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Reform local media ban is a glimpse of what may happen with Farage in power (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Armand1@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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When the right talk about free speech, they only defend the free speech of bigots and right-wing politicians.

As soon as someone disagrees with them or calls them out, suddenly speech isn't so free after all.

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[–] Armand1@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

For our American brethren, Nigel Farage is the head of the far-right Reform party that mostly runs on anti-immigrant / LGBTQ hatred and fake free-speech claims.

It's a rebrand of the UKIP party (United Kingdom Independence Party) that were the chief people behind the disaster that was Brexit, which Farage was the leader of at the time.