“It worked, boom.”
That’s Nigel Farage celebrating a Reform UK plot to break election law - by having a US company secretly pay for three influential political polls that benefitted the party.
Earlier in the investigation, Reform’s Head of Policy James Orr and senior advisor Dan Jukes arranged for a Verbatim reporter to pay for the polls through a US company. Orr and Jukes believed the firm was run by the reporter’s American father.
Mr Farage was filmed by undercover reporters from @Verbatim_Media as part of a year-long investigation that Channel 4 News has thoroughly checked and verified.
This meeting took place in his Clacton constituency in July - when Mr Farage was fighting a by-election he called after separate allegations about his finances.
Watch the full investigation on YouTube.
Our yearlong investigation reveals Nigel Farage courting illicit funding as part of a plot to bring foreign money into British politics, orchestrated by his top aides and caught on hidden camera.
Oh dear, this @Channel4News undercover sting on Farage and his chums’ secret donations plot is dynamite 🧨
A resignation matter for anyone with integrity, so don’t hold your breath.
What an absolute cesspit they are.
Bravo @krishgm, @alextomo & team.
My friend is 83 years old and lives in the west of England.
Worked for most of her life.
Never taken a penny from the state.
She wants to see her GP. Nothing major she told me but she has found herself fainting from time to time and at 83 years old, it is better to check what is happening.
At 8am she called the surgery.
Got a voice recording that says to call back at 9am.
9am-9.30am she keeps trying to call but it is engaged.
Eventually she gets through to someone and she explains she wants an appointment.
“You can use our website to book” the receptionist unhelpfully says.
My friend is 83 years old. She does not want to set up an account, wait for the security code to com through and then wrestle with the booking process.
“Is it an emergency?” The receptionist asks.
“No, I have just fainted a few times and I am a bit worried about driving in case it happens then.”
“Well, in that case, I have an appointment available with Dr X in 2 weeks or you can see him by Zoom in 3 days.”
My friend is mystified by Zoom. She does not want to see a doctor on a video call. And I doubt she could even set it up and I am not around to help this week.
So she had to settle for 2 weeks to see a doctor. She could have said that it was urgent but she comes from a generation where “emergency” means exactly that and so she accepted the appointment.
I think that this is appalling. Then I looked it up. 17% of patients wait for 2 weeks or more for an appointment. 5% wait for 4 weeks or more. It is often worse in locations where there are more elderly.
This is only going to get worse.
@WohlstandsWal Well done for mentioning this problem it us becoming more and more of a problem for the older Generation .
Call centres Ai ,internet customer service as we knew it has gone.
@UtdForever7@ManUtd@premierleague It has now become obvious that the people in charge at UTD are not football people ,do not have the fans, or club at heart .