Debate contribution: Reform UK Government

Debate contribution by Mr Matthew O'Toole on 11 May 2026.

MLA: Mr Matthew O'Toole
Party at the time: Social Democratic and Labour Party
Date: 11 May 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Reform UK Government
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5523807

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You talk about democratic choice, but do you accept that, were Nigel Farage to become Prime Minister — a large number of people here clearly do not want —
Members of your party may chunter about that. They never learn their lesson. A decade after flirting with right-wing English nationalism, here we are again. Do you accept that, if people here do not want to live in a country governed by Nigel Farage, it is their right to choose a new Ireland that is back in Europe?

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 2311/22-27.

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