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An adviser used by Nigel Farage and others in Reform UK to boost their social media popularity has suggested that Britain would be better off had it stayed neutral in the second world war instead of fighting Nazi Germany.<\/p>\n
Jack Anderton, who ran Farage\u2019s hugely successful TikTok account before helping Luke Campbell become the Reform mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire, also said the UK should not support Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression.<\/p>\n
In a post on his personal blog about Britain\u2019s international standing, Anderton said that in a future world of \u201cmeritocracy\u201d, the UK could \u201cregain\u201d former colonies such as Australia, Canada and South Africa.<\/p>\n
He added that the UK should copy the policy of mass incarceration carried out by El Salvador\u2019s president, Nayib Bukele, widely condemned as an abuse of human rights.<\/p>\n
Anderton has never been employed by Reform but the 23-year-old established Farage on TikTok, where he now has 1.3m followers, before working closely on Campbell\u2019s election campaign.<\/p>\n
He remains a central part of Campbell\u2019s circle, and the mayor is known to have made efforts to get him on to his roster of staff, which have been thwarted because he cannot have political appointees.<\/p>\n
Anderton\u2019s personal blog, titled Britain Needs Change, includes an entry from last year about what he called \u201ca self-interested British foreign policy\u201d, arguing that the only conflict in the last century that was in the UK\u2019s interest was the Falklands war.<\/p>\n
\u201cTrillions of pounds of British taxes have been spent in foreign lands in the pursuit of \u2018democracy\u2019, \u2018human rights\u2019 and \u2018doing what is right\u2019,\u201d the post said. \u201cMore than a million British lives have been lost since WW1 in wars and battles that have never once been fought by British men, on this island.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fighting in both the world wars ensured the UK was no longer a great power, he wrote: \u201cWe impoverished ourselves for decades, we didn\u2019t finish paying the loans off to America until 2006. Our economy stagnated, we lost an empire, and we are pushed around by America. And Germany, a country we beat, has been richer than us since the 1970s.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlternative history is interesting; if Britain had not fought in WW1 and WW2, it would not have had to rely on America for economic support, and it would have had the independence to act accordingly. Britain could have developed India, Cyprus, Fiji, Malta, Saint Lucia, Seychelles, the Bahamas, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Ireland and New Zealand. In the coming meritocracy, perhaps Britain could regain some of these nations.\u201d<\/p>\n
The same post also argues against providing support for Ukraine after Russia\u2019s invasion: \u201cWe are sending billions of pounds (that we cannot afford) to prop up a country that we have no allegiance to. Russia is not our enemy, they have not attacked Britain.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anderton calls for a shake-up of the Foreign Office so that all decisions are made purely on the basis of whether or not they benefit Britain: \u201cInstead, what we have are people who should be working for the UN or a charity rather than working in the British Foreign Office.\u201d<\/p>\n
In another post from 2024, on crime, Anderton enthusiastically endorses the policies of Nayib Bukele, who has dramatically cut gang violence and wider crime through mass detentions that have put 2% of El Salvador\u2019s population in prison.<\/p>\n
\u201cExtraordinary times require extraordinary measures,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI\u2019d even argue the measures aren\u2019t that extraordinary and should be in place in times of normalcy.<\/p>\n
\u201cEl Salvador is perhaps a lesson for those in Britain who wish to take back control of their country. Power works, and it is all that matters. State power when used effectively is basically omnipotent. The meritocracy will be established, criminals and corrupt officials will be jailed, immigration will drop to zero, houses will be built, and our citizens will once again feel proud of the country they call home.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anderton was contacted for comment. Campbell\u2019s office referred the matter to Reform UK, who said Anderton was not employed by either the party or the mayor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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