Reform, and the death of the Tory Party

[Beebo]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn5pr0gp3gro

Farage received a personal gift, not a party gift, of £5million before the last election.
Unsurprisingly this has never been declared.

Who else ever receives such massive gifts?

 

[icowden]

Who else ever receives such massive gifts?

I'm happy to receive them if anyone cares to give?

 

[Pblakeney]

I'm happy to receive them if anyone cares to give?

Me too!
And I don't have any inconvenient conflicts of interest. Although that's probably why I won't get any.

 

[C R]

Same here

 

[CXRAndy]

See how holier than though morals fall away when money is gifted

 

[briantrumpet]

Haha, Robert Hutton in The Critic:

https://thecritic.co.uk/nigedosh-an-urgent-appeal/

 

[secretsqirrel]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn5pr0gp3gro

Farage received a personal gift, not a party gift, of £5million before the last election.
Unsurprisingly this has never been declared.

Who else ever receives such massive gifts?

It was for his security, you know milkshakes and stuff.

Why do these kind people not lob a few millions towards female politicians who suffer threats as part of the job.

 

[Beebo]

The uproar when Starmer got a couple of suits, compared to Farage getting £5m tax free cash!
You would expect the Daily Mail to be going mad if this was a Labour MP.

 

[Pross]

Farage appears to be Teflon coated and the norms applied to other politicians don’t appear to be relevant to him. Maybe some of the £5 million gets reinvested in our ‘independent’ media.

 

[CXRAndy]

AIUI

The 5 million was given before he a candidate or even decided to be a candidate.

The money wasnt to launch a campaign

 

[Beebo]

 

[secretsqirrel]

 

[briantrumpet]

Stephen Bush (FT) thinks this will end with a recall election for Farage, though I'll not hold my breath.

 

[Pblakeney]

Apart from the usual grifter stuff I think that Reform is a PLC should be highlighted more often.

 

[Beebo]

Stephen Bush (FT) thinks this will end with a recall election for Farage, though I'll not hold my breath.

Really. It already has zero traction in the press (unsurprisingly)
It’s staggering that being given £5million is going so unnoticed.