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Sir Michael Take CBE@sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · last wk.

Please pray tonight for this Dubai couple. 🙏🏻 Izzy’s dear Richard has yet again been accused of financial misdemeanours. This fragrant Arabic twosome are virgins and represent all that is good in the world. Richard in particular needs our love as he battles against the blob. ❤️🍆

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Stuart Hemingway@stu31.bsky.social · 2w ago

He is coming across as a man of sincerity who is genuinely something missing from politics for some years so the public will see these attacks as nothing more than jealousy

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Anti-Reform@antireform.bsky.social · 2w ago

"It's obvious that Farage calling a fake by-election in Clacton isn't going to stop all the parliamentary investigations into him, so this is why he's screaming for a general election, because that effectively resets parliament. Farage is desperate, he knows he's in serious trouble" via We Demand UK

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Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · 4w ago

🧵 So Farage is preemptively attacking the Commons standards committee in what's a great example of the weaponisation of the Four Pillars of Disordered Doubt against institutional authority to avoid accountability. The sort of thing Russia did against the OPCW, or Trump does with "fake news media"

In his Daily Mail interview, Nigel Farage also claimed that the Commons standards committee, which will impose a punishment if Farage is found to have broken Commons rules, was biased against him. He said: There are people on that standards committee who will judge me, who have reported me for Islamophobia. It is going to be a completely subjective judgment. There’s no objectivity in this. According to Christian Calgie, who interviewed Farage for the Mail, Reform UK sources are describing the committee as a “kangaroo court”. Allegations about MPs breaking parliamentary rules are investigated by Daniel Greenberg, the parliamentary commissioner for standards. He has confirmed that he is investigating the £5m donation. On Tuesday Farage implied undeclared donations from George Cottrell were also being investigated, and Greenberg is also being urged to investigate claims Farage broke lobbying rules. In his speech on Tuesday Farage implied the standards inquiry was evidence of the establishment using “foul means” to defeat him. But this is his most explicit attack on the standards committee – and it implies that Farage now believes he will be found guilty of a serious breach of Commons rules. It is also a move that could see him facing a harsher penalty. The committee regularly imposes harsher punishments on MPs who have not cooperated with or respected the disciplinary process. In a case with some parallels, Boris Johnson condemned the privileges committee as a “kangaroo court” before it published its final report into him. The committee (comprised of MPs who also serve on the standards committee) said Johnson’s criticism amounted to “a further significant contempt” and this contributed to it proposing a 90-day suspension – which it was not able to enforce because Johnson resigned as an MP first.
Rachel Rees@rachel-rees.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Nigel Farage has shielded himself from public scrutiny in recent weeks, in the wake of revelations about his undeclared £5mn gift from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne in 2024 Farage held 20 press conferences from Jan to April — but just 1 last month w @annasophiegross.bsky.social

Nigel Farage scales back press events amid scrutiny over £5mn gift from crypto investor

Senior figures suggest Reform leader has been working behind the scenes on party strategy

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Daz@mrdaz.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Reform, Advance and Restore. It’s no coincidence that political parties, that are aimed at impotent middle age men, have names that sound like brands for erectile disfunction pills and baldness cures.

Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Buckingham Palace has a long and ruthless tradition of distancing itself from scandal. Nothing matters to the Firm more than the perpetuation of the Firm itself. Be wary of stories that seek to put Charles and Co in a good light because a lot of it is nothing more than crisis and PR management.