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Reform is funded by Putin - wake up

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PeacePilgrim · 08/02/2026 22:54

When will UK wake up to the Putin push for Brexit, Reform , Farage ? It's all part of the Theil Musk Bannon project ..

Urgent action needed

And ban overseas funding of political parties

Wake up people

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Gobacktotheworld2 · 09/02/2026 20:10

Wtf is the byline times? The trouble is that you scream RUSSIAN TROLL at anyone raising even the slightest dissatisfaction with the way things are going. Once you have screeched at enough baffled people that they are bots, they tend not to pay attention to that particular brand of hysteria anymore.

Maray1967 · 09/02/2026 20:11

Teanbiscuits33 · 09/02/2026 13:27

Interesting. There is an email in the files where Bannon and Epstein are saying how Corbyn can’t be allowed to win the election. It can get a bit convoluted and hard to follow.

Corbyn is an interesting case. Years earlier he was a fierce critic of Putin the imperialist. Then he cast doubt on Russian responsibility for the Salisbury attack. Baffling - until you know about Milne.

Griff123 · 09/02/2026 20:22

SusanChurchouse · 09/02/2026 13:30

I thought they were about 90% funded by the oil and gas industry. Hence their only real policy is to end the commitment to net zero with all their other ideas being populist sound bites to appeal to the lowest common denominator. Woke! Boats!

I think you're close, but it doesn't go far enough. No net zero is a part of it, but the real deal is just totally unrestrained access to markets with no limitations (laws) in the way i.e. Disaster capitalism.
In that analysis - Russia is not the ideological leader. Putin is just helping himself.

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 09/02/2026 20:28

Gobacktotheworld2 · 09/02/2026 17:32

Yeah. I can well imagine the other clinking glasses at our downfall, but this is stuff we in the West have been merrily doing to ourselves.

Immigration. Was it Russia who obediently joined America in bombing Libya and overseeing Gaddafi's murder- unleashing wave upon wave of uncontrolled illegal immigration from Africa into Europe, as smuggling gangs happily stepped in once Gaddafi was gone? Russia throwing open your luxury hotels to the illegals? Russia having its courts operate under emergency to swiftly jail those protesting outside said hotels?

The wider stuff. Russia who thought Peter fucking Mandelson was a fit representative for their country? Russia who allow transgender men into women's prisons? Russia who allow Birmingham racist rabbles to determine who you allow to play football games there, as you can't maintain order on your own streets?

Britain is a fucking shitshow and you think Putin is orchestrating that farce? Or would actually need to do so, given how well you are running the place into the ground all by yourselves?

Of course Farage will be more of the fucking same. Every defection from the shitbag Johnson government party to "Reform" (the chutzpah of using that name!) confirms it.

Could not agree more, we are destroying ourselves from within.
We're a doomed 😱😫😱

JoyOfSpecs · 09/02/2026 20:38

Aaron Banks.

whereisitnow · 09/02/2026 20:51

There are a few political threads at the moment where a poster started a thread like this and then buggered off….

TooBigForMyBoots · 09/02/2026 23:06

Anyone paying attention knows that Farage is a Russian mouthpiece. His GB News broadcasts, along with his RT stuff prove it.

I remember the pro Putin bollocks he spouted. I remember when Neil Oliver pushed pro-Russia propaganda to the extent he had to be shifted off TV media onto on-line only. I remember Josh Howie taking the piss out of the KGB news with his straight to camera pieces.

Only fuckwits and thicko racists follow Farage now.🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Gobacktotheworld2 · 09/02/2026 23:11

I despise Farage but you have to realise that saying things like "Only fuckwits and thicko racists follow Farage now.🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️" has won people around to your POV exactly zero times in history, surely?

You have to paint a picture of a better alternative (which in theory shouldn't be difficult) not just rudely tell people they are thick and racist if you want them onside. Surely that's obvious?

bemoresloth · 09/02/2026 23:18

Reform voters are not interested in policies.

But Russia links might make them pay a bit more attention, they say they are patriots after all.

TooBigForMyBoots · 09/02/2026 23:27

Gobacktotheworld2 · 09/02/2026 23:11

I despise Farage but you have to realise that saying things like "Only fuckwits and thicko racists follow Farage now.🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️" has won people around to your POV exactly zero times in history, surely?

You have to paint a picture of a better alternative (which in theory shouldn't be difficult) not just rudely tell people they are thick and racist if you want them onside. Surely that's obvious?

I'm not trying to win people around.

Fuckwits, trolls, bots and racists backing Putin and Reform are not on the side of the UK, that's the whole point of them.🤷‍♀️ While I do pity the stupid who are sucked in, I will not be silent, kind or polite about it.

olivepicanto · 09/02/2026 23:31

I'm only surprised that people are surprised.

Putin's hand is in everything that's happening

TooBigForMyBoots · 09/02/2026 23:31

bemoresloth · 09/02/2026 23:18

Reform voters are not interested in policies.

