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The thirteen seconds that will end Zia Yusuf's political career. Smug, arrogant and now … deemed unelectable by his own party. Game over, loser.

The thirteen seconds that will end Zia Yusuf's political career. Smug, arrogant and now … deemed unelectable by his own party. Game over, loser.

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Nigel Farage released a 2:22 video tribute to Ann Widdecombe. The first 2:05 mins were about Widdecombe and delivered with his ice-cold, lack of emotion. He couldn't help but using the last 0:17 as a political attack on the 'establishment'. Is this his get-out of Clacton?

Nigel Farage released a 2:22 video tribute to Ann Widdecombe. The first 2:05 mins were about Widdecombe and delivered with his ice-cold, lack of emotion. He couldn't help but using the last 0:17 as a political attack on the 'establishment'. Is this his get-out of Clacton?

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Why the far-right always use per capita data, and why it's almost always the wrong answer. Scary charts and numbers achieved by misusing statistics. Free to read on my Substack:

Why the far-right always use per capita data, and why it's almost always the wrong answer. Scary charts and numbers achieved by misusing statistics. Free to read on my Substack:

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Naughty Shelagh Fogarty on LBC this afternoon. The chat was around KNEECAP and inevitably turned to the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Shelagh didn't like what her caller had to say and perhaps forgot that her mic was still on? She dropped the F bomb live.

Naughty Shelagh Fogarty on LBC this afternoon. The chat was around KNEECAP and inevitably turned to the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Shelagh didn't like what her caller had to say and perhaps forgot that her mic was still on? She dropped the F bomb live.

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Farage has created a big problem for himself this week. He's been caught out lying. Again. Telling us all that Reform UK didn't promise to cut taxes on their pre-election propaganda material. Another Trump move. The ole 'deny reality and get angry' two-step. Unfortunately for Nige, there are receipts. Lots and lots of receipts — see the video below. When Beth Rigby challenged him on this yesterday, he got angry and started shouting at her; textbook fragile toxic misogyny. Unfortunately, Beth retreated as Reform UK pay good money for the publicity and no one can be seen to upset the apple cart. It's quite shocking, actually. Regardless, Farage is a shameless liar that does very little for his actual job, if anything. If he could point to Clacton on a map, his constituents would be very surprised. I'd happily credit the creator of the video if they make themselves known. Second video is courtesy of Sky News.

Farage has created a big problem for himself this week. He's been caught out lying. Again. Telling us all that Reform UK didn't promise to cut taxes on their pre-election propaganda material. Another Trump move. The ole 'deny reality and get angry' two-step. Unfortunately for Nige, there are receipts. Lots and lots of receipts — see the video below. When Beth Rigby challenged him on this yesterday, he got angry and started shouting at her; textbook fragile toxic misogyny. Unfortunately, Beth retreated as Reform UK pay good money for the publicity and no one can be seen to upset the apple cart. It's quite shocking, actually. Regardless, Farage is a shameless liar that does very little for his actual job, if anything. If he could point to Clacton on a map, his constituents would be very surprised. I'd happily credit the creator of the video if they make themselves known. Second video is courtesy of Sky News.

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Pride was an absolute blast today. Just joy and happiness all across central London. My personal highlight was playing volleyball outside the Coach and Horses on Greek Street.

Pride was an absolute blast today. Just joy and happiness all across central London. My personal highlight was playing volleyball outside the Coach and Horses on Greek Street.

