Bye By Farage...

[Jobbo]

Nobody else would be given a half hour slot, basically a party political broadcast, in the middle of the day like this.

Plenty he said was misleading; his expenses in Clacton are zero because he hasn't held any constituency surgeries or done any constituency work. You know he'd claim any expenses which were due. I hope the people of Clacton reject him on this basis alone.

He hasn't complied with the register of interests requirements and Jenrick basically confirmed that yesterday.

I'd like to think Farage is spent. I'd love to see Count Binface beat him. If the other parties all refuse to dignify this toddler tantrum with any response and simply don't stand against him, he'll lose any PR benefit. Hope that's what happens.

[dinny_g]

Plenty he said was misleading;

this...

If even half his bluster were true, he'd have half a dozen civil suits to fight, suing for a variety of things from slander to privacy invasion etc.

It's all rubbish but it doesn't have ot be true - a la Trump, it'll become FACT in the right wings of social media.

Releasing the location of his daughter's house, if true, is a bit shitty though

[Jobbo]

Releasing the location of his daughter's house, if true, is a bit shitty though

That is shitty. Accusing Sky of doing something the Times did is completely wrong though; they aren't the same company.

[dinny_g]

He did say the Times released it but Sky up and tried to get an interview...

Which doesn't surprise me since Sky News is the Reform of Journalism

[ZedLeg]

Apparently it was this house, which he was regularly using for photos about ten years ago.

Another line of bullshit from a cunt.

IMG_3806.jpeg (149.98 KiB) Viewed 311 times

[Jobbo]

Eh? The BBC seem to have given an inordinate amount of air time to Reform. Not sure I'd tar Sky with that brush.

Anyway, the thing he was referring to was this video from yesterday of a Sky reporter asking questions about the Cottrell donations. He was accusing Sky of harrassing his family. They were able to issue a flat denial:
https://news.sky.com/video/reforms-nige ... s-13561088

If The Times showed one of Farage's 5 houses that's fair because they'd be on the register of interests.

[Marv]

We laugh at Trump but ffs we as a country aren't producing any better.

We’re a long way off the brazen and open cheating and stealing of Trump - the fact the country (including our press) are up in arms over shady donations and associating with criminals is a good thing.

Forgotten about disgraced former PM Boris Johnson already have we? I mean, he wasn't quite as to the scale of Trump, but still billions were funneled away via "jobs for the boys" and squandered too.

[Rich B]

We laugh at Trump but ffs we as a country aren't producing any better.

We’re a long way off the brazen and open cheating and stealing of Trump - the fact the country (including our press) are up in arms over shady donations and associating with criminals is a good thing.

Forgotten about disgraced former PM Boris Johnson already have we? I mean, he wasn't quite as to the scale of Trump, but still billions were funneled away via "jobs for the boys" and squandered too.

Thats just a normal Tuesday from Trump - the press wouldn’t even waste their “one question against the glorious leader before being thrown out of the press conference” for that.

[Beany]

If Clacton re-elect him, can we annex the shithole?

[MikeHunt]

Suspension of investigations
39. The Commissioner has the discretion to suspend investigations at any time. This may, for example, happen if the Member suffers ill health or a bereavement during the investigation, or where a related police investigation is taking place.
40. If Parliament is dissolved or the Member otherwise ceases to be a Member while an investigation is in progress, the Commissioner will suspend their investigation until the Member is re-elected. If the Member is not returned to Parliament, the Commissioner will decide if it is appropriate and proportionate to resume their investigation.

[Beany]

Well, maybe if everyone else stands down and he goes up against binface, one of two things happen:
Farage is re-elected and the investigation continues at full pelt - a win.
Binface is elected to represent the people of Clacton - a win.

Also, note that resigning isn't a guarantee of the investigation being dropped, it's at the Commissioners discretion - and they'd be fucking morons to let this shit slide.

[Jobbo]

I’ve seen Ed Davey call for his resignation not to be effective until the parliamentary standards enquiry has made its findings. Don’t think that can happen but it’s better for everyone if it doesn’t - he’s just brought 6 weeks’ attention to his affairs at the quietest time of year politically. Ha ha, not a master tactician this time.

[Rich B]

The Tories have confirm d they won’t stand…

[Beany]

I think every major party has basically said they're not wasting their time on this clown show.

[MikeHunt]

https://x.com/CountBinface/status/20744 ... 35505?s=20

Binface has confirmed he will stand!

[simon_g]

Apparently it was this house, which he was regularly using for photos about ten years ago.

Was also his address at Companies House for personal things and UKIP until he started using Nick Candy's office and then Reform's one. It's hardly secret info.

The whole speech was 15 minutes of whinging and whining. He's setting himself up for the American grift circuit, either ASAP (if he loses the by-election), a bit later on if there's a recall by-election, or assuming he scrapes through this term then once Reform get a kicking at the next GE.

[Beany]

Grauniad has had a sniff around the main claims he made
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... nts-reform

My favourite - his daughter was harrassed in the house she lives in. Note, lives in, not owns. Because he owns it.

The catalyst for Farage’s fury was, he said, the decision of Sky News to knock on the door of a property where his daughter lives. Last week, in an article about Farage’s growing property portfolio, the Times did print a photo of a house in which, the paper said, Farage’s daughter lives.

However, the property, owned by Farage, was identified only as being in a “Kent village”, with details on an address plate blurred out. In contrast, as pointed out by one Tory MP, Farage has in the past happily posed outside the same home, with the address plate visible.

Also, Sky have clarifed that they (off camera) asked if the occupant wanted to make a statement, and they declined. Hardly harassment.

Boy, it's almost like Farage is just making shit up to farm outrage. Very Trumpian. I know he thinks his followers are thick as pigshit and will fall for this bollocks, but anyone with the mental agility of a german shepherd (or greater) can see right through this desperate bollocks.

Also, if you didn't want the press looking around your homes that you (allegedly) didn't declare, maybe try not (allegedly) 'forgetting' to declare them. And not (allegedly) taking money from crooks. And not being a divisive racist moron baiter. There's no allegedly needed there. He is one.

[IanF]

[Beany]

Binface has thrown his hat....er...lid, in the ring.

I'm just imaging him turning up to a hustings and explaining that despite being a 5,900 year old intergalactic overlord from Sigma IX, with ambitions of omniversal domination, he still has more in common with everyone there than Farage does.

[dinny_g]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... nts-reform

No surprised there really.

The whole thing was 100% trump. He attempting to create a narrative that in this country, there is "The Establishment" who are literally trying to take "your" country form "you" and the only party who can prevent this is Reform.

So look, you may not like everything that Reform stand for but you have to vote for us or else THEY will win.

Sow untruths as truth, create division, point at the person who's fault your life is and promise you can make it better.