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  "textContent": "Seven Kent County councillors and two North Northamptonshire County Councillors have joined Restore Britain. Reform UK previously expelled six of them. Most of these were thrown out of Reform UK when @LeaderofKCC had her meltdown in the ‘suck it up’ cabinet meeting and the video was leaked. https://t.co/w5NmJN5AH8 — Reform Party UK Exposed 🇬🇧 (@reformexposed) […]\n\nBy HG",
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