Nigel Farage

Leader, Reform UK — Reform UK

Nigel Farage
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TERMINAL COPIUM
Scapegoater Scapegoat: Immigrants

Latest Incident

Latest: How are tax threshold freezes impacting pensioners? - Full Fact — scored 20 (lucid) on 2026-09-24

Score History

Cope Entries (50)

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How are tax threshold freezes impacting pensioners? - Full Fact lucid
"On GB News, Farage claimed tax threshold freezes combined with triple-locked state pension rises are 'dragging about nine million pensioners into taxation'."

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Nigel Farage wants to 'hijack' Trump’s ICE adviser to secure UK borders - inkl scapegoating
"Farage says he wants to 'hijack' Trump's ICE adviser Tom Homan and bring him to the UK to 'secure our borders.'"

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82
Reform conference LIVE: Andy Burnham issued huge challenge scapegoating
"Farage frames the economic choice as a binary: spending on welfare, foreign aid and migrants versus supporting British workers, claiming 'we choose the worker'."

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Nigel Farage threatens to overhaul Lords and judiciary in Reform conference speech - bbc.co.uk scapegoating
"Farage pledges to stop small boat crossings, cut energy bills by £250 a year, end net zero 'lunacy', and overhaul the Lords and judiciary to remove 'obstacles' to his agenda."

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Reform UK plans investor roadshow to build confidence in its economic approach - Yahoo Finance UK deflection
"Reform UK entering government would over time bring down UK borrowing costs by winning the trust of the markets."

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This is the immigration pledge One Nation must make now to win over undecided voters - news24.com.au scapegoating
"Reform UK pledges to deliver net-negative immigration, framing mass immigration as a 'scam' and blaming cheap foreign labour for economic problems while promising to put British citizens first."

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Scapegoating foreigners won’t fix the social housing crisis – to do that, we need to get building - The Observer scapegoating
"Farage claims successive governments redistributed social housing away from White British populations and proposes evicting/deporting foreign nationals from social housing as remedy."

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The IRA couldn’t destroy Britain — is ‘terminal wokeness’ about to finish the job? - Washington Examiner scapegoating
"Farage frames 'terminal wokeness' as an existential threat to the UK greater than the IRA or the Luftwaffe, blaming socialism, open borders, and political disarray for spiraling crime and economic rot."

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Suella Braverman humiliated by James Cleverly in row over her asylum policy - The London Economic scapegoating
"Farage shared a clip of asylum seekers sitting on a street in Cleverly's constituency, warning that every town in Britain 'will look like this' unless Reform takes power."

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Drill, Burnham, drill? The oil basin that is a totem for Trump – and a headache for Britain’s new PM - The Guardian fantasy_economics
"Farage has called for a massive expansion of North Sea drilling and declared the UK should be 'self-sufficient in gas', reversing the ban on new licences."

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The global immigration crisis - The Nation Newspaper scapegoating
"Farage claims Britain is being 'overrun by immigrants' and says he will deploy the navy and army to protect the country if Reform UK wins a national election."

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The i Paper scapegoating
"Reform UK plans to cut around £50bn from the benefits bill, exclude foreign nationals from most benefits, replace the disability payments system, and increase conditions required to receive benefits."

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Metro.co.uk scapegoating
"Under Farage's plan, foreign nationals in social housing would have three months to find private rented accommodation or 'lose their right to remain and be liable for deportation'."

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Inside Housing scapegoating
"Nigel Farage has said that if Reform were elected, all 'foreign nationals' in social housing would have three months to leave or risk deportation."

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The i Paper scapegoating
"Farage claims that if Reform UK enters government and deploys the Royal Navy, small boat Channel crossings would stop entirely within a fortnight."

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The Economic Times scapegoating
"Farage proposes 'Operation Fortress', a military-led operation to intercept and return asylum seekers to France, claiming it would make Britain's border 'impenetrable'."

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Devdiscourse (Reuters wire) scapegoating
"Farage claims a Reform government would launch a military operation ('Operation Fortress') to intercept and return Channel asylum seekers to France, asserting that within a fortnight there would be 'no more boats'."

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France 24 scapegoating
"Farage unveiled a policy to deploy the Royal Navy to return small migrant boats to France, framed as the 'largest military operation in the Channel since World War II'."

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France 24 scapegoating
"Farage proposed deploying the Royal Navy in the largest Channel military operation since WWII to intercept and return migrant boats to France, framed as the solution to Channel crossings."

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BBC Politics scapegoating
"Farage claims small boat crossings constitute an 'invasion' warranting Royal Navy/Royal Marines deployment to forcibly return migrants to France."

