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How we revealed the First Reform UK pub has ‘long history of supporting neo-Nazi music gigs’

“I’m not racist... but I have to make money somehow”: Inside the rebranded pub and revealing its dark past.

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May 22, 2025
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The Talbot in Blackpool, previously a Conservative Association pub Pic: Michael Holmes/The Blackpool Lead

We don’t normally write to you on a Thursday lunchtime but we wanted to share this story which we broke in our mid-week edition of The Blackpool Lead.

At The Lead we’ve been publishing consistently about what’s happening in the town since January las…

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