mal obrien
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mal obrien
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January 4, 2026 at 1:29 AM
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Full interview and more from MeidasTouch here:

youtu.be/zapUFMI7F6U
Trump LOSES IT as Health TAKES TURN FOR WORSE
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
youtu.be
January 3, 2026 at 4:09 AM
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Farage failed or got "pretty dismal" A levels according to who you read and it's core to his origin story. There's a man who has been fuelled by resentment against smarter individuals if ever I saw one.

In fact maybe we should start calling Reform the Resentment Party
January 1, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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"An aide to Farage when he was an MEP, tells Crick that his boss hated policy meetings. “He was totally out of his bloody depth. Intelligent people – he was scared of them. He has an inferiority complex about education and highly qualified people.”

www.theguardian.com/books/2022/f....
One Party After Another: The Disruptive Life of Nigel Farage review – the man who broke Britain
Michael Crick’s gripping and vivid study of Mr Brexit is full of revelatory stories, but pulls its punches at the end
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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Another favourite wartime fact is that Peter Butterworth of Carry On fame - was a POW at Stalag Luft iii and was involved in the Wooden Horse escape.

When he later tried to audition for a role in the film he was turned down for not looking heroic enough.
December 31, 2025 at 9:48 AM