Snapshot · The Rest Is Politics
Reform UK bypassed local election spending limits by campaigning on national issues rather than local ones, plastering Farage's face on all materials.
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Alastair poses the question that's beginning to circulate in political circles: is Farage actually going to lead Reform to the next election? Cat is careful to say that the inner party still expects him to stay, partly because without him their election prospects are dramatically worse. But she floats a compelling theory: Farage has spent 20 to 30 years as an outsider, and the prospect of finally winning power only to become another failed Prime Minister may be giving him pause. [1] — Cat Neilan "There are growing whispers that Farage may not lead Reform into the next general election. His possible off-ramp: claim credit for building…" 24:46 The 'off-ramp' narrative — claiming credit for building the movement and departing before the final test — would let him maintain his brand intact. Cat suggests Robert Jenrick's defection makes more sense if he expected an earlier-than-expected leadership opening, and that Zia Yusaf also likely sees himself as a potential successor.
There are growing whispers that Farage may not lead Reform into the next general election. His possible off-ramp: claim credit for building the movement, then exit before the defining test, positioning himself as 'the best Prime Minister you never had.' Robert Jenrick may be positioning himself for exactly that opening.
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France built 56 nuclear plants in the 1970s and now has the cheapest energy in Europe, making it independent of Russian or Middle Eastern energy geopolitics.
Estonia has a single tax form, a law preventing the government from asking citizens for the same information twice, and a flat rate of tax — enabling competitive taxation.
Portugal's Lisbon, once a city with a major heroin problem, legalised drugs and redirected enforcement spending into rehabilitation and housing, dramatically reducing crime.
The first Boland Amendment banning CIA and Defense Department funds for the Contras passed the House unanimously — yet the Reagan administration ignored it.
Over just two years, Saudi Arabia alone donated $32 million to the Contra rebels, giving loosely affiliated factions millions they had no way to spend on arms.
The National Endowment for the Preservation of Liberty raised $6.3 million for the Contras but only $3.3 million reached them — a shockingly low 52% program expense rate.
Richard Secord and Albert Hakim marked up their arms shipments to the Contras by as much as 300%, making enormous personal profits from the covert operation.
Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North, tapped to run the entire covert Contra support operation, had no prior experience in covert operations whatsoever — he was learning as he went.
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