Just on with Tom Swarbrick, talking donations - my main point is ban all donations and state fund - it’ll cost a packet of crisps each per year to do this - super low cost to clean up politics completely, once and for all. Take away the suspicion and... the actual influence that private money has, intentionally or not. Restore faith in our democracy and in politicians and the decisions they make. Disappointed at the end to hear Tom simply repeat a cheap shot - claiming I have had tax breaks or subsidies from Labour - I challenged him and all he could say is that other people have said it. Pretty lame journalism that.show more

@TomSwarbrick1 You don’t want to talk about how well you’ve done out of politics do you. Hilarious

@TomSwarbrick1 How big was your contract the dale ?

@TomSwarbrick1 Why are you such hypocrites?

@TomSwarbrick1 Coincidentally and in no way shape or form related, a git big massive contract. But obviously in no way related your honour.

@TomSwarbrick1 How are you going to get your lucrative government contracts then Dale if you do that?

@TomSwarbrick1 People think something is wanted in return because that’s what you got.

@TomSwarbrick1 Oh piss off. The left suddenly wanting to make a case to clean up politics because a party on the right is looking to be in a much stronger position to challenge for government. Typical lefty playbook.

@TomSwarbrick1 Then no new parties will be allowed to form.

@TomSwarbrick1 So you've argued we shouldn't have this system but you used it anyway because it's there. Not great moral high ground that Dale. You used it. End of. You're a part of it so stop complaining about it.

@TomSwarbrick1 I listened to this. Tom ran rings around you

@TomSwarbrick1 Nothing to see here - it’s ok for us to buy democracy tho boys

@TomSwarbrick1 Moron. Now you have your big contracts you are ok. Absolute Hypocrite.

@TomSwarbrick1 👀

@TomSwarbrick1 Close the funding gap No problem with Reform then

@TomSwarbrick1 Does your company benefit from ROC’s? Whilst that’s not a direct subsidy it is a benefit afforded to ‘green energy’ companies levied on the consumer. TS’ phrasing is certainly imprecise but the optics of making a large donation and then benefiting from gvt backed schemes are bad.

@TomSwarbrick1 Look who’s talking

@TomSwarbrick1 Do as I say, not as I do; bloody hypocrite 🧐🫵

@TomSwarbrick1 Ban political parties and let local people stand

@TomSwarbrick1 U r happy to donate how much to the Leibour party? And you’ve done very well out of your donations

@TomSwarbrick1 How do lesser parties get an equal share of this pot, is it just the main two that are entitled to this Can the monster raving looney party / independents get an equal share

@TomSwarbrick1 £100 million contracts

@TomSwarbrick1 What a totalitarian power control freak🫣

@TomSwarbrick1 dale you have clearly no idea how people feel, it’s trust me not about a packet of crisps

@GaryMcleft @TomSwarbrick1 You hypocrites.

@TomSwarbrick1 And? Your answer was?

@TomSwarbrick1 Pulling up the drawbridge after you've influenced

@TomSwarbrick1 Interesting that someone who has actively participated , received benefits in return now wants to play the policeman 🤔

@TomSwarbrick1 You are so arrogant you can't see your own failures.

@TomSwarbrick1 so dale you now offer excuses for what you did “ it was how it was” last thing as a tax payer i want to do is give my money for parities to spend on elections, i don’t support them all. and how do we choose who gets what?

@TomSwarbrick1 I agree with you but I'm sure, "I'm not a Tory boy" Tom pretended to sit on the fence. I can't abide listening to him but did he ever say "Devils Advocate"?

@TomSwarbrick1 You got plenty of £££££ out of your donation though didn’t you? Why don’t you talk about that?

@TomSwarbrick1 Well.... You have to say that now, don't you Dale.

@TomSwarbrick1 Do all your staff get the same wage ?

@TomSwarbrick1 Pay your subsidies back