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Police are investigating Tice’s company for donations made to reform UK

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idontwanttomissyou · 25/07/2026 17:42

Well well well

More corruption from “not the establishment”

Police investigate donations by Tice company to Reform UK https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yv4r5g55do

Richard Tice, in blue jacket, white shirt, and black and white tie, points with his finger while talking to reporters

Police investigate donations by Richard Tice company to Reform UK

Britain Means Business, owned by the party’s deputy leader Richard Tice, made two donations of £250,000 in the run-up to the 2024 general election.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yv4r5g55do

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CurlewKate · 26/07/2026 16:54

TemperanceWest · 26/07/2026 16:43

He is busy weaponising the terrorist attack in Berlin yesterday. Vile.

And the murder of Ann Widdecombe…

Teanbiscuits33 · 26/07/2026 17:08

TemperanceWest · 26/07/2026 16:43

He is busy weaponising the terrorist attack in Berlin yesterday. Vile.

Predictable. These things are being deliberately caused, I don’t care what anyone says. They’re too convenient. A month or two before elections in Germany, an Islamist drives at an LGBT crowd and it gets called an attack on freedoms when there is strong anti Islam sentiment across Europe and the far right parties everywhere get to weaponise it.

It wouldn’t at all surprise me if people are being deliberately radicalised for political gain. It will just confirm what the Great Replacement conspiracy theorists already believe.

AImportantMermaid · 26/07/2026 17:11

idontwanttomissyou · 25/07/2026 20:34

I wonder what’s happened behind the scenes. My guess is Farage has realised he doesn’t actually want to be prime minister, or even an MP.

Of course he doesn’t. He’d have to do some fucking work. We’re not as gullible or tolerant as the Americans.

AImportantMermaid · 26/07/2026 17:25

Marmalademorning · 26/07/2026 02:26

There’s plenty of corruption in other parties, but the focus is on Reform because you are terrified of them winning the next election.

The focus is on Reform because they keep doing corrupt things. The media have not been kind to Labour or the Tories - Boris Johnson was (rightly) hauled over the coals and forced to resign, Starmer’s every move was scrutinised and he was forced to resign. Why should Reform not face scrutiny when they have done nothing but bray for it for other parties?

Reform are little more than a bunch of the scared and the lonely being led up the garden path by public school Del Boys. It’s like a shit cult without the sex and religion (except a bit of flag waving for St. George, venerated by both Catholics and Muslims - a truly inclusive saint indeed).

CurlewKate · 26/07/2026 17:50

@MarmalademorningHave you decided to detail the Labour Party corruption yet?

SerendipityJane · 26/07/2026 18:46

CurlewKate · 26/07/2026 17:50

@MarmalademorningHave you decided to detail the Labour Party corruption yet?

Keirs glasses ?

DuncinToffee · 26/07/2026 19:07

SerendipityJane · 26/07/2026 18:46

Keirs glasses ?

Keir's beer?

Andy's £80 t-shirt?

CurlewKate · 26/07/2026 19:46

Politicians can receive gifts. There is a process by which they are declared. Which is how we know about them.

gatheringpace · 26/07/2026 19:49

BIossomtoes · 25/07/2026 19:53

They’ve really pissed off someone somewhere with a huge amount of media influence. It’s like jenga, one brick pulled and the whole tower collapses. Someone should tell them playing the victim doesn’t work.

I do wonder exactly what poor Ann knew.

Teanbiscuits33 · 26/07/2026 20:27

gatheringpace · 26/07/2026 19:49

I do wonder exactly what poor Ann knew.

I personally don’t think she knew anything. She was very loyal to Farage in the last tv interview she did on the day she was killed. However, I totally agree that her death was extremely convenient. Say no more.

SerendipityJane · 26/07/2026 20:54

Teanbiscuits33 · 26/07/2026 20:27

I personally don’t think she knew anything. She was very loyal to Farage in the last tv interview she did on the day she was killed. However, I totally agree that her death was extremely convenient. Say no more.

The plot of The Empty House (Sherlock Holmes) springs to mind ...

Myli1 · 27/07/2026 19:41

Marmalademorning · 26/07/2026 02:26

There’s plenty of corruption in other parties, but the focus is on Reform because you are terrified of them winning the next election.

You are utterly deluded.

Myli1 · 27/07/2026 19:45

I’m pretty sure this is just the tip of the iceberg. Carole Cadwalladr’s years of investigative digging certainly make for interesting reading.

BIossomtoes · 27/07/2026 20:15

I hope I live long enough with sufficient marbles to read the book when it’s all out in the open.

