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wecangoupupup · 06/05/2026 22:52

jamestheleastofall · 06/05/2026 22:40

So Nigel had a present of £5m. I don't think that affected me at all, it didn't increase the price of the shirt I bought nor the cost of diesel.
The fact that Elon Musk has a Trillion Dollars did not cause the sandwich and cup of tea mentioned on another thread to cost £18.00. We have a little more money than my cousin who had a better education than me but I made better career choices.
Is it only envy that causes the grinding of teeth on these threads?

No, but what it did do was ensure that he will not tax cryptocurrency billionaires and instead pass that tax burden onto you and i.

BobbieTables · 06/05/2026 22:52

MeanTheSame · 06/05/2026 22:29

I’m not sure he does, he has perfected the art of gaslighting.

It is so bad that the British media control the message. There is no comparison between how news worthy NF receiving a gift of £5 million is, when compared to how much the press hauled Angela Raynor over the coals.

There is some question of how Mrs NF funded a property purchase too. One article seen, nothing on the main news.

Poor.

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Agree

Cornishclio · 06/05/2026 22:50

Interesting my response has been hidden too. I have noticed a lot of threads on this subject have limited comments.

PomplaMouse · 06/05/2026 22:49

jamestheleastofall · 06/05/2026 22:40

So Nigel had a present of £5m. I don't think that affected me at all, it didn't increase the price of the shirt I bought nor the cost of diesel.
The fact that Elon Musk has a Trillion Dollars did not cause the sandwich and cup of tea mentioned on another thread to cost £18.00. We have a little more money than my cousin who had a better education than me but I made better career choices.
Is it only envy that causes the grinding of teeth on these threads?

So Nigel had a present of £5m. I don't think that affected me at all, it didn't increase the price of the shirt I bought nor the cost of diesel.
Didn't it?

Based on the source of the money, I wouldn't be so sure.

Cornishclio · 06/05/2026 22:49

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BIossomtoes · 06/05/2026 22:45

TemperanceWest · 06/05/2026 22:23

He gets very tetchy when asked about it, that's for sure.

So tetchy he pulled out of his Sunday morning BBC booking lest he should be asked about it.

PomplaMouse · 06/05/2026 22:45

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jamestheleastofall · 06/05/2026 22:40

So Nigel had a present of £5m. I don't think that affected me at all, it didn't increase the price of the shirt I bought nor the cost of diesel.
The fact that Elon Musk has a Trillion Dollars did not cause the sandwich and cup of tea mentioned on another thread to cost £18.00. We have a little more money than my cousin who had a better education than me but I made better career choices.
Is it only envy that causes the grinding of teeth on these threads?

MeanTheSame · 06/05/2026 22:29

TemperanceWest · 06/05/2026 22:23

He gets very tetchy when asked about it, that's for sure.

I’m not sure he does, he has perfected the art of gaslighting.

It is so bad that the British media control the message. There is no comparison between how news worthy NF receiving a gift of £5 million is, when compared to how much the press hauled Angela Raynor over the coals.

There is some question of how Mrs NF funded a property purchase too. One article seen, nothing on the main news.

Poor.

TemperanceWest · 06/05/2026 22:23

He gets very tetchy when asked about it, that's for sure.

Denim4ever · 06/05/2026 22:22

People do care and their attention has been drawn to it by the Labour local elections flyer sent out. It's on the party leaflet rather than the local one, so it's been brought to wide attention this way as well as in the news

PickAChew · 06/05/2026 22:20

Viviennemary · 06/05/2026 21:57

Why should it matter. It was a personal gift. He wasn't even an MP at fhe time or leader of Reform AFAIK.

A "gift" to support his role in politics, given less than 12 months before he became an MP.

Firetreev · 06/05/2026 22:13

wecangoupupup · 06/05/2026 11:05

Currently wondering why my post has been hidden for calling out the double standards of the media 🤨

Same happened to mine when I first posted it. I wasn't impressed.

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CurlewKate · 06/05/2026 22:12

BIossomtoes · 06/05/2026 22:06

It was very shortly before the 2024 election. Of course he was the leader of Reform. Aren’t you asking yourself what a multi millionaire who lives in Thailand might want in return?

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Specifically a man who had made his money through cypto. Farage has, to put it mildly, an interest in cypto. And shortly after receiving the gift he changed his decision not to stand for parliament.

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BIossomtoes · 06/05/2026 22:06

Viviennemary · 06/05/2026 21:57

Why should it matter. It was a personal gift. He wasn't even an MP at fhe time or leader of Reform AFAIK.

It was very shortly before the 2024 election. Of course he was the leader of Reform. Aren’t you asking yourself what a multi millionaire who lives in Thailand might want in return?

PomplaMouse · 06/05/2026 22:04

Viviennemary · 06/05/2026 21:57

Why should it matter. It was a personal gift. He wasn't even an MP at fhe time or leader of Reform AFAIK.

You have to declare donations from the 12 months prior to being elected, too.

And Farage was the owner of Reform UK at the time, and the donor in question has made huge donations to Reform (infact, he is the largest single donator to any political party in a financial year in UK history).

Personal gift, indeed.

Viviennemary · 06/05/2026 21:57

Why should it matter. It was a personal gift. He wasn't even an MP at fhe time or leader of Reform AFAIK.

BIossomtoes · 06/05/2026 21:52

HoppityBun · 06/05/2026 21:13

It’s discussed on the latest Private Eye podcast

There’s a Private Eye podcast? Thank you so much, I’m off to find it now.

HoppityBun · 06/05/2026 21:13

It’s discussed on the latest Private Eye podcast

PomplaMouse · 06/05/2026 21:10

I think everyone knows that Reform UK are funded by mega rich donors, often with links to Russia, in exchange for using Reform as a vehicle for their agenda.

Reform voters are seemingly happy to believe that, what's good for the overseas billionaires is also good for your average British person.

Summerhillsquare · 06/05/2026 17:22

Some people are so angry at the world that they'd vote for Gary Glitter if he promised bad things would happen to other groups.

Trouble is,they don't realise they often ARE the other group.

InconsequentialFerret · 06/05/2026 16:30

AImportantMermaid · 06/05/2026 11:34

The people who support Farage wouldn’t care if he fucked a pig live on national television. They don’t like him in spite of his grifting and shady deals. They like him BECAUSE of his grifting and shady deals. They see him as getting one over on the ‘elites’ and don’t recognise that he’s one of them, because they saw a photo of him supping a pint of short date ale in Wetherspoons and spouting random shit about immigration. He has created an outgroup for the people who were the outgroup, and that has made him something of a Svengali to them.

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Absolutely this.

The media don't fill every paper or website or social media with it because they want him to win.

wecangoupupup · 06/05/2026 11:56

CurlewKate · 06/05/2026 11:42

Is that c word banned? Blimey.

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I think it’s probably to do with spam and scams

LlynTegid · 06/05/2026 11:44

I think people do care, just not everyone. Or they are prepared to overlook it just as many in 2019 were ok to overlook the then Prime Minister and his private life.

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CurlewKate · 06/05/2026 11:42

wecangoupupup · 06/05/2026 11:27

I think it’s the use of the C word. I hope so, anyway.

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Is that c word banned? Blimey.

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