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Nigel Farage and his Speculative Security Things we know: 1) a few weeks ago, the Guardian dropped a smouldering grenade into the Farage campsite with their revelation that he had 'forgotten' to declare the paltry sum of £5M, given to him by Chakrit Sakunkrit [Christopher Harborne] — Thai businessman and crypto magnate. 2) Farage regularly 'forgets' to declare income from his myriad jobs outside Parliament. In the last reporting period he 'forgot' 17 outside jobs totalling around £385,000. His excuse. “I don't do computers”. 3) there are already donations and gifts missing from his last register update — see The Finance Guy for more on that. Things we've been told: a) the £5M was an unconditional gift. b) the £5M was a reward for Brexit. c) the £5M was to pay for his security — for life. Let's focus on the security aspect because, I believe, Farage is trying to construct a counterfactual and has been caught lying. Again. In October of 2025, Zia Yusuf, Satan's Head Boy, was sent cross all media outlets — and I do mean all of them — to talk about the government's removal of some of Nigel's security costs; up to 75% if you believe Yusuf. What has never been made clear about this claim are, one, if it actually happened, and two, if it did, what sums of cash were being forfeited? There are two videos below. One in which Zia Yusuf took to 𝕏 on October 1st 2025, in a very earnest fashion to make claims about his best friend's safety where he stated at one point, that if Farage was killed, he would blame Keir Starmer. Yikes! He talks about donors stepping up at that point to cover the security costs for Farage. The second video is the one which contradicts Yusuf. From BBC Newsnight earlier this month when Farage states that he was given the £5M back in 2024 as: “an unconditional, non-political, personal gift. And it will ensure I can be safe for the rest of my life.” So. Two things are clearly jumping out at me from these statements. Firstly, lies are being told by Yusuf and/or Farage. Secondly, in the BBC video, he makes the claim that the 'gift' is non-political but to protect him … as a politician. To me, this is definitive proof that he's lying about the donation. If he received this money in 2024 for a lifetime of private security, then why the need for 'donors to step up' and pay for it again in Oct. 2025? Which is it? Neither, I'd suggest. I think the entire thing is a shonky counterfactual, hastily cobbled together to cover up the fact that he's been caught out pocketing millions in undeclared donations. Thanks to Jim Nauseum 2.0 and Chris S for the video and nudge, respectively. I have supplied a new branch of questions that our broadcasters can put to Reform UK MPs. I hope that they do. Have a lovely sunny Friday. ☺️

Nigel Farage and his Speculative Security Things we know: 1) a few weeks ago, the Guardian dropped a smouldering grenade into the Farage campsite with their revelation that he had 'forgotten' to declare the paltry sum of £5M, given to him by Chakrit Sakunkrit [Christopher Harborne] — Thai businessman and crypto magnate. 2) Farage regularly 'forgets' to declare income from his myriad jobs outside Parliament. In the last reporting period he 'forgot' 17 outside jobs totalling around £385,000. His excuse. “I don't do computers”. 3) there are already donations and gifts missing from his last register update — see The Finance Guy for more on that. Things we've been told: a) the £5M was an unconditional gift. b) the £5M was a reward for Brexit. c) the £5M was to pay for his security — for life. Let's focus on the security aspect because, I believe, Farage is trying to construct a counterfactual and has been caught lying. Again. In October of 2025, Zia Yusuf, Satan's Head Boy, was sent cross all media outlets — and I do mean all of them — to talk about the government's removal of some of Nigel's security costs; up to 75% if you believe Yusuf. What has never been made clear about this claim are, one, if it actually happened, and two, if it did, what sums of cash were being forfeited? There are two videos below. One in which Zia Yusuf took to 𝕏 on October 1st 2025, in a very earnest fashion to make claims about his best friend's safety where he stated at one point, that if Farage was killed, he would blame Keir Starmer. Yikes! He talks about donors stepping up at that point to cover the security costs for Farage. The second video is the one which contradicts Yusuf. From BBC Newsnight earlier this month when Farage states that he was given the £5M back in 2024 as: “an unconditional, non-political, personal gift. And it will ensure I can be safe for the rest of my life.” So. Two things are clearly jumping out at me from these statements. Firstly, lies are being told by Yusuf and/or Farage. Secondly, in the BBC video, he makes the claim that the 'gift' is non-political but to protect him … as a politician. To me, this is definitive proof that he's lying about the donation. If he received this money in 2024 for a lifetime of private security, then why the need for 'donors to step up' and pay for it again in Oct. 2025? Which is it? Neither, I'd suggest. I think the entire thing is a shonky counterfactual, hastily cobbled together to cover up the fact that he's been caught out pocketing millions in undeclared donations. Thanks to Jim Nauseum 2.0 and Chris S for the video and nudge, respectively. I have supplied a new branch of questions that our broadcasters can put to Reform UK MPs. I hope that they do. Have a lovely sunny Friday. ☺️

