Reform, and the death of the Tory Party

[Pblakeney]

Oh no... cancel those dinner parties!!

But why would posh people be heading towards Reform when I thought that they were the party of the downtrodden and left-behind?

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Simple. Be all things to all people. Massive handouts to the poor and massive tax cuts for the rich.
What could possibly go wrong?

 

[Pross]

Oh no... cancel those dinner parties!!

But why would posh people be heading towards Reform when I thought that they were the party of the downtrodden and left-behind?

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Surely that’s a made up character? She can’t really be called Money-Coutts?

 

[briantrumpet]

Surely that’s a made up character? She can’t really be called Money-Coutts?

I'm sure she's really thinking of the poorest people in society, after her straitened upbringing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crispin_Money-Coutts,_9th_Baron_Latymer

 

[briantrumpet]

Looks like Andy is busy elsewhere. (It's actually a Shakira concert in Rio.)

 

[C R]

I saw this genuine one this morning

It sounds like some Pahlavi supporters are under the missapprehension that Yaxley-Lenon considers them white people.

 

[TailWindHome]

I wonder what flying the pre Islamic Republic Iran flag has to do with uniting the kingdom

 

[C R]

I wonder what flying the pre Islamic Republic Iran flag has to do with uniting the kingdom

That's not the islamic republic flag, that's the old flag, with this lion and sun.

Pahlavi supporters use this one. The fact that they go to Yaxley-Lenon's demo tells you all you need to know about them.

 

[Ian H]

Looks like Andy is busy elsewhere. (It's actually a Shakira concert in Rio.)

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It's a photo of one of those resin driveways that they keep advertising.

 

[briantrumpet]

Are we allowed to call the new Reform leader of St Helen's council thick, when his stated reason for wanting to get involved in politics is that some of the people coming through an airport are foreigners?

https://bsky.app/profile/brianwoolfinder.bsky.social/post/3mm2ff5q2z22h

 

[TailWindHome]

Quite the allegation from Habib

 

[briantrumpet]

Quite looking forward to Farage following through with his threat to sue Habib.

 

[briantrumpet]

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

Quite the allegation from Habib

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That bloke interviewing him is Paul Thorpe. He used to be a used watch dealer and had a big following on Youtube with watch videos (constantly banging on about Rolex). He then started making videos about watch thefts which quickly pivoted to immigration and banging on about far right 'patriots'. Literally everyone involved with this stuff is a massive grifter.

 

[briantrumpet]

Hard to believe, but it looks like Farage might have lied again. Good to see that the FT isn't letting go yet.

 

[briantrumpet]

Jim Pickard
May 18, 2026 at 1:26 PM GMT+1

Nigel Farage’s claim that he paid for a £1.4mn house with his fee from a reality TV show has been challenged by corporate accounts that appear to show that the income remained on his company’s balance sheet after the property purchase. ft.com

The Reform leader told the FT last year that his earnings from the reality show were paid to his media company Thorn in the Side Ltd. Accounts for the company show its cash position increased from £300,000 on May 31 2023 to £1.7mn on May 31 2024 and suggest that no dividend was paid in the period.

Nimesh Shah, a tax expert at accountancy firm Blick Rothenberg, reviewed the company accounts for the FT and said that they suggested money from Farage’s reality TV show appearance was not used to purchase the house. Shah said Reform’s claim that the house was purchased using money from the reality TV appearance fee “needs to be clarified because the company’s accounts are not consistent with their statement”. kudos to the brilliant @annasophiegross.bsky.social for following the money yet again