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Healy Slams Farage's Ukraine Stance Amid Putin Ties

1/17/2026

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  • Defence Secretary John Healy criticized Nigel Farage for opposing Britain's troop deployment to Ukraine and questioned his national-security trustworthiness.
  • Healy tied Farage to Putin admiration and cited a former party leader's imprisonment for accepting Russian bribes.
  • Farage countered the plan, arguing it lacked sufficient commitment from other nations.
  • In Parliament, Keir Starmer condemned Farage's defense of Elon Musk over X's AI-generated images, calling Reform's stance disgusting, as Farage laughed.