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Reuters: UK right-winger Farage doused with drink at election campaign launch

Culprit:

Apparently not even the first time it’s happened to him:

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[–] obelix 165 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (14 children)

It was a setup. The woman is the girlfriend of a reform party member. Farage has form for this sort of publicity stunt.

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https://ibb.co/wsygrdp

Farage is all anyone is talking about at the moment, the stunt seems to have worked.

Edit

According to the BBC a woman’s been charged, so it seems like the initial skepticism was misplaced.

[–] samus12345 41 points 5 months ago (3 children)
[–] obelix 45 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Could be. I’ve no trust in The Express though. It’s a right wing rag.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've seen other british tabloids reporting the same thing

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago
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