Why is no one talking about Farage's £5 million gift/bribe?

Someone should explain the Streisand Effect to our Nige.

They are now. 👍

BINFACE FOR CLACTON.

Farage wants a people v the establishment vote.

So far the only candidates standing are Farage, Count Binface and Laurence Fox.

This is Binface's chance to be actually elected. The numbers make this actually possible.

I'm deadly serious here. It would be glorious. And The Count Binface Party policies are as good as any other party.

https://countbinface.com/campaign-song-2026
This is his campaign song for Makerfield.

And these were his policies for Makerfield.

Can MNers get behind this idea and help support the Campaign against establish party politicians of all persuasions? To show just how fed up we are of this shit show including Farage!

Please please make it happen!

Vote Binface. It's the obvious choice. It's an expression of British politics and British Values. There is nothing more British than a man in a costume in our Democratic process.

I heard him droning on about how his house had been attacked, he'd been threatened in a pub and his daughter's privacy had been invaded (didn't know he had children.) But why were these incidents never reported in the press? When Starmer's property was attacked it was reported..and the subsequent trial.

https://bsky.app/profile/adamjschwarz.bsky.social/post/3mq2q4an6a222

Farage resigning and re-standing as an MP will not save him from parliamentary sanctions resulting from investigations.

The Procedural Protocol on parliamentary conduct specifically states that any investigation by the Standards Commissioner would restart upon his re-election as an MP.

Yes posted in haste

if he gets reelected does that give him a fresh chance to make the declarations🤣

will the people of Clacrton stick by him I wonder

And the parliamentary investigation will resume if he gets re-elected

No no, he's resigned to cause a by-election, in which he will stand to get... the job he currently has.

He hopes.

He is planning to stand as candidate

Well I’m not surprised he resigned. He wanted to be an MP but he didn’t really want to do the work being an MP involves

I don’t understand how he thinks he can split the personal from the political here.

The thing is, the crime of which Cottrell was convicted was financial fraud. He even admitted, "I falsely claimed that I would launder the criminal proceeds through my bank accounts for a fee."

And the assistance that he has been giving Farage since that conviction is financial. He's been paying for Farage's stuff.

So there has to be at least a lurking suspicion that the money Cottrell is currently lavishing on Farage might be the proceeds of crime – the admitted crime or another by criminal fraudster Cottrell. Farage himself must suspect it. It's an unavoidable question.

I mean, we'd still have to say Farage's judgement in choosing his close friends and assistants was off, if Cottrell's crime had been (say) GBH and Cottrell's assistance had been polishing Farage's car.

But with Cottrell's crime and assistance both being financial, Farage is taking a huge risk accepting funding from Cottrell.

Cottrell's been seen accompanying Farage to Abu Dhabi; on a PR visit to a North London synagogue; to L'Escargot for a Brexit team reunion lunch; and in 2022 to Thailand to stay at Harborne's resort.

He attends numerous Reform party press conferences and rallies; and he gives out a business card with his name on and an official email address for Farage.

According to Reform, "“The business card was designed to help donors or other members of the public easily get in touch with Nigel Farage’s office."

Nonetheless "Mr Cottrell has never held an official role within the party.”

Oh, and the undeclared gifts to Farage of accommodation, social media staff and security were just personal gifts.

Glad we've got that all cleared up!

Fraudster George Cottrell seen at numerous Reform events despite ‘no formal role’ in party
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/06/reform-uk-nigel-farage-george-cottrell

Have you seen "The Producers" ?

Who’d buy it? Its only assets are its voters who would likely desert it if Farage was gone.

Regardless of his Prime Ministerial ambitions, or otherwise, Reform is a limited company with Nigel as chairman and "party" leader. No one else has enough voting rights (if any) to change that.

He could sell the brand party though. Maybe all of this pantomime is crafty Nigel whipping up enough speculation to drive the asking price up.

I agree. His actions would be forgivable if he truly wanted to make the UK better for the people he sells his populist agenda too, but I think more than any other politician he’s just loving his ego being stroked and lining his pockets. I think he knows himself that he can’t fix the massively complex problems that the UK has, he would be terrified of the backlash if he actually had power. Bit like Boris in the moments after the Brexit win, when everyone else scarpered and he realised he had to do something.

If Nigel gets removed from the running it paves the way for Rupert, who is a considerably more cogent force than Our Nige. Be careful what you wish for.

I have always thought Farage has no interest in being PM

he is an agitator but he wants to continue to upset democracy for now but I think he will step aside it will be sold as a sob story how the establishment is the real enemy (all sounds very familar) and he just can't fight against them

Only if Nigel says so. There is no other way.

What ever gets them headlines

I have no doubt Jenrick will be taking over or as leader of Reform sometime soon

2 year old news story.

The Murdoch press saw what was coming at the GE.

Did Robert Jenrick say The Times or The Sunday Times?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj504619e63o

A week is a long time in politics.