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If you missed yesterday's piece about Media Madness, the links are below. Sam Coates utterly humiliated himself on live TV last night by calling some photos of Keir Starmer 'government propaganda' because they showed him smiling. Coates has become so wrapped up in his role as news creator, that he's forgotten what objectivity means. His role as news reporter has been abandoned. The sheer desperation for some broadcasters and journalists to be the one who breaks the story of the PM resigning, is leading to more and more outrageous commentary. And in the case of Coates … perfectly unhinged. In my article, I wrote about the government shipping out some quick wins to push back a little bit — Starmer needs to announce a press reform act. Be it Leveson 2 or something far wider reaching. If he doesn't, I fear that we may not ever have a functioning government again. My 𝕏 Article is here: You can read it on Substack here:

If you missed yesterday's piece about Media Madness, the links are below. Sam Coates utterly humiliated himself on live TV last night by calling some photos of Keir Starmer 'government propaganda' because they showed him smiling. Coates has become so wrapped up in his role as news creator, that he's forgotten what objectivity means. His role as news reporter has been abandoned. The sheer desperation for some broadcasters and journalists to be the one who breaks the story of the PM resigning, is leading to more and more outrageous commentary. And in the case of Coates … perfectly unhinged. In my article, I wrote about the government shipping out some quick wins to push back a little bit — Starmer needs to announce a press reform act. Be it Leveson 2 or something far wider reaching. If he doesn't, I fear that we may not ever have a functioning government again. My 𝕏 Article is here: You can read it on Substack here:

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Reform UK are mirroring, almost identically, Hitler and his Nazi party’s rise to power in depression era Germany, specifically the final three or four years leading up to Hitler becoming Chancellor. There are far too many similarities for it to be a coincidence. Read the 𝕏 Article here:

Reform UK are mirroring, almost identically, Hitler and his Nazi party’s rise to power in depression era Germany, specifically the final three or four years leading up to Hitler becoming Chancellor. There are far too many similarities for it to be a coincidence. Read the 𝕏 Article here:

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Nadhim Zahawi joined Reform UK today. Why? Unclear. But, this from their joint press conference earlier is telling. He has the exact same smug, sneering tone as Farage to journos. In this case, Tony Diver from the Telegraph. When will they learn? Reform hate the press.

Nadhim Zahawi joined Reform UK today. Why? Unclear. But, this from their joint press conference earlier is telling. He has the exact same smug, sneering tone as Farage to journos. In this case, Tony Diver from the Telegraph. When will they learn? Reform hate the press.

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Sound on. This is the high calibre of Trump's ICE goon squad.

Sound on. This is the high calibre of Trump's ICE goon squad.

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If you have a spare 3 mins and 45 secs today, watch this fantastic grilling by Sally Nugent on BBC Breakfast. The very first time I've seen Farage questioned properly about his £5M bung, and it's fair to say, he totally fluffed it. There are points when you can see Farage tremble and even accuse the BBC of putting him in danger. 🤦‍♂️ It was for security. It was for cars. Nobody cares. It's no one's business. He won't tell us. DANGER! At one point, he let slip that the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards may 'disagree' with him on the rules around donations. He knows he's going to be found guilty on this one. He's in trouble, and his face gave it away gloriously. Top hats off to Sally Nugent. Stellar work. 👏

If you have a spare 3 mins and 45 secs today, watch this fantastic grilling by Sally Nugent on BBC Breakfast. The very first time I've seen Farage questioned properly about his £5M bung, and it's fair to say, he totally fluffed it. There are points when you can see Farage tremble and even accuse the BBC of putting him in danger. 🤦‍♂️ It was for security. It was for cars. Nobody cares. It's no one's business. He won't tell us. DANGER! At one point, he let slip that the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards may 'disagree' with him on the rules around donations. He knows he's going to be found guilty on this one. He's in trouble, and his face gave it away gloriously. Top hats off to Sally Nugent. Stellar work. 👏

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We're so blessed to be living in the same timeline as these two. 😂 Laila Cunningham and Robert Jenrick truly are the anthropomorphisation of an omnishambles. I can only assume they're not allowed to use scissors. And Tim Stanley's face at the end … hang it in the Louvre.

We're so blessed to be living in the same timeline as these two. 😂 Laila Cunningham and Robert Jenrick truly are the anthropomorphisation of an omnishambles. I can only assume they're not allowed to use scissors. And Tim Stanley's face at the end … hang it in the Louvre.

