EXCLUSIVE
The Metropolitan Police is conducting a criminal investigation into at least £500,000 in donations from George Cottrell's mother to Reform UK before last election.
Two people interviewed under caution about "disguising" source or making false statements about funds.
For my non-UK friends who don't follow our politics:
- The leader of the far right party has called an election in his area as a publicity stunt to show he can win against "the establishment"
- He will be running exclusively against a man wearing a bin
- He might actually lose
What’s genuinely funny is to see how Reform and their supporters cannot adjust. They have one pitch - all out, hysterical attack. They’re literally arguing with a bin. And they can’t recalibrate.
BREAKING🚨
The Telegraph reports George Cottrell's mother made a ***£1m*** payment to Richard Tice's company, half of which was donated to Reform
And that George Cottrell loaned £80K to Tice
We approached Fiona Cottrell about the above before our piece - she wouldn't comment
Clarification: Sky News was not at the property at 7.41am. As has already been acknowledged, and as shown in the footage from 10.19am, Sky News was outside a property where Mr Farage was registered to vote at the last election. Sky News did not interact with Mr Farage’s daughter.
On a single occasion, we approached the property without a camera operator, identified ourselves as Sky News, and the adult occupant chose not to engage. We were seeking to contact Mr Farage to ask questions about the gift he accepted from Mr Cottrell. This is a well-established and routine journalistic practice when reporting on matters of legitimate public interest.
The footage clearly demonstrates that Sky News did not “hound” or pursue Mr Farage’s daughter. At no stage did we seek to speak to anyone other than Mr Farage in connection with this story.
@DPoste12 It’s just not though. Because Indycar is not at that level. It’s the equivalent of an EFL League Two player moving to a more successful League Two side.
Another extension of his own record 📈
Lewis Hamilton's 16 podiums at Silverstone are the most of any driver at a single circuit in F1 history 🇬🇧
#F1#BritishGP