Joan Butler🕷💙

Biomedical Scientist, avid gardener, mum and Labrador owner. Currently living with Breast Cancer

[Melanie Ward MP @melanie_ward]

I spoke to @BBCRadio4 about some of the ways UK charities are funnelling money to illegal Israeli settlements - and getting taxpayer subsidies for doing so.

This must end now; the @ChtyCommission have to act.

[Joan Butler🕷💙 @Jubba69]

@BT
Absolute rubbish customer service from BT - again!
Don’t bother using these idiots for internet access in your home - they can’t cope with a simple house move, let alone answer questions and solve issues on the so called helpline

[Jennifer Robinson @welshroots]

INCENSED that ENHANCED DBS (Disclosure and Barring Services Checks) are not COMPULSORY for any Prospective Candidates, either for Councils or Parliament

SHOCKING TO KNOW that Politicians ARE NOT required to take this test that checks whether individuals have a criminal background
Teachers,
Solicitors,
Doctors,
Volunteers ,
Accountants
& even Scrap Metal Workers must have one , so why not Mps and Prospective Candidates especially knowing that #ReformUK have chosen some RANDOMS to stand . #DBSCHECKS

[Captain Obvious™️ @TheFungi669]

The reason why gas prices are so high is because of two old men in their 70’s desperately trying to stay out of prison.

Trump and Netanyahu are assholes.

[linnea @linnea_1987]

Dr Khan makes a valid point. If they have done a 55 minute interview with Sturgeon about her husband stealing £400k, when do we get the interview with Farage questioning his £5mil undeclared gift and his house in Clacton his partner 'bought' with no money. #bbclaurak

[Cherry @Cherryopenmind]

It is time for another lesson from my school teacher through her golden rule of journalism: Who, What, Where, When, and Why.

This time, we see real journalists who actually remember that lesson. They are doing their job exactly as they should, bravely exposing the facts for the benefit of the British public.

Who
The focus falls squarely on Nigel Farage, Richard Tice, and their shadow investor, the crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne. Farage and Tice present themselves as ordinary leaders fighting for the working class. Yet the receipts tell us they are wealthy corporate figures deeply connected to elite tech billionaires. They demand transparency from everyone else, but they behave as though they are completely above the rules.

What
We are looking at an alarming multi-million-pound financial black hole. In its first year, the party recorded nearly £17.3 million in donations within its annual accounts, but only reported £11.7 million to the Electoral Commission. Even after explaining away part of it through registered supporter fees, a massive shortfall of £2.8 million remains completely unaccounted for. On top of that, an incredible £7.8 million was classified under 'other expenditure' with no breakdown whatsoever, creating a system where millions simply vanish into thin air.

Where
The money trails and operations move between local grassroots stages and hidden corporate spaces. While the political campaigns happen in working-class towns, the true financial architecture sits in the background. Christopher Harborne was not just a distant donor. Investigations reveal he was quietly given a desk inside the party headquarters, working directly on the algorithms that drove their political machine.

When
This murky pattern is not a new issue. It started at the very beginning in December 2019 during the European and general election campaigns, and it stretches all the way to the present day. It connects the early discrepancies of the Brexit Party directly to the recent controversy surrounding Harborne's undisclosed £5 million personal gift to Farage in 2024. This is a long-standing, continuous habit of hiding the numbers from public scrutiny.

Why
They use these unorthodox fundraising methods because UK regulations put the responsibility on the parties themselves to check their donations, making it easy to fly under the public radar. By keeping their accounts deliberately vague, they ensure potential voters cannot independently verify where their millions come from. They hide the truth because exposing their true financial reliance on offshore billionaire wealth would instantly destroy their manufactured anti-establishment image.

Following the money trail is all you ever need to do in politics.

My school teacher would give these journalists 10/10.

All the UK needs today are honest and brave journalists, and institutions that actually step up and do their job.

This time, the Electoral Commission cannot look the other way. The formal Freedom of Information request is officially logged under case reference FOI 046-26, and they must provide the public with clear answers.

Time to turn the lights on.

And if the institutions do nothing even now, then we might as well turn the lights off completely.

