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    PATRICK KIDD

    Sep 30, 2021 4 minutes

    In September 2014, between UKIP’s victory in the European elections and the party gaining its first MP at the Clacton by-election, NIGEL FARAGE appeared in an online video to support European cooperation. He stopped short of singing “Freude, schöner Götterfunken” but there was no mistaking the passion as he urged alle Menschen to “swing for Europe”.

    Fortunately, this was not a sex tape but an advert for a bookmaker, pegged to golf’s , in which Farage conceded that there are three days out of every 730 when he can stomach the 12 gold stars on blue if it means

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