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Show HN: Six Degrees of Reform UK – Mapping the UK's Entrepreneurial Far Right


Mapping the corporate connections of the UK’s entrepreneurial far-right

Reform UK brands itself as an with multi-millionaire real-estate tycoon and party chairman Richard Tice advocating for more business leaders to engage in politics and improve how the country is run. Neil Hamilton, a disgraced MP and current UKIP director, backed Slim-Be Limited, a manufacturer of weight loss drinks which he boasted could “transform the health and waistlines of the nation”. The company dissolved last year with Fortis est Veritas’ Facebook page promoting an event sponsored by a hypnotist that invited former-MP Andrew Bridgen to discuss the negative impacts of the COVID vaccine.

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