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Reform UK’s silence on Epstein speaks volumes

A politics that claims to defend women while refusing to confront the systems that harm them is not about protection. It's about strategy.

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The Lead Editors and Zoe Grunewald
Feb 03, 2026
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Nigel Farage is repeatedly mentioned within the Epstein files

Do you hear that, coming from the right of British politics? An unfamiliar sound: silence.

As the world reels from the vast release of material connected to Jeffrey Epstein – the convicted sex trafficker whose abuse was enabled by wealth, power, and proximity to political elites – one party, in…

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