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I picked up on something that Robert Jenrick said to Laura Kuenssberg yesterday. He told her that George Cottrell didn't give any money to Farage AFTER he became an MP. Really, Bobert? I guess using his mum as a surrogate donation mule doesn't count? £250,000 LIE. The other half a million pounds came just a month before he was officially elected. Source: The Electoral Commission.

I picked up on something that Robert Jenrick said to Laura Kuenssberg yesterday. He told her that George Cottrell didn't give any money to Farage AFTER he became an MP. Really, Bobert? I guess using his mum as a surrogate donation mule doesn't count? £250,000 LIE. The other half a million pounds came just a month before he was officially elected. Source: The Electoral Commission.

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I think it's fair to say that Nigel Farage's return to the media round yesterday morning was an unmitigated catastrophe. When he began his defence to Sally Nugent on the BBC, he repeated his mantra “no one cares” to her three times. He could not have been further from the truth. With the exception of Ed Balls on ITV, the UK's interviewers finally found their backbones and took him to task over the five million pound bung/gift/donation. Immediately taking the über-defensive stance, he made so many different claims, that even Julia Hartley-Brewer and Nick Ferrari got in on the anti-Farage action. I assume there is a Grimm fairy tale that highlights the plight of a little boy that changes his story so many times that he can't remember his own truth. Probably in that tale, he'll be eaten by a witch living in a giant flying bowl of some sort — and no, this is not an allegorical allusion to Hartley-Brewer, before you @ me! Farage is that little boy. Talking to Sally Nugent, he told her that the money was an unconditional gift and it was none of her business what he spent it on, before saying he'd not spent it. Going on, he told us that he needed it for a lifetime of security while on Nick Ferrari's show, he got so muddled up that he said it was definitely not used for a house purchase but ... maybe, and even if it were, he'd not tell anyone. Oh, and he said he might have put it on the horses or bought some Ferraris. The root of his story began when he told the world that it was an unconditional gift, but within days the official line had changed to a donation to cover a 'lifetime of security'. Only for it to morph again the following week into a gift for his work achieving Brexit. Yesterday he trotted out all of these lines and more so you can see where the conspiracy stems from and why it won't be dropped any time soon. And I'm sorry Nigel, we do care, absolutely everyone cares. If you missed the relevant interview, here's the 3:45 when Sally Nugent instigated the end of Nigel Farage's career. Bravo.

I think it's fair to say that Nigel Farage's return to the media round yesterday morning was an unmitigated catastrophe. When he began his defence to Sally Nugent on the BBC, he repeated his mantra “no one cares” to her three times. He could not have been further from the truth. With the exception of Ed Balls on ITV, the UK's interviewers finally found their backbones and took him to task over the five million pound bung/gift/donation. Immediately taking the über-defensive stance, he made so many different claims, that even Julia Hartley-Brewer and Nick Ferrari got in on the anti-Farage action. I assume there is a Grimm fairy tale that highlights the plight of a little boy that changes his story so many times that he can't remember his own truth. Probably in that tale, he'll be eaten by a witch living in a giant flying bowl of some sort — and no, this is not an allegorical allusion to Hartley-Brewer, before you @ me! Farage is that little boy. Talking to Sally Nugent, he told her that the money was an unconditional gift and it was none of her business what he spent it on, before saying he'd not spent it. Going on, he told us that he needed it for a lifetime of security while on Nick Ferrari's show, he got so muddled up that he said it was definitely not used for a house purchase but ... maybe, and even if it were, he'd not tell anyone. Oh, and he said he might have put it on the horses or bought some Ferraris. The root of his story began when he told the world that it was an unconditional gift, but within days the official line had changed to a donation to cover a 'lifetime of security'. Only for it to morph again the following week into a gift for his work achieving Brexit. Yesterday he trotted out all of these lines and more so you can see where the conspiracy stems from and why it won't be dropped any time soon. And I'm sorry Nigel, we do care, absolutely everyone cares. If you missed the relevant interview, here's the 3:45 when Sally Nugent instigated the end of Nigel Farage's career. Bravo.

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Yesterday on BBC Politics Live, Tim Montgomerie who, in some capacity, works for Nigel Farage, told us all that he has to answer the question of the £5M donation. David Bull, Robert Jenrick and now Montie are all calling for their boss to front up. Why won't he?

