Where did Fiona Cottrell get all that money?

[Kingdomofsleep]

I've been a bit fascinated by this latest news about Farage and all the money.

The latest detail is that Fiona Cottrell, the mother of Posh George the crypto fraudster guy, gave Reform donations of £1m and £500k over the past few years.

However! She is a retired stylist who lives in a cottage worth between 500k and 1m, and inherited just £1.5m from her husband when he died. So, comfortably off, but not with millions to spare.

I mean, my house is worth around that (mortgaged), and my dh would raise eyebrows if I donated so much as £500 to a political party. Let alone £1.5m!

She seemingly hasn't earnt it or inherited it. So it seems like someone has given it to her to give to Reform. That someone didn't want to give it to Reform in his own name. If this is true, it's fraud apparently. Who is it? This could be so big.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/police-investigate-reform-donations-by-mother-of-fraudster-who-bankrolled-farage-3kd826j7h

And my mum was very willing to hand over her payslips and pension slips etc too. She understood the point of it. There was no "it's my money, it's none of your business, it was a gift, I'll spend it on Ferarris if I want!"

Honestly.

I think this is your answer

Money laundering is the means not the motive, it's not the complete answer.

Take the £5m gift. Nobody, but nobody, gives £5m open handedly without expecting a return, a benefit of some kind. It's a large amount of money for anyone. It's not like when you or I give £50 to a friend. That would be like a rich person giving £5k or even £50k. The multiplier isn't millions.

I have a close relative who, for many years, was a PA to a man on the Rich List. He did not give large gifts to anyone except family members, unless they were expected to be reciprocated. Even hospitality and invitations were carefully reciprocated. Most of the money planning was about conserving wealth for the next generation. This is normal for the super rich. They don't get rich by splashing cash around without thinking and giving large gifts impulsively without expecting reciprocation - that's the sort of thing inexperienced lottery winners do before crashing out. (Christopher Harborne, the guy who gave Farage the £5m, is clearly not that type.)

He did, of course, make investments. This £5m is clearly an investment of some kind, as were Fiona Cottrell's payments. But for what benefit? The Times seems to think it's all because Reform will deregulate cry - p - to (trying to get round the filter haha).

Is the cry - pto deregulaton worth that much to them that they can splash millions around just to get Reform into govt?

That post includes the c-money word, so you'll have to wait for it to be unhidden.

But TL;DR, yes, keeping c-money unregulated is VERY worth it to them.

If you call it crapto your post doesn't get hidden. And it feels more accurate as well.
Obviously we won't know exactly why and where she got the money from until the investigation is concluded. But the whole thing feels like it could be on a spectrum starting at Farage is in something dodgy through to Farage is involved in something extremely dodgy and a serious crime.

Nobody knows where the money originated, it appeared in an Australian holding account and passed to Ma Cotterel. She then passed it to Britain Means Buisness (Tice's company).

Tice then passed it into the Reform account. Anyone thinking that such deliberate opacity is above board is either very naive, of doesn't care about corruption, as long as its people they support.

Gee I wonder....

Arrgh, I got the date wrong anyway.

My hidden post mentions a programme on BBC2 programme which will be tomorrow, Saturday, at 9pm: The Tech Billionaire Takeover.

Looks like it answers @Kingdomofsleep 's question about whether keeping c-money unregulated is worthwhile for the billionaires: yes. In spades.

Separate post for link to BBC News article about The Tech Billionaire Takeover, in case the article title triggers the Hide function.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly8eqyj8e2o

That's the key question.

Tice was very aggressive on the broadcast round that he's known her for years, she's a permitted donor and that's that. End Of.

Hate to break it to you Richard but it's not your call!!

No no, tomorrow SUNDAY 12 July at 9 pm.

OMG I need a lie down and a cooling drink! Sorry for the misinformation everyone.

Tice said she was from an aristocratic family and this was the establishment attacking Reform. Do they actually listen to what comes out of their mouths?

It worked for Trump.

However this is not the USA.

It's not. Yet. The USA doesn't have an aristocratic class. It's simply not credible to claim that you can be both aristocratic and not part of the establishment.

But there is some link between the Cottrells and the Hesketh family, presumably. That's what Tice suggested.

More fuel for the far right fire. Tricky this for "our Tommeh" because anti-Russia sentiment is pretty universal in the UK.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/11/elon-musk-family-foundation-took-tommy-robinson-to-russia-says-musks-father?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Timmy Robertson, who styles himself the arbiter of patriotism, going to consort with a national enemy, eh?

https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/all-mounting-claims-against-farage-reform-4637670

The FT is doing amazing journalistic work atm.

https://www.ft.com/content/b5b32b7e-7d4a-448a-b7f7-ebdc1533c6a9?syn-25a6b1a6=1