The more I dig, the more I realise that Nigel Farage is literally done for. It's over for him. The £5 million bung is big enough to take the entire Reform movement down and possibly land Nigel in jail.
1) The fact the donation was made BEFORE Nigel was MP is absolutely irrelevant. Parliamentary Code of Conduct requires all receipts for the full 12 months before election. Nigel receiving his bung just a few days before he announced his candidacy makes it so much worse, not better.
2) "Category 5: Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK - THRESHOLD FOR REGISTRATION Section 39. Members must register, subject to the paragraphs below, any gifts or benefits with a value of over £300 which they receive from a source outside the UK."
Nigel argues this was 'purely personal' but the Code refers to partners or families when it comes to personal gifts... this takes us to the next issue...
3) Christopher Harborne has a long track record of making SUBSTANTIAL political contributions to Nigel's parties, first to The Brexit Party, and later to Reform. He is a POLITICAL DONOR - any "gift" he made to Farage CANNOT be argued as personal or without political context due to this track record.
4) Using his platform as an MP, Nigel went on to promote 2 companies in which Christopher Harborne holds $ billions in stock - Nigel NEVER publicly endorsed or mentioned these companies prior to the "gift". Nigel also began actively pushing for policy that would directly interest Christopher Harborne and his business affairs. These were not interests that any could argue could possibly be of interest to his constituents - deregulation of crypto, and lowering of taxes on crypto gains. Nigel spent a substantial amount of time and effort pushing these policies.
It is beyond a doubt that this is the biggest breach of Parliamentary Code of Conduct rules in relation to donations in parliamentary history.
But even more concerning for Nigel will be that if it can be proven he was secretly incentivised to use his public office to push for policies to support a wealthy donor, then he should very likely face a criminal probe for corruption and bribery. I suspect Harborne might also be exposed to this. The United Kingdom and Thailand have a bilateral extradition treaty. Maximum prison sentences of up to 10 years for the offence.
This is not going to go away.
Oh what a load of fuss over nothing, in the '70s our parents let us go and play in the wildfires, we'd be in there all day sometimes just splashing about in the inferno
[Ally McCoist & Darren Fletcher watching aliens appear]
Fletcher: there's the mothership. Ever met an alien?
McCoist: not to the best of my recollection
Fletcher: never been probed then?
McCoist: that's a different question *laughing* I've met a few space cadets I have to say
This country has a severe lack of patience and a severe abundance of entitlement.
I’m not saying this guy was perfect, but claiming he did a bad job because change wasn’t instant is so short sighted.
We shouldn’t be able to change PMs every 2 years - whichever side.
Squirming Farage knows this is now a scandal that could end his chances of being PM.
Everyone, including his own supporters, knows his failure to declare a secret £5m bung from a Thailand-based crypto tycoon absolutely STINKS.
Farage on #BBCBreakfast: “If Andy Burnham becomes PM we need a General Election, no mandate!”
Sally Nugent: “Do your MPs who defected from the Tories have a mandate?”
Watch the chancer’s face as his own logic gets rammed straight back down his throat. Pure gold.
This is the exact line every interviewer should use on him from now on.😂😂😂
RT if Sally Nugent deserves a medal 👇👇👇👇
🚨🎙️| Piers Morgan: “Ronaldo carried Real Madrid and won matches on his own. Messi can’t do that.”
🗣️Zlatan: “After Messi left Barcelona, they went on to play in the Europa League twice. Ronaldo left Real Madrid, and they won multiple La Liga titles and Champions League trophies. So now tell me, who carried whom?” 👀
What were the odds that a pair of mortgage-free, retirees were to win free energy bills for a year over a single mother working two jobs, renting a one bedroom flat