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The Guardian scapegoating
"Framed Dover as the 'frontline of the great national debate on immigration' and has repeatedly called small boat crossings an 'invasion'."

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BBC News scapegoating
"Farage calls VAT removal on energy bills a Brexit benefit but insists it would not 'address the real issue of the cost of living' and takes aim at green levies on bills."

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Guardian Politics scapegoating
"Farage attacks Burnham's plan to restore foreign aid to 0.7% of GNI as spending 'your money' abroad, vowing to 'put British people first.'"

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The Guardian scapegoating
"Nigel Farage argues that increasing North Sea fossil fuel production would reduce energy prices for UK consumers."

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The Guardian gaslighting
"Nigel Farage claims that 'anti-whiteness is institutionalised into every aspect of public life' and that Britain is 'a two-tier state – against white people'."

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The Guardian scapegoating
"Farage claims the government is 'splurging' on disability benefits for people who don't need them while defence is underfunded."

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88
BBC Politics scapegoating
"Reform would tax employers hiring foreign workers and ban foreign nationals from social housing, claiming foreign nationals are 'doing jobs that the Brits should be doing'."

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BBC Politics scapegoating
"Reform UK would ban foreign nationals from social housing, requiring existing tenants to find private accommodation within three months or face deportation, applying retrospectively regardless of length of UK residency."

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Guardian Politics scapegoating
"Farage proposes banning foreign nationals from social housing and deporting them if they cannot secure private rented homes."

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Guardian Politics scapegoating
"Farage vows to ban foreign nationals from social housing and deport them if they cannot find private sector homes."

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Guardian Politics scapegoating
"Claims that the circumstances of Henry Nowak's death are evidence of 'two-tier policing' and systemic bias against white people."

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Guardian Politics scapegoating
"Asserts that the UK is operating under a 'two-tier policing' system where police bosses provide written instructions to enforce laws inconsistently."

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Guardian Politics scapegoating
"There is a two-tier culture in the UK where the rights and privileges of white people matter less than those of ethnic minorities."

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68
Civil Service World scapegoating
"Reform UK proposes using AI to achieve significant headcount reductions within the civil service as a means to 'fix the centre'."

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BBC Politics scapegoating
"Proposes scrapping tax on overtime to 'make work pay' and 'drive up productivity,' arguing that high tax bands and welfare levels have eroded the appeal of a 'strong work culture.'"

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GB News scapegoating
"Nigel Farage attributed a £622bn 'catastrophic' cost to immigration during Boris Johnson's premiership, framing it as a damaging 'Boriswave' of migration."

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BBC Politics deflection
"Asserts that Reform UK is not responsible for the council's bankruptcy as the financial state was inherited."

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BBC Politics deflection
"The traditional political divide between left and right has been destroyed by recent electoral shifts."

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Express.co.uk scapegoating
"Nigel Farage warns the Channel migrant crisis will worsen as vast numbers of asylum seekers pour into Europe, with migrants using ladders to scale border fences and people offered £7,000 to drive them to Calais."

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BBC Politics deflection
"Reform UK's gains represent a historic and lasting shift in British politics, winning seats across traditional party heartlands."

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BBC Politics scapegoating
"Pledges to open migrant detention centres specifically in areas that vote for the Green Party as part of a mass deportation programme."

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Daily Express scapegoating
"Reform UK intends to prioritize the placement of migrant detention centers in areas governed by the Green Party as a response to their perceived 'open borders' policy."

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Guardian Politics deflection
"The reintroduction of beavers in Leicestershire provides natural flood defenses and habitat restoration, acting as 'real solutions' to 'make Britain great again'."

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BBC Politics scapegoating
"Suggested that the minimum wage is too high for younger workers."

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The Guardian scapegoating
"Claimed that the police conclusion finding no evidence of 'family voting' in the Gorton and Denton byelection was an 'establishment whitewash' and evidence that UK democracy is unhealthy."

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BBC Politics deflection
"The sovereignty of the Falkland Islands is utterly non-negotiable and not open to debate."

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After Starmer and Robbins, McSweeney faces a grilling on Mandelson. Can this government survive? Our panel responds deflection
"Nigel Farage praised it and Labour’s massed ranks did not rise up."

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GB News scapegoating
"Asylum seekers housed in army bases should be banned from entering towns under a Reform government."

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Express.co.uk scapegoating
"Asylum claims from previous years should be reviewed, with the potential for over 400,000 people to be deported."

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The Independent scapegoating
"The mass deportation of refugees and asylum seekers would save the UK more than £100 billion."
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