Yesterday on BBC Politics Live, Tim Montgomerie who, in some capacity, works for Nigel Farage, told us all that he has to answer the question of the £5M donation. David Bull, Robert Jenrick and now Montie are all calling for their boss to front up. Why won't he?

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Last weekend, I had broken a story about Reform UK 'fixing' a competition for one of their long term supporters to win. Byline Times scooped it. Jeremy Vine covered it. The Trawl featured it. Last night, Have I Got News for You also included it. A decent week really! 😊 The original story is here: HUGE H/T to 💛 Yorkshire lass💛 as well for dropping the original photo to me.

Last weekend, I had broken a story about Reform UK 'fixing' a competition for one of their long term supporters to win. Byline Times scooped it. Jeremy Vine covered it. The Trawl featured it. Last night, Have I Got News for You also included it. A decent week really! 😊 The original story is here: HUGE H/T to 💛 Yorkshire lass💛 as well for dropping the original photo to me.

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She's at it again. At this stage, I don't know if Reform actually have control of their media messaging. At all. Has Ludicrous Laila gone rogue? Or is she being deliberately stupid to take some heat off Nigel? You could fit a bus in the gap after Julia's last question. 🚌

She's at it again. At this stage, I don't know if Reform actually have control of their media messaging. At all. Has Ludicrous Laila gone rogue? Or is she being deliberately stupid to take some heat off Nigel? You could fit a bus in the gap after Julia's last question. 🚌

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Reform's Laila Cunningham ASKED to appear on Fogarty's show to talk about an LSE report into the safety of women. Her first answer was 'oh, I don't know the details, I forgot to bring the report'. 🤦‍♂️ Reform UK are highly unserious and, quite honestly, not that clever.

Reform's Laila Cunningham ASKED to appear on Fogarty's show to talk about an LSE report into the safety of women. Her first answer was 'oh, I don't know the details, I forgot to bring the report'. 🤦‍♂️ Reform UK are highly unserious and, quite honestly, not that clever.

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I love that, to scotch rumours of his return to the Tories, Nigel Farage threw Danny Kruger out on media this morning — to defend Robert Kenyon's rank misogyny. A top-tier hospital pass from Kruger's boss.

I love that, to scotch rumours of his return to the Tories, Nigel Farage threw Danny Kruger out on media this morning — to defend Robert Kenyon's rank misogyny. A top-tier hospital pass from Kruger's boss.

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Farage has created a big problem for himself this week. He's been caught out lying. Again. Telling us all that Reform UK didn't promise to cut taxes on their pre-election propaganda material. Another Trump move. The ole 'deny reality and get angry' two-step. Unfortunately for Nige, there are receipts. Lots and lots of receipts — see the video below. When Beth Rigby challenged him on this yesterday, he got angry and started shouting at her; textbook fragile toxic misogyny. Unfortunately, Beth retreated as Reform UK pay good money for the publicity and no one can be seen to upset the apple cart. It's quite shocking, actually. Regardless, Farage is a shameless liar that does very little for his actual job, if anything. If he could point to Clacton on a map, his constituents would be very surprised. I'd happily credit the creator of the video if they make themselves known. Second video is courtesy of Sky News.

Farage has created a big problem for himself this week. He's been caught out lying. Again. Telling us all that Reform UK didn't promise to cut taxes on their pre-election propaganda material. Another Trump move. The ole 'deny reality and get angry' two-step. Unfortunately for Nige, there are receipts. Lots and lots of receipts — see the video below. When Beth Rigby challenged him on this yesterday, he got angry and started shouting at her; textbook fragile toxic misogyny. Unfortunately, Beth retreated as Reform UK pay good money for the publicity and no one can be seen to upset the apple cart. It's quite shocking, actually. Regardless, Farage is a shameless liar that does very little for his actual job, if anything. If he could point to Clacton on a map, his constituents would be very surprised. I'd happily credit the creator of the video if they make themselves known. Second video is courtesy of Sky News.

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If anyone would like to see a full five-minute video of perfect schadenfreude … here's Raise the Colours Flag Wanker™ Ryan Bridge being arrested last night. Several things stand out from the video but mainly his unbelievable levels of entitlement. He starts by trying to direct the police officers in their job and when it becomes clear that they are not having it, resorts to his usual slinging of insults — resulting in his arrest. The rest is a comedy of his lackies pointing the phone at their own faces while Bridge is being PERP-walked to the van. Bridge can be heard telling the guy to get his fingers off the lens and flip the camera. Never one to let an arrest get in the way of a publicity stunt. As he walks, he starts slagging off the lady protester, and it ends with a satisfying slamming of the police van door when one of the lackies shouts; “free Ryan”. LOL 😂 Enjoy — I have almost an hour more footage from last night to go through as well, but this is a perfect start.

