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Britain once saved my grandfather. Would it save him now?

Nigel Farage's plans for mass deportations are a test of our humanity.

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Zoe Grunewald and The Lead
Aug 26, 2025
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Under Farage’s Britain my grandfather might not have made it. Pic: Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Earlier this year, I was chatting to a Reform insider, someone who (if the party’s polling continues to rise) could find themselves in a formative, perhaps even ministerial, role in a future Reform government. On the topic of immigration, I asked about the prospect of…

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