Sad to see Idrissa go. Our best and most consistent player for a decade. And gave us a genuine contender for the all time 'Everton That ' award as likely not even Everton can repeat buying Idrissa Gana Gueye to replace the hole left by selling Idrissa Gana Gueye. 💙
🔴 NEW ‘Posh George’, Two Passports, and a Fraudulent Identity: Convicted Fraudster and Nigel Farage Funder’s Connections to Reform UK’s Murky Financial Structures
Why did Reform UK change from being a privately-owned company to a non-profit company limited by guarantee in 2025? @NafeezAhmed investigates a fraudulent identity used by George Cottrell – and how his former boss in the City became the party's treasurer…
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Exc: George Cottrell, a convicted fraudster under scrutiny for secretly bankrolling Nigel Farage, spent Tuesday at Reform UK’s headquarters.
It is the first appearance of the man known as “Posh George” since revelations by The Sunday Times about gifts for Farage covering private security, staff, transport and accommodation.
The whereabouts of Cottrell have been unknown, and he has answered only through his lawyers when asked questions about his financial support for Farage in the year before the 2024 general election. He is believed to have spent the last few weeks outside London.
However, sources said Cottrell was at Reform UK’s head office on Tuesday. One said he was “seemingly unfussed about being spotted”.
It will fuel questions about Cottrell’s relationship with the party, given that Reform UK has said he has no official role and that the benefits in kind that he funded were purely personal.
Farage is understood to have spent Tuesday time in Norfolk and in Clacton, Essex, campaigning in the by-election he triggered.
Reform declined to comment. Farage has previously said Cottrell's donations-in-kind were “literally no one’s business” because he “wasn’t in politics” at that time and they were purely personal.
Remember this adorable video from yesterday showing dear leader Farage arriving at what was reported to be Reform's Clacton branch office to be met by a cheering crowd of pre-armed supporters?
Well, sorry to tell you, all might not be as it was presented. 🧵
@SarahForRuncorn@Nigel_Farage Because everyone knows it's a just a distraction from the net closing in on dodgy money from Harborne, Cottrell and Russia?
EXCLUSIVE 🚨
George Cottrell opened account with secretive overseas payments company just days before it was used to channel “unexplained” £500,000 to Reform
Cottrell became client via his entity in Montenegro — immediately before payment NCA can’t trace https://t.co/7wxhmMKO1J