If anyone would like to see a full five-minute video of perfect schadenfreude … here's Raise the Colours Flag Wanker™ Ryan Bridge being arrested last night. Several things stand out from the video but mainly his unbelievable levels of entitlement. He starts by trying to direct the police officers in their job and when it becomes clear that they are not having it, resorts to his usual slinging of insults — resulting in his arrest. The rest is a comedy of his lackies pointing the phone at their own faces while Bridge is being PERP-walked to the van. Bridge can be heard telling the guy to get his fingers off the lens and flip the camera. Never one to let an arrest get in the way of a publicity stunt. As he walks, he starts slagging off the lady protester, and it ends with a satisfying slamming of the police van door when one of the lackies shouts; “free Ryan”. LOL 😂 Enjoy — I have almost an hour more footage from last night to go through as well, but this is a perfect start.

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Starmer and Angela Rayner's financial 'scandals' only add up to 0.26% of the amount Harborne has bunged at Farage. Why were they 'scandals' and Farage's are not? Farage is on his THIRD investigation. Substack: 𝕏 Article:

Starmer and Angela Rayner's financial 'scandals' only add up to 0.26% of the amount Harborne has bunged at Farage. Why were they 'scandals' and Farage's are not? Farage is on his THIRD investigation. Substack: 𝕏 Article:

12,020 просмотров • 27 дней назад

Nigel Farage and his Speculative Security Things we know: 1) a few weeks ago, the Guardian dropped a smouldering grenade into the Farage campsite with their revelation that he had 'forgotten' to declare the paltry sum of £5M, given to him by Chakrit Sakunkrit [Christopher Harborne] — Thai businessman and crypto magnate. 2) Farage regularly 'forgets' to declare income from his myriad jobs outside Parliament. In the last reporting period he 'forgot' 17 outside jobs totalling around £385,000. His excuse. “I don't do computers”. 3) there are already donations and gifts missing from his last register update — see The Finance Guy for more on that. Things we've been told: a) the £5M was an unconditional gift. b) the £5M was a reward for Brexit. c) the £5M was to pay for his security — for life. Let's focus on the security aspect because, I believe, Farage is trying to construct a counterfactual and has been caught lying. Again. In October of 2025, Zia Yusuf, Satan's Head Boy, was sent cross all media outlets — and I do mean all of them — to talk about the government's removal of some of Nigel's security costs; up to 75% if you believe Yusuf. What has never been made clear about this claim are, one, if it actually happened, and two, if it did, what sums of cash were being forfeited? There are two videos below. One in which Zia Yusuf took to 𝕏 on October 1st 2025, in a very earnest fashion to make claims about his best friend's safety where he stated at one point, that if Farage was killed, he would blame Keir Starmer. Yikes! He talks about donors stepping up at that point to cover the security costs for Farage. The second video is the one which contradicts Yusuf. From BBC Newsnight earlier this month when Farage states that he was given the £5M back in 2024 as: “an unconditional, non-political, personal gift. And it will ensure I can be safe for the rest of my life.” So. Two things are clearly jumping out at me from these statements. Firstly, lies are being told by Yusuf and/or Farage. Secondly, in the BBC video, he makes the claim that the 'gift' is non-political but to protect him … as a politician. To me, this is definitive proof that he's lying about the donation. If he received this money in 2024 for a lifetime of private security, then why the need for 'donors to step up' and pay for it again in Oct. 2025? Which is it? Neither, I'd suggest. I think the entire thing is a shonky counterfactual, hastily cobbled together to cover up the fact that he's been caught out pocketing millions in undeclared donations. Thanks to Jim Nauseum 2.0 and Chris S for the video and nudge, respectively. I have supplied a new branch of questions that our broadcasters can put to Reform UK MPs. I hope that they do. Have a lovely sunny Friday. ☺️

