Reform UK hates ‘Mickey Mouse’ degrees – apprenticeships in dodgy crypto, anyone?
Dicky Tice recalls digging trenches with a JCB as a young man, omitting to say the firm he went on to run was founded by his grandfather You have to hand it to them. Most political parties would have chosen to go quiet, what with it being the middle of August and having next to nothing to say. But Reform are made of stronger stuff. They aren’t bothered that the only interesting thing about them at the moment is that
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- 20 Aug 2026, 18:18 UTC
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- 21 Aug 2026, 09:49 UTC
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Publisher layer
Recorded article metadata
- Publisher
- The Guardian
- Country
- England / United Kingdom
- Source published
- 20 Aug 2026, 18:07 UTC
- Source updated
- No update timestamp supplied
- Byline
- John Crace
- Section
- Reform UK
Dicky Tice recalls digging trenches with a JCB as a young man, omitting to say the firm he went on to run was founded by his grandfather You have to hand it to them. Most political parties would have chosen to go quiet, what with it being the middle of August and having next to nothing to say. But Reform are made of stronger stuff. They aren’t bothered that the only interesting thing about them at the moment is that
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Reform UK hates ‘Mickey Mouse’ degrees – apprenticeships in dodgy crypto, anyone?
Dicky Tice recalls digging trenches with a JCB as a young man, omitting to say the firm he went on to run was founded by his grandfather You have to hand it to them. Most political parties would have chosen to go quiet, what with it being the middle of August and having next to nothing to say. But Reform are made of stronger stuff. They aren’t bothered that the only interesting thing about them at the moment is that
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- publisher category Politics rss-category
- publisher category Reform UK rss-category
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- publisher category Suella Braverman rss-category
- publisher category UK news rss-category
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- #549
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- 20 Aug 2026, 18:18 UTC
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- news-ledger/0.1
- Public boundary
- metadata and excerpt