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("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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When asked if he felt concerned that the money could influence the party’s policies, Reform deputy leader Tice replied: "I think the point is that you've got rules and regulations.
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you → ask → rules
And you've now got a hyperventilating hypocrisy from the socialists ruling this country, who are trying to change the rules retrospectively.
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who → get → rules
Reid pointed out: "Okay, but the question was the link between huge amounts of money and influence.
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question → point → money
You've just acknowledged in your answer that you believe huge amounts of money do influence policy."
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amounts → acknowledge → policy
She then noted that Labour gets donations from trade unions and openly considers itself “the party of the workers”.
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itself → note → workers
Tice insisted Reform is “actually the party of the workers" and had put pensioners and workers first in its proposed income tax policies.
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Reform → insist → policies
Reid hit back: "Sorry, you've just said the millions of pounds of donations directly impact a party and its policies - you just said that!
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you → hit → that
“So if you've got two cryptocurrency billionaire individuals donating record amounts of money to Reform UK, what influence will that have on your policies?"
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that → get → policies
Later in the interview, Balls backed up his co-host, remarking: "Trouble is, Richard Tice, I don't think our viewers are gonna believe that if you just received £72million from two individuals - more than all the money spent by all the parties in the general election in 2024 - that that is money which is just going to be handed over to you with no strings attached."
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strings → back → you
He then read out Tice’s post on X from the weekend in which he said Reform is "at war" with the media right now.
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Reform → read → media
"I always thought Richard Tice was the reasonable Tory disaffected guy who wanted to do politics in a good way, but you're now waging war against the media," Balls said.
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Balls → think → media
Tice argued that the media had started a "war" after "libelling him" and "leaking" his bank statements and conversations, saying: "If they want to kill us off, we have to respond to that."
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we → argue → that
Reid replied: "I'm not sure, Richard Tice, that language like 'kill us off' and 'waging war' is appropriate in the circumstances you've just described in part of your interview.”
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you → reply → interview
Viewers flooded social media to praise how Reid challenged the politician, with one writing: “God it was satisfying to watch her school Richard Tice just now.”
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her → flood → Tice
Another added: “Richard Tice is very argumentative, isn't he?
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he → add → ?
A third agreed with her questioning over whether donations would influence policy, writing: "But what do these guys want, Tice?
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guys → agree → what
Nobody is buying for a minute that it's just out of the generosity of their own heart.”
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it → buy → heart
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