Nigel Farage and his Speculative Security Things we know: 1) a few weeks ago, the Guardian dropped a smouldering grenade into the Farage campsite with their revelation that he had 'forgotten' to declare the paltry sum of £5M, given to him by Chakrit Sakunkrit [Christopher Harborne] — Thai businessman and crypto magnate. 2) Farage regularly 'forgets' to declare income from his myriad jobs outside Parliament. In the last reporting period he 'forgot' 17 outside jobs totalling around £385,000. His excuse. “I don't do computers”. 3) there are already donations and gifts missing from his last register update — see The Finance Guy for more on that. Things we've been told: a) the £5M was an unconditional gift. b) the £5M was a reward for Brexit. c) the £5M was to pay for his security — for life. Let's focus on the security aspect because, I believe, Farage is trying to construct a counterfactual and has been caught lying. Again. In October of 2025, Zia Yusuf, Satan's Head Boy, was sent cross all media outlets — and I do mean all of them — to talk about the government's removal of some of Nigel's security costs; up to 75% if you believe Yusuf. What has never been made clear about this claim are, one, if it actually happened, and two, if it did, what sums of cash were being forfeited? There are two videos below. One in which Zia Yusuf took to 𝕏 on October 1st 2025, in a very earnest fashion to make claims about his best friend's safety where he stated at one point, that if Farage was killed, he would blame Keir Starmer. Yikes! He talks about donors stepping up at that point to cover the security costs for Farage. The second video is the one which contradicts Yusuf. From BBC Newsnight earlier this month when Farage states that he was given the £5M back in 2024 as: “an unconditional, non-political, personal gift. And it will ensure I can be safe for the rest of my life.” So. Two things are clearly jumping out at me from these statements. Firstly, lies are being told by Yusuf and/or Farage. Secondly, in the BBC video, he makes the claim that the 'gift' is non-political but to protect him … as a politician. To me, this is definitive proof that he's lying about the donation. If he received this money in 2024 for a lifetime of private security, then why the need for 'donors to step up' and pay for it again in Oct. 2025? Which is it? Neither, I'd suggest. I think the entire thing is a shonky counterfactual, hastily cobbled together to cover up the fact that he's been caught out pocketing millions in undeclared donations. Thanks to Jim Nauseum 2.0 and Chris S for the video and nudge, respectively. I have supplied a new branch of questions that our broadcasters can put to Reform UK MPs. I hope that they do. Have a lovely sunny Friday. ☺️

13,986 просмотров • 2 месяцев назад

Reform UK are selling Black Shirts on their website — for £349. I think this is illegal. TL;DR — they are breaking Small Society Lottery, Gambling Commission and GDPR regulations. Aside from the ludicrous price tag and on-the-nose fascist connotations, they force you to partake in a lottery for an extra £1. This is non-negotiable, and you cannot buy a shirt without gambling a quid — we'll get to that in a minute. What's the prize, I hear you all clamouring? Well, you can win … a group lunch that Nigel Farage will be at. Oh! 🥺 Not an individual lunch, but a group lunch with others. It doesn't state that you even get to meet the man himself, and you have to fund your own travel expenses … after security vetting. OK, that's all a bit of a faff, but what of the legalities behind this odd lottery? Firstly, they claim to have registered themselves with Westminster Council as a Small Society Lottery in order to run this scheme. Small society lotteries as defined under the Gambling Act 2005 state that: The “society” running the lottery must be non-commercial / non-profit in purpose: charities, sports clubs, community organisations etc. cannot be run for private or commercial gain. Westminster Council's own website stipulates that: The society must be established and conducted for: — charitable purposes — the purpose of enabling participation in, or of supporting, sport, athletics, or a cultural activity — any other non-commercial purpose other than that of private gain Reform UK fits none of these criteria and even goes so far to state within its own Ts & Cs: 100% of lottery proceeds will be applied to the political purposes of Reform UK. So, commercial and political gain — not only against the spirt of the Small Society Lotteries, but I think, against the rules entirely. The second aspect of their lottery hustle is that, in order to buy a shirt, you must also purchase a lottery ticket, thereby forcing your hand and offering no free alternative — illegal I believe under GDPR rules and the Gambling Commission. By requiring a purchase, it likely counts as 'consideration' tied to chance — that makes it not a free draw and therefore cannot be registered as a non-commercial Small Society Lottery. From the Advertising Standards Agency: If the entry to a draw is contingent on payment, there must generally be a free-entry route available to avoid classification as an unlawful lottery. If no free-entry route is offered, and entry is effectively “forced” via purchase, the promotion would likely be deemed an illegal lottery. So by embedding this mandatory lottery purchase as condition on buying the shirt, I believe it is an illegal lottery. So, to wrap up, I genuinely believe this an illegal enterprise. By forcing people to gamble, on condition of buying a shirt … is illegal. By running a Small Society Lottery for commercial profit … is illegal. Who the hell is going to stop these shysters? Tag in your MP and anyone you can think of. I will register an official complaint with the ICO - Information Commissioner's Office and see what transpires, but they appear to be hawking illegal merch as if they were in Deptford market. Some screenshots and a video of the buying process are below.

