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Monday 2 November 2026FREE (you get what you pay for)Est. 2026, sadly
REFORM CELEBRATES PROUD NEWPORT LANDMARK LOCATED IN MIDDLESBROUGH
Reform's Newport & Islwyn branch put out an AI-generated poster calling on proud locals to stand for the council, illustrated with Middlesbrough's Tees Transporter Bridge rather than Newport's own Grade I-listed one – and called the city a 'town' for good measure. It scraped 10 likes, one from the branch itself and two from accounts run by their own Senedd Member, who didn't appear to notice either. Local pride: automated, outsourced and in the wrong bloody country.
THE BORING BIT: WHAT THE REAL REPORT SAYS
Reform's Newport & Islwyn branch posted an AI-generated recruitment poster showing Middlesbrough's Tees Transporter Bridge instead of Newport's and calling the city a 'town'; it got 10 likes, one from the branch and two from accounts run by MS Art Wright.
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