In Birmingham, Nigel Farage closed Reform UK's annual conference with the defiant posture of a movement that measures its vitality by the volume of its enemies. Amid genuine controversies — a protester manhandled on camera, questions about foreign donations, and the presence of a bail-bound activist — Farage offered his supporters not reassurance but resolve, framing each difficulty as evidence of establishment persecution rather than internal failing. The gathering raised a question that echoes through democratic history: when a political movement defines itself primarily through opposition t
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A female protester was manhandled and had her hair pulled by a Reform audience member during removal from the conference; police appealed for her to come forward.