But Russia links might make them pay a bit more attention, they say they are patriots after all.

Hopefully.🙏

olivepicanto · 09/02/2026 23:33

bemoresloth · 09/02/2026 23:18

Reform voters are not interested in policies.

But Russia links might make them pay a bit more attention, they say they are patriots after all.

I doubt they have the intelligence to understand

Gobacktotheworld2 · 10/02/2026 00:03

TooBigForMyBoots · 09/02/2026 23:27

I'm not trying to win people around.

Fuckwits, trolls, bots and racists backing Putin and Reform are not on the side of the UK, that's the whole point of them.🤷‍♀️ While I do pity the stupid who are sucked in, I will not be silent, kind or polite about it.

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You're not trying to win them around, so you actually then don't care if Farage gets in by a landslide. How does that make you patriotic, if you believe he is a foreign agent? Isn't that in fact quite a stupid position for you to take?

Could it be because persuading people takes more effort than abusing them? Or is it just that there is no better alternative that you can offer?

TooBigForMyBoots · 10/02/2026 00:20

Gobacktotheworld2 · 10/02/2026 00:03

You're not trying to win them around, so you actually then don't care if Farage gets in by a landslide. How does that make you patriotic, if you believe he is a foreign agent? Isn't that in fact quite a stupid position for you to take?

Could it be because persuading people takes more effort than abusing them? Or is it just that there is no better alternative that you can offer?

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Farage gets in by a landslide?

The NHS doesn't have the resources to lobotomise that many people before the next GE. I don't indulge Flat Earthers or those who think babies are delivered by storks. I'm certainly not inclined to #BeKind to the fuckwits who vote Farage despite the evidence that he's a treasonous cunt who's done nothing but damage the UK.

I could persuade people that drinking bleach isn't good for them, but in reality, if they think drinking bleach is brilliant, I'm not going to reach them. So why waste my time?

GhettoSnoopystar · 10/02/2026 01:59

Gobacktotheworld2 · 09/02/2026 23:11

I despise Farage but you have to realise that saying things like "Only fuckwits and thicko racists follow Farage now.🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️" has won people around to your POV exactly zero times in history, surely?

You have to paint a picture of a better alternative (which in theory shouldn't be difficult) not just rudely tell people they are thick and racist if you want them onside. Surely that's obvious?

The ‘look what you made us do’ argument. If anybody is truly reactively voting based on emotions, then I doubt they are going to be persuaded otherwise by factual reasoning.

In fact, it suits right wing parties down to the ground to have voters who are riled up in this way, versus actually focusing on their lack of solid policies.

Aside from that, Farage is racist. So, if the cap fits…

smooththecat · 10/02/2026 02:17

HeBeaverandSheBeaver · 08/02/2026 23:12

Evidence please

Plenty to explore linked here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_Brexit_referendum

Yep, it’s their fault we got Brexit. Cambridge Analytica etc. You could see David Cameron et al realising in slow motion… after it was already too late.

Russian interference in the 2016 Brexit referendum - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_Brexit_referendum

BGP · 10/02/2026 02:42

Ihavelostthegame · 09/02/2026 02:27

Well Johnson was never going to find any wrong doing because he wasn’t going to look for it. After all he was I it up to his neck too. The Russians were backing and heavily influencing the Brexit campaign and there is a serious suggestion of Russian interference in the Brexit Referendum.

We need an enquiry into the whole thing and it needs to be completely transparent and independent of party politics.

How many ££££££ would an inquiry cost?

It would cost us taxpayers as per usual.

The entire world is utterly corrupt. My poor children.

smooththecat · 10/02/2026 11:23

BGP · 10/02/2026 02:42

How many ££££££ would an inquiry cost?

It would cost us taxpayers as per usual.

The entire world is utterly corrupt. My poor children.

There’s already been one. I kind of remember the consensus being that it was a bit weak, but this was before they invaded Ukraine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_and_Security_Committee_Russia_report

Intelligence and Security Committee Russia report - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_and_Security_Committee_Russia_report

Clubbiscuit · 11/02/2026 23:02

Who on earth thinks you’re unreasonable? It’s clear that Reform are funded by Russia. It’s clear that Russia want to destroy us. It’s clear that Bannon and Thiel want to bring back serfdom and it’s clear that Reform being in government will bring an end to the NHS, maternity leave, benefits etc. Bannon says it was a mistake for women to get the vote. How can any woman on here with children (especially daughters!) think that voting Reform is anything other than an act of self destruction?

Ihavelostthegame · 12/02/2026 00:56

BGP · 10/02/2026 02:42

How many ££££££ would an inquiry cost?

It would cost us taxpayers as per usual.

The entire world is utterly corrupt. My poor children.

Less ££££££ than the fallout from a reform government and the shit show it would bring. So worth every penny in my book.

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