The Reform UK undercover investigation has wiped out coverage of the overnight announcement from Nigel Farage about how the party will introduce a “national emergency” if it takes power.

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    12 days ago

    While “national emergency” makes a good headline, it is hard from this to gauge what it actually means. It could be largely rhetoric; or it could be anything up to martial law.

    You know exactly what it means: no more rule of law. ‘The party’ decides all.

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      12 days ago

      Actually much closer to bonapartism than a one-party autocracy, basically the same system as Trump in power. It is a suit commonly worn by the liberal democracies.

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        12 days ago

        Exactly right, just like we saw with the elected Yeltsin and bonapartism of Putin. It needs to be avoided at all costs.