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              mistaken identity i guess.

              Thomas-Bowen was arrested by Essex police on suspicion of assault.

              However, since the pictures of the event were shared widely online, people falsely identified the woman as Emily Hewertson – a 24-year-old conservative, pro-Brexit media personality, who also works as a House of Commons press officer.

              Clarifying that she was not responsible for the incident, Hewertson wrote on Twitter/X: “No, I did not throw a milkshake over Nigel Farage.”.

              however, she just did it for publicity;

              The woman who threw the drink has been identified as Victoria Thomas-Bowen, who is a 25-year-old OnlyFans model.

              but oh well… i hope he gets more milkshakes

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    There’s a possibility that the whole thing was a publicity stunt? This picture has started circulating.

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      Apparently that’s a different person. More on this as it develops. Over to Emperor with sports news.

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        Different nose and hairline are the biggest takeaways. Not easy to see every feature with the pictures provided though.

        Politics aside, as I’m not a UK resident. This is some House of Cards or Succession level of narrative pushing.

        Edit* pure cope. Her name is Victoria Thomas-Bowen. An Only Fans model.

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        Thanks for that. I left Twitter in Nov 22, so I can’t follow the interesting threads anymore.

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          You’re asking how could Farage be so dense?

          But seriously speaking, this could just be a case of mistaken identity too; it’s not like either of them has a very unique look exactly

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          How could anyone be so dense to jump on this conclusion when it’s apparent it’s a different person?

          Her name is Victoria Thomas-Bowen. She models online for cash.

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    Could not disagree more with Farage’s politics or dislike him more as a person but actions like this cheapen politics in this country. It makes it look like his opponents are unable to win the argument so need to resort to stunts (despite the fact his previous 8 attempts to enter parliament show that he is not winning the argument).

    Also turns out that this woman is an OF content creator so it is basically just a marketing stunt for her.

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    All the people cheering it on oblivious to the fact that this just helps Farage and garners more sympathy for him and his party.

    She claimed she threw it because “he doesn’t stand for what she believes in”. If only there was some way of expressing that. Like a vote or something. 🤔

    I bet she won’t even bother voting.

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          Already confirmed it’s not her. But the narrative is too strong.

          Her name is Victoria Thomas-Bowen apparently. She models…

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            Her name is Victoria Thomas-Bowen apparently

            According to The Sun, or at least I couldn’t find a source that didn’t reference them if it even referenced a source at all. While whosit the press secretary probably didn’t do it, I’m not sure The Scum is exactly a good source either

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              I just Googled her name and was provided different sources. But if those sources are referencing eachother I don’t know. For some reason “journalist” don’t have to provide sources.

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                The ones I checked either didn’t have a source at all, or specifically said they got their information from The Sun

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              “Here’s some evidence that it isn’t this person”.

              “Nah, I prefer my conspiracy theory”.

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                Literally not what I did. I said it’s probably not whatshername, but I’m not in the habit of trusting The Sun either and it’s as likely that they got it wrong as it is that Twatter got whatshername wrong. There’s probably a reason why eg. The Guardian removed Victoria’s name from their article – and no, it’s not that they think the press secretary did it