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No, this photo doesn’t show Boris Johnson with Ghislaine Maxwell
A picture being shared online claims to show a young Boris Johnson alongside convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

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A number of Reform UK politicians have said that there are 1.2 million "illegal immigrants" in the UK. 

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