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Suggested this in the podcast today, but from now on, whenever you see Farage in the street you have to say "Ooo, I beat a bin" at him in a mocking tone. For the rest of his charmed life.
This morning the website of Parliament’s standards commissioner has been updated to confirm that his investigation is no longer suspended
Victoria Derbyshire@vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 16h agoNigel Farage has won Clacton by-election, which was boycotted by other major Westminster parties The contest was triggered when the Reform UK leader resigned as an MP while under investigation for £5m gift he didn't declare Now he’s been re-elected, that parliamentary investigation will resume
Here's what we have so far on Cali, a city to the SW of Manizales: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj... With @emmapengelly.bsky.social
Richard Irvine-Brown@richib.bsky.social · 4d agoRight now going through dozens of videos showing the cities of Cali, Periera and Manizales hit by the 7.4 quake in Colombia. With @sryder.bsky.social for the BBC live page: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
It’s election week! At this important moment I would like to address your entire planet with a message to the people of Earth. And I think I found the perfect place to do it.
I don’t know if this really happened. But if it did, I salute you Alan.
There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton
‘Tice said, however, that it was “not surprising no one reads the FT”, adding: “it’s so boring”.’ www.ft.com/content/4abf...
Reform repaid Tice loan on same day £1mn donated by mother of Farage aide Cottrell
Transactions fuel criticism of the party’s lack of transparency over its financing
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Although our latest voting intention poll (22-23 July 2026) is largely within the margin of error of our previous poll, Labour is up six points from its low of 16% recorded as recently as May, while Reform UK's figure is the lowest recorded by our tracker since March 2025 yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
🤡 then it became a Comedy of Errors (OpenAI really messed up with their safety protocols) So which is it? Or maybe all 5?! My piece: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigel Farage has spent his whole life dodging responsibility for his actions. This new stunt is his latest attempt to escape consequences for his biggest grift. We won’t let him.
Calling a by-election over the sovereign right of every MP to take secret gifts from a convicted criminal. What a time to be alive.
FARAGE RESIGNS: What we heard from his announcement:
Nigel Farage can run, but he can't hide. If he thinks that by resigning he can avoid scrutiny, he's wrong. If he thinks he's done nothing wrong, why is he triggering a by-election? And if he is re-elected, the serious questions about his finances are not going away.
Saying you're the "most physically attacked" MP when two MPs have been killed in the last decade is just horribly self-absorbed.
Nigel Farage needs to come clean about donations he receives.
Nigel Farage confirms he's campaigning to be the new head of FIFA. In his statement he says "theres far more money to be made and far less scrutiny to my dodgy criminal stained income than continuing my public life in Clacton". Farage didn't appear in Clacton to make this statement.
The hypocrisy of Nigel Farage is disgusting. Taking cash from shady sources while lecturing others, is typical. The public deserves to know who is bankrolling him. The Electoral Commission must investigate and take action.
Following the newspaper reports over the weekend in to Farage, yesterday I welcomed the review by Sir Philip Rycroft before asking what protections will be put in place to stop individuals with serious convictions or histories of financial crime from funnelling millions of pounds into our democracy.
Let’s see how Donald Trump explains away a 4-1 defeat to Belgium. “STOP THE GOALS” “WE WON BY A LANDSLIDE” “THE MOST CORRUPT MATCH IN THE HISTORY OF FOOTBALL”
The mistake Infantino has made is in thinking that Trump would be ashamed enough of his own outrageous corruption to keep this grubby deal quiet - he’s not, he’s proud of it and he’s happy to about it in front of the world’s cameras
🧵1/ I've spent more than a decade working on anti-bribery and corruption. I know a red flag when I see one. That's why I’ve reported Nigel Farage to Parliament’s Standards Commissioner. (H/T @rowenamason.bsky.social and @tomburgis.bsky.social).
Nigel Farage reported to standards watchdog over ‘crypto lobbying’
Commissioner asked to investigate Reform UK leader after private meeting with Bank of England governor
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Blue Sky 'The Government needs to come off X' Nandy and her Dept comes off X Bluesky 'No, not like that'
Farage's political gift was in part that he was the one who might be fun to share a pint with. He doesn't look fun now. He also, very clearly, finds it harder being interviewed/questioned by women, and I think broadcasters are catching on to this.
