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Nigel Farage set to announce return to politics as Reform UK candidate

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“He is well aware what those weeks of national TV exposure have done for him – and the position he could be in to help Reform.”

Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage is set to announce a return to frontline politics it has been reported, as he seeks to capitalise on the increased media exposure he has gained following his appearance on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

The Mirror reports that the former UKIP politician, 60, who retired in 2021, ‘is understood to want to stand as a parliamentary candidate this year. And it comes after sources say he is determined to make the most of the exposure he gained in the I’m A Celebrity jungle.’

There have previously been rumours that Farage was considering joining the Tory party, after his appearance at the party’s conference and after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hinted that he could be welcomed in the ‘broach church’ of the Conservative Party.

However, sources have told the Mirror that he wanted to capitalise on the recent media exposure he has gained, including on GB News.

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“The shitbag returns”.

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‘Sickening’: Reform UK deputy leader says UK should let people drown in the Channel

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‘This should end Ben Habib’s career. It won’t. But in any rational universe it would’

Deputy leader of Reform UK has suggested that migrants should be left to drown in the Channel by the UK in a shocking exchange that has caused widespread outrage. 

Ben Habib made the disturbing comments in an interview with Julia Hartley-Brewer on Talk TV when asked how his right-wing party would handle migrants coming to England on small boats. 

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He told the presenter: “I said that we could, as an idea, provide them with another dinghy into which to climb and then go back to France. And if they choose to scupper that dinghy, then yes, they have to suffer the consequences of their actions.”

“Then you would leave them to drown?”, asked Hartley-Brewer. 

Habib replied: “Absolutely, they cannot be infantilised to the point that we become a hostage to fortune.”

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Ofcom warns broadcasters over politician presenters ahead of general election

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Ofcom warns breaches could result in ‘statutory sanctions’.

Media regulator Ofcom has issued a warning to broadcasters about using politicians as presenters, ahead of the general election.

The media regulator issued a statement in which it said it was putting ‘broadcasters on notice that they must maintain the highest editorial standards ahead of a General Election’ and that breaches could result in ‘statutory sanctions’.

It comes after Ofcom found GB News in breach of broadcasting rules when three Conservative MPs acted as newsreaders across five different episodes of its programmes.

Ofcom found that two episodes of Jacob Rees-Mogg’s State of the Nation, two episodes of Friday Morning with Esther and Phil, and one episode of Saturday Morning with Esther and Phil, broadcast during May and June 2023 had broken impartiality rules. These episodes broke the part of the Ofcom code that says, “News, in whatever form, must be… presented with due impartiality” and “No politician may be used as a newsreader, interviewer or reporter in any news programmes unless, exceptionally, it is editorially justified.”

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GB News begins redundancy round, cutting 40 roles

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Nigel Farage presents on GB News.

GB News has begun a round of redundancy, seeking to cut 40 roles, amid an operating loss of £42.4m.

Chief executive Angelos Frangopoulos announced the redundancy plans to staff last week, with Press Gazette reporting: “The business is currently appealing for staff open to taking voluntary redundancy to come forward, offering up to two months’ salary and possible payment in lieu of notice as enticement.

“One staffer at the channel told Press Gazette there was “a real ‘last days of Saigon’ vibe in the office right now”.

The right-wing channel announced last month that its operating losses had grown 38% to £42.4m in the year to May 2023.

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Revealed: The shocking number of complaints to Ofcom about GB News since its launch

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GB News presenter Nigel Farage.

Time for Ofcom to take tougher action…

Right-wing Channel GB News, which has made a mockery of broadcasting rules, has had over 20,000 complaints made about it since its launch in 2021.

The shocking figures were revealed after a freedom of information request from the i, which found that in 2021, the year GB News was launched, Ofcom received 3,481 complaints – an average of around 290 complaints a month.

Between 2021 and until 12 March 2024, GB News has had a total of 21,671 complaints made against it.

The paper reports that overall, ‘complaints about news broadcasters have soared almost seven-fold since the launch of GB News and Talk TV’.

GB news is no stranger to controversy and has had a number of high profile incidents which have resulted in complaints being made against the channel, having platformed bigoted and racist views and conspiracy theories.

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