Reform UK are selling Black Shirts on their website — for £349. I think this is illegal. TL;DR — they are breaking Small Society Lottery, Gambling Commission and GDPR regulations. Aside from the ludicrous price tag and on-the-nose fascist connotations, they force you to partake in a lottery for an extra £1. This is non-negotiable, and you cannot buy a shirt without gambling a quid — we'll get to that in a minute. What's the prize, I hear you all clamouring? Well, you can win … a group lunch that Nigel Farage will be at. Oh! 🥺 Not an individual lunch, but a group lunch with others. It doesn't state that you even get to meet the man himself, and you have to fund your own travel expenses … after security vetting. OK, that's all a bit of a faff, but what of the legalities behind this odd lottery? Firstly, they claim to have registered themselves with Westminster Council as a Small Society Lottery in order to run this scheme. Small society lotteries as defined under the Gambling Act 2005 state that: The “society” running the lottery must be non-commercial / non-profit in purpose: charities, sports clubs, community organisations etc. cannot be run for private or commercial gain. Westminster Council's own website stipulates that: The society must be established and conducted for: — charitable purposes — the purpose of enabling participation in, or of supporting, sport, athletics, or a cultural activity — any other non-commercial purpose other than that of private gain Reform UK fits none of these criteria and even goes so far to state within its own Ts & Cs: 100% of lottery proceeds will be applied to the political purposes of Reform UK. So, commercial and political gain — not only against the spirt of the Small Society Lotteries, but I think, against the rules entirely. The second aspect of their lottery hustle is that, in order to buy a shirt, you must also purchase a lottery ticket, thereby forcing your hand and offering no free alternative — illegal I believe under GDPR rules and the Gambling Commission. By requiring a purchase, it likely counts as 'consideration' tied to chance — that makes it not a free draw and therefore cannot be registered as a non-commercial Small Society Lottery. From the Advertising Standards Agency: If the entry to a draw is contingent on payment, there must generally be a free-entry route available to avoid classification as an unlawful lottery. If no free-entry route is offered, and entry is effectively “forced” via purchase, the promotion would likely be deemed an illegal lottery. So by embedding this mandatory lottery purchase as condition on buying the shirt, I believe it is an illegal lottery. So, to wrap up, I genuinely believe this an illegal enterprise. By forcing people to gamble, on condition of buying a shirt … is illegal. By running a Small Society Lottery for commercial profit … is illegal. Who the hell is going to stop these shysters? Tag in your MP and anyone you can think of. I will register an official complaint with the ICO - Information Commissioner's Office and see what transpires, but they appear to be hawking illegal merch as if they were in Deptford market. Some screenshots and a video of the buying process are below.

22,117 просмотров • 7 месяцев назад

An interesting update, to my earlier post about DOGE. The fantastic OldishBird sent me a link to Lancashire County Council and their proposed 'efficiency savings'. And wouldn't you know it, my suspicions seem to be correct. Two Reform councils with identical efficiency documents. It's almost as though they are being told what to say. I feel some more FOIs coming on! Anyway, here's a little video that demonstrates the uncanny similarities in these two councils.

An interesting update, to my earlier post about DOGE. The fantastic OldishBird sent me a link to Lancashire County Council and their proposed 'efficiency savings'. And wouldn't you know it, my suspicions seem to be correct. Two Reform councils with identical efficiency documents. It's almost as though they are being told what to say. I feel some more FOIs coming on! Anyway, here's a little video that demonstrates the uncanny similarities in these two councils.

19,371 просмотров • 1 год назад

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