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Being threats five years inside that small embassy means sanchez had plenty of time on his hands to entertain visiting friends and supporters. A new. Party is about to be launched in the u. K. With support from across the channel french m. P. s belonging to a manual march movement not only back to the idea but have reportedly been giving advice to the founders of the new British Party charlotte who pinsky investigates. This is really a brand new Political Party thats about to launch in the k. Its goals are quite ambitious pledging to transform british politics and reverse brigs it it wants a second referendum on it i think theres no chance of braggs it being reversed the brave people have spoken and thats an end of the matter they can bash their head against a brick wall although get is a sore head for the party is launching in the u. K. Its getting advice for of course they can all hear it from the helping hand coming from a manual Michaels Party the republic of march with advisers sa
Course we can all hear it from the helping her and coming from a manual much for his party the public wash with advisors said to me at a recent meeting consulting about tactics and its normal each one of your girl friends was glad you came here like us and like many other countries looking for because it was feeling despair i think the danger increasing you can look at the future musical and i think that the movement that chris and others i meet with when you use the future you can embrace. Burring the ideas of mark. Which invited in every day people regardless of their experience in politics who knew also calls on everyone to join and those behind it hope itll work for them to. We dont have much time the only way of winning is by the same miracle as michael the u. K. Electoral Commission Says there is no issue with the British Party receiving advice from a Foreign Political Party providing it receives no funding from it so its fair enough but what the reaction be if the advice was com