I don’t want to say Reform are lying direct to people’s faces but they’ve just made an announcement that the main hall is too busy and full that they are having to “delay” opening the conference…..
People sat in a more than half empty auditorium saying how impressive this is
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@RobertJenrick@Nigel_Farage 🚨NEW: Two unelected officials with no actual power, sign a fake document on stage as a publicity stunt for their gullible cult members
🚨 NEW: Reform UK and Nigel Farage have been caught potentially breaking electoral law
- Verbatim ran a year-long undercover investigation, verified by Channel 4 News
- Investigators posed as the British-based son of wealthy American donor, who was looking to give money to Reform UK
- Because the donor was based in the US, he couldn't legally donate directly to the party
- James Orr, Reform UK's Head of Policy, and Dan Jukes, a close aide to Nigel Farage, then allegedly helped arrange for a US company, which was actually set up by Verbatim, to pay for three polls commissioned by Reform UK
- The three JL Partners polls cost £32,500 and were paid by Verbatim. Two were published in The Telegraph before the May elections - "Labour would face wipeout if elections went ahead" and "Two thirds of voters want Starmer out" - while The Times published "Reform vote in unions at same level as Labour"
- Nigel Farage later met the undercover team in Clacton and praised the polling, saying "it worked, boom" and that it was "bang for buck"
- The polls were presented as independent and the public was not told that Reform UK had commissioned them or a US company paid for them. The US company and supposed American donor were not legal donors under UK electoral law
- Electoral Commission rules say political donations can include funding that helps a party cover costs and expenses, including research and studies, but the payments do not appear to have been declared to the Electoral Commission, despite reporting deadlines passing
- Jukes allegedly later proposed a way to arrange a £500,000 donation from the US through the donor's UK-based son, who would appear to be the donor. The investigation says this arrangement would be illegal
- At a Reform reception, Jukes allegedly introduced the undercover reporter as a "key donor for off the book project". The fake donor then allegedly met Suella Braverman, Sarah Pochin, Robert Jenrick and Danny Kruger
- Legal expert and former Electoral Commission chief Bob Posner says the allegations should now be subject to a criminal investigation
- The proposed £500,000 donation was never made
- Reform UK, Farage, Jukes and James Orr did not comment but are understood to deny the allegations in full
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.
Nigel Farage and other senior members of Reform UK have been filmed by undercover reporters celebrating secret new foreign donations.
Channel 4 News and @Verbatim_Media, a group of investigative journalists, can today reveal a plot to break the law on party funding at the highest levels of Reform UK.
You can watch the full investigation here: https://t.co/f1g358fN2Y
Channel 4 News approached Reform UK, Mr Farage, Mr Jukes and Mr Orr for comment on the findings of this investigation. They did not comment but we understand they deny the allegations in full.
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@MartienBall You lot talk like you’re in the boardroom with them. What if this doesn’t go the way you think? You’ll have egg on your face, mate. We overreact as a fan base, damn. 😂
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