How Nigel Farage’s ‘right-hand man’ in Europe was unmasked as a traitor

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  This is The Guardian.

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  Today, how Nigel Farage's right hand man in Europe was unmasked as a traitor.

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  It was a few weeks before Christmas in 2018.

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  And one of Nigel Farage's colleagues was giving a speech in the European Parliament.

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  Mr President, there should be three things that all of us on all sides of this House can agree on.

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  One, we all stand by the Ukraine and we support its sovereignty and its territorial integrity.

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  This is Nathan Gill, a Mormon bishop who went on to represent Wales.

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  First for UKIP, Farage's original party, then for the Brexit Party.

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  And most recently he led Reform UK in Wales.

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  If you weren't paying attention, the speech sounded innocuous.

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  Boring even.

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  Let's just say he's not the most naturally gifted orator.

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  Ukraine's citizens must enjoy freedom and be respected.

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  He began with a few platitudes about freedom of the press in Ukraine.

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  Or the Ukraine, as he put it.

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  And he expressed sympathy for the people of Crimea.

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  who'd been under Russian occupation since 2014.

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  And then, in his own mild-mannered way, he stuck the boot into the Ukrainian government.

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  But as surely as you can't fight fire with fire, it is wrong to fight repression with repression.

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  We've seen activists and journalists alike being violently attacked by radicals with little,

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