Ed Davey has asked whether Nigel Farage plans to fund the by-election in Clacton.
My question to Ed Davey is this: has he asked Andy Burnham whether he’ll be putting his own hand in his pocket to cover the estimated £5 million cost to taxpayers of the Greater Manchester mayoral by-election? Or does that standard only apply when it’s Nigel Farage?
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.
Andy Burnham calls @Nigel_Farage by election a "gimmick" - apparently failing to see the irony that he himself just pulled an identical stunt.....embarrassing
I wrote this Nick Brown email to the Labour Party on 22nd November 2025. Strangly I did not get a reply.
Dear Madam or Sir, Sorry to disturb you at the weekend, but I am David Atherton a freelance journalist.
Not for the first time your former Chief Whip Nick Brown is trending on social media. He seems to have left politics in a bit of a hurry. Certainly the allegations by author Tom Bower are shocking, "rent boys" and "rough sex".
I have been told what he has done, which I will be publishing. It seems only decent to approach you for comment. I will be quoting an American source.
I look forward you your reply.
Regards
David Atherton
Tomorrow morning I will tell you.
I am going to do the morning ‘’media round’ tomorrow.
Reform has been inundated with bids.
Except there’s ONE outlet that has REFUSED to bring on a Reform representative.
The outlet: Sky News.
We are witnessing the real-time destruction of a news channel.
@MikeTappTweets Quick question: how much did the Makerfield by-election and Greater Manchester mayoral by-election cost taxpayers to get Burnham into Parliament and lined up for PM?
Around £5 million combined, according to reports.
Any plans for Labour to cover it like Reform offered to?
How about you tell us about that time you were Post Office Minister during the Horizon Scandal then coined £275,000 helping the law firm representing the Post Office?
People f*cking committed suicide over it, you utter scumbag
Which is why you avoid the press by goofing around on jet skis like a giant pr1ck
🚨Sky News are liars and here’s the proof:
When Nigel Farage said they turned up at his daughter’s house, they DENIED it.
They are liars, and totally unethical.
There is no public interest in the hounding of Nigel’s daughter.
SKY NEWS ARE A DISGRACE
Labour politician at 19, never had a proper job outside of politics. You know absolutely nothing about anything, except how to extract cash from the public purse.