DuncinToffee · 27/07/2026 23:20

https://bylinetimes.com/2026/07/27/how-george-cottrells-reform-uk-network-in-montenegro-is-tied-to-sanctioned-russian-oligarchs/

How George Cottrell’s Reform UK Network in Montenegro Is Tied to Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs

Nigel Farage’s criminal funder runs a Montenegro company whose corporate advisors work for a Belgrade Russian-arms dealer and individuals tied to Russian state-linked enterprises

CurlewKate · 28/07/2026 15:45

But just think of the lost mobile phone….

placemats · 28/07/2026 19:03

LuckyHazelFox · 26/07/2026 09:28

Peter Mandelson, Sue Gray. There's quite a list for a party who doesn't do corrupt. I could type some more names but it will take up a fair bit of my morning.

Where either of these people tried in a court and found guilty of corruption?

BIossomtoes · 28/07/2026 19:39

placemats · 28/07/2026 19:03

Where either of these people tried in a court and found guilty of corruption?

Sue Gray’s never been forgiven for producing the Partygate report - despite it being at Johnson’s behest.

5128gap · 28/07/2026 20:15

Teanbiscuits33 · 25/07/2026 20:51

My theory is that the guardian reported on his 5 million, the right wing media realised they couldn’t just ignore it because it was such a huge revelation, so they had to report on it to seem more credible, then off the back of that he started slagging off the Times et al, which further pissed them off and has been his downfall.

Either that or Ben Habib and/ or Rupert Lowe has leaked stuff to the press about him (Lets not forget, he threatened to sue Ben Habib over his revelations about Farage’s and Johnson’s Brexit bungs). They had a very acrimonious fall out, and right wing figures always tend to fall out with each other because of competing egos. Rupert Lowe also has his rival party.

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My theory is that the right wing press saw Reform as the best challenge to the left. Now that's looking beyond unlikely, they're hoovering the Tories again, and seeing Reform off to increase their chances.

5128gap · 28/07/2026 20:40

Teanbiscuits33 · 26/07/2026 08:47

There’s always room for Restore to take up that empty space though. I mean, I know he’s more extreme but once the competition from Reform is gone and Musk becomes desperate for him to get elected, Lowe could easily water down his brand a bit to become slightly more palatable while still hating on minorities and banging on about grooming gangs and Islamists.

People will soon forget about his undesirable qualities while angry, fearful and desperate, just like they do with Farage now.

The average Reform voter isn't going to warm to a bloke who'd be chasing the likes of them off his land with a shot gun. He's too posh, too far removed, despises the working class too much and is too arrogant to hide it. I also think he is a lunatic who is actually sincere in what he says and too committed to it to water it down.

Teanbiscuits33 · 28/07/2026 20:58

5128gap · 28/07/2026 20:15

My theory is that the right wing press saw Reform as the best challenge to the left. Now that's looking beyond unlikely, they're hoovering the Tories again, and seeing Reform off to increase their chances.

I think you’re right. If the Guardian hadn’t reported on his £5m though, I very much doubt the right wing media would have got involved in it, they would have kept quiet if that was at all possible.

There’s been times the Guardian has reported negatively on things and it’s been crickets from the RW media where the story is refutable (e.g, the school boy racism allegations). They’ve been giving him an easy ride for 10-15 years.

Also there’s a chance that if things have been leaked to the Times with strong evidence, they would thought it too much of a risk to keep it covered up.

placemats · 28/07/2026 21:21

5128gap · 28/07/2026 20:15

My theory is that the right wing press saw Reform as the best challenge to the left. Now that's looking beyond unlikely, they're hoovering the Tories again, and seeing Reform off to increase their chances.

George Cottrell was in trouble in 2016, and was arrested in an airport. He was with, step forward, Nigel Farage. Who was leader of UKIP at that time.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/13/ukip-aide-indicted-in-us-on-charges-of-blackmail-and-money-laundering

Teanbiscuits33 · 29/07/2026 00:21

This was on Channel 4 news on Monday about Christopher Harborne’s donations! Hopefully these loopholes can be closed even more now. Won’t hold my breath, though!

www.channel4.com/news/how-a-crypto-billionaire-used-gaping-loopholes-to-bankroll-reform

dwordle · 30/07/2026 08:06

Now they are blaming lefties for murdering Ann Widdecombe, honestly talk about desperate.

All because they can't take the heat, Farage and his team took millions of pounds donated by a criminal via his mother and paid to Farage. But that's fine because he wasn't an MP then.

Reform are traitor's and need rounding up and locking up.