"Just occasionally the House of Commons is more remarkable for who isn't in the chamber than for who is. So it was striking that Nigel Farage was absent for Keir Starmer's statement on the G20 summit and the Ukraine peace process. You might have thought the man who has spent the last six months telling anyone who will listen that he will be the next prime minister might take some interest in geopolitics and Britain's global standing. Apparently not."
"And it was only last week that Nathan Gill one of Nige's old muckers from his European parliament days and the Reform party's leader in Wales was banged up for a 10-year stretch for taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia. It's almost as if Putin appeasement is party policy. Nor was Nige in any hurry to correct this appearance."
Nigel Farage was absent for Keir Starmer's statement on the G20 summit and the Ukraine peace process, while only Richard Tice remained from Reform and Lee Anderson left immediately. Farage previously blamed Ukraine for the 2014 Crimea invasion, saying Ukrainians provoked it by seeking NATO membership. Nathan Gill, a former Reform associate, received a 10‑year sentence for taking bribes to make pro‑Russia statements, creating an appearance of pro‑Putin sympathy within the party. Farage offered only a brief defence calling Gill a lone wrong 'un after informal inquiries, and he has given limited comment on separate school‑era racism allegations.
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