#WhoFundsReform #ReformUK #NigelFarage #RichardTice #ElectoralCommission #FOI #FollowTheMoney #TheRestIsPolitics #TheObserver #Transparency #BritishPolitics

https://t.co/424NuIqEV5

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

Labour has taken four rail companies into public ownership, so that - in Keir Starmer's words - they will now 'be run for the public good, not private profit'. On that logic, why not do the same for water, electricity, gas and Royal Mail?

[Neena Jha @DrNeenaJha]

14 UK citizens abducted by Israel

Cerrie Bullivant
Chris Hill
Dana Raumanova
Esme Nickerson
Elliot Roberts
Hannah Sharpey-Schafer
Hasnain Jafer
Hughie Stirling
Karim Awad
Katy Davidson
Malcolm Ducker
Peter Henderson
Richard Anderson
Veronica Guillen

@Keir_Starmer ANY ACTION?!

[Sarah Jane 🍉🇵🇸 @sarahfugard]

@gbsumudflotilla @Keir_Starmer @YvetteCooperMP Will you condemn Israel for this? This is in international waters, do you actually care about international law or only when it suits you, like in the Strait of Hormuz?

[Sahat English 🇵🇸 @sahatenglish]

🚨 "The Gaza Strip is flooded with aid. Israel will not allow any breach of the lawful naval blockade on Gaza" — Israeli Foreign Ministry on X

📌 Abducting unarmed civilians from @gbsumudflotilla in international waters is a grave violation of international law.

📌 Imposing a suffocating siege on a colonized people amid a genocide is the antonym of “lawful.”

📌 Since the farcical ceasefire took effect, Israeli airstrikes have not stopped for a single day.

📌 Gaza is buried under 61+ million tons of rubble, and the Israeli occupation bans the entry of heavy machinery and equipment needed to remove it.

📌 Essential aid is only trickling into Gaza, while critical necessities continue to be withheld.

📌 Gaza is struggling with a lack of clean water, sufficient food, sanitation and worsening rodent infestations.

🚨 The deafening silence amid Israeli atrocities threatens world order and shatters international law.

[Declassified UK @declassifiedUK]

The government repeatedly says it regards Israel's settlements in the West Bank as illegal.

So why is it allowing an Israeli group that offered to help Britons move to the West Bank to attend an event in London?

https://t.co/kcbY6b9gPt

[MSF International @MSF]

🚨 Across southern Lebanon, the fear of being targeted is forcing rescue and medical teams to delay or limit their lifesaving response.

We call for an immediate end to the continuous attacks on medical and rescue personnel, facilities and offices.

https://t.co/sviWdXyQKB

[Sophia Edwards 💙 @sophia_edw28123]

It would be better not to continue Streeting’s “brilliant” work. Instead:
▶️ Engage genuinely with frontline staff and end strikes
▶️ Stop doctor substitution
▶️ Manage NHS funds properly
▶️ Invest in infrastructure
▶️ Fix workforce shortages
▶️ End outsourcing and privatisation

[Sophia Edwards 💙 @sophia_edw28123]

Streeting pretending he’s separate from the government’s failure is laughable.

You helped shape the policies, the messaging and the direction people lost faith in.

The NHS still feels broken to millions and voters are rejecting the same politicians who helped create this mess.

[Good Law Project @GoodLawProject]

NHS England has granted external staff – not just from Palantir, but consultancy firms working with them – “unlimited access” to identifiable patient data as part of the Federated Data Platform.

Can they really be sure our data’s safe?
https://t.co/fDQmf7VnL8

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

"You boy - are the media still pretending it's OK that someone who wants to be Prime Minister covered up a £5 million gift?"

[Stop The Bollocks with Mirabel @MirabelTweets1]

Morning @wesstreeting

Me again. It’s like we’re old friends. Though admittedly the convo is becoming a tad onesided

Have you spoken to the paediatric Dr & Chair of the General Medical Council yet about the child killer Dr Eastland Staveley continuing to work in our NHS?

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

This week Doctors Without Borders shared analysis on the impact of Israel’s DELIBERATE blocking of aid to Gaza.

I can’t find a single headline in Western media. How is further proof of genocide—that is still ongoing—not newsworthy?

[John O'Connell @jdpoc]

Oh dear. Turns out through all of their Election Campaigning, the Reform Party bus had no MOT.

Which makes the insurance invalid, so no insurance either.

And they want to run a country? #Facepalm.