum system.

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We need to end the hostile environment, not create a moral panic against LGBT asylum seekers Government policies are creating the conditions through which unethical actors can profit

'While the BBC gives the impression that LGBTIQA+ claims are a loophole in the UK asylum system that is widely exploited, the reality is that of all asylum claims made in 2023 only 2% included reference to sexual orientation', writes @apowelllaw.bsky.social

5 Reform UK disasters this week From Richard Tice failing to pay tax, to Nigel Farage promoting a cryptocurrency firm, Reform's leadership continues to show where its interests lie

Here are 5 of Reform's key missteps this week

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Question Time audience member destroys Reform UK over its record in local government and policies in Wales ‘I wouldn’t trust them with a knife and fork frankly’

The audience member perfectly summed up why he wouldn't trust 'Deform UK' to run Wales

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Revealed: Well-known Reform activist repeatedly praised Hitler and shared racist posts Aaron Lee Taylor volunteered in Reform’s head office and has met several senior Reform figures

Nigel Farage and other senior Reform figures met and were photographed with the well-known campaigner despite him making pro-Hitler comments

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Member of the public rinses Reform MP Lee Anderson over ‘racist’ England flags 'The flags went up before the potholes were sorted'

Lee Anderson got rinsed

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Reform councillor found guilty of breaking electoral law A by-election will now be triggered

Andy Osborn has been convicted of making a defamatory statement about a Conservative politician, and will now have to step down as a councillor

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Reform councillor found guilty of breaking electoral law A by-election will now be triggered

Andy Osborn has been convicted of making a defamatory statement about a Conservative politician, and will now have to step down as a councillor

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CEO of bitcoin firm promoted by Nigel Farage leaves company The company failed and was liquidated last year, before being relaunched as Stack BTC

The relaunched bitcoin firm that Nigel Farage is promoting was liquidated last year

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CEO of bitcoin firm promoted by Nigel Farage leaves company The company failed and was liquidated last year, before being relaunched as Stack BTC

"The fact it’s got Kwasi and Farage tells people like me: ‘Don’t invest in it."

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Revealed: Well-known Reform activist repeatedly praised Hitler and shared racist posts Aaron Lee Taylor volunteered in Reform’s head office and has met several senior Reform figures

Nigel Farage and other senior Reform figures met and were photographed with the well-known campaigner despite him making pro-Hitler comments

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Member of the public rinses Reform MP Lee Anderson over ‘racist’ England flags 'The flags went up before the potholes were sorted'

Lee Anderson got rinsed

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Reform UK donor runs company linked to sanctioned Iranian conglomerate John Simpson donated £200,000 to Reform last year

Reform donor John Richard Simpson has links to an Iranian company now under US sanctions

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Nigel Farage criticised for appearing in video promoting £2 million Bitcoin deal The Lib Dems are calling for an inquiry into Farage’s promotion of the deal

"We cannot allow political leaders to treat the financial markets like a personal piggy bank to line their own pockets."

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Nigel Farage gets irritated over journalist’s questions about Reform’s broken council tax promise Farage said he can’t control what promises his candidates make

Farage gave an extraordinary response to the journalist's questions about why Reform had broken its promise to cut council tax

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Reform activist suspended over racist comments remains election agent Clearly Reform are more than happy to have people with hateful views among their ranks.

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GB News platforms Tories and Reform politicians and activists as ‘members of the public’ So much for platforming views outside of the Westminster bubble...

So much for platforming views outside of the Westminster bubble...

Your Party ‘over’ in Scotland as entire leadership committee quits The 12 committee members have now pledged to form a new party

Your Party's Scottish executive committee has resigned en masse and declared that the party is 'dying'

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Your Party ‘over’ in Scotland as entire leadership committee quits The 12 committee members have now pledged to form a new party

Your Party's Scottish executive committee has resigned en masse and declared that the party is 'dying'

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