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That Nigel Farage could “go big and become prime minister” is no longer implausible, says Iain Martin in The Times. It’s not just a possible big-money deal with Musk. At the July election, Reform won more than 4 million votes, nearly half a million more than the Lib Dems, who, thanks to the first-past-the-post system, ended up with 71 seats to Reform’s 5. Now, Zia Yusuf, the young tech millionaire turned Reform chair, is professionalising the operation ahead of next year’s local elections.
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