@Whirlygig5@EUFlagsTeam ‘Love’, the thing that is toxic is the inability to recognise an obviously ruinous mistake when it is staring you in the face. Incidentally I would love to reclaim the flag of St George, flown on English public buildings and on churches on 23rd April.
@Whirlygig5@EUFlagsTeam It was wrong then, it’s wrong now and it needs to be corrected. No one was forced to wave the EU flag and many were flown with the Union flag. What I noticed was the absence of the flag of St George. The thugs of the right have made my country’s flag toxic.
@Roni56248402@BrexitBuster This lot were trying to provoke violence. The police can’t play that game. Better, as after the riots, to find the organisers and prosecute them. Hope they do, otherwise I too will be complaining.
@DrNeilStone@BrexitBuster I see the fruit loops are out again. The man failed at science so sought another and societally damaging way to make a living. He’s a disgrace.
When you space the bricks just right, the domino effect does something unexpected. As soon as the last brick falls, a reverse wave travels all the way back.
🚨 Imho, not enough people are (yet) familiar with this photo of Nigel Farage with convicted criminal fraudster “Posh” George Cottrell (far-right) and corrupt convicted criminal Nathan Gill (centre), the former leader of Reform UK in Wales and a former Brexit Party MEP.
On 22 July 2016 (just after the Brexit referendum), while attending the Republican National Convention (#NATCON) with Farage, Cottrell was arrested by IRS Criminal Investigation special agents at Chicago O'Hare International.
Cottrell was federally indicted on 21 counts for conspiracy to commit money laundering, wire fraud, blackmail, and extortion.
In 2014, he had met with undercover IRS federal agents in Las Vegas, where he conspired to launder millions of dollars' worth of drug money using offshore bank accounts.
Reform UK are the first UK political party to accept crypto donations.
Following a plea agreement in December 2016, prosecutors agreed to dismiss 20 counts in return for a guilty plea to a single count of wire fraud in which Cottrell admitted to explaining various ways criminal proceeds could be laundered. In March 2017, Cottrell was sentenced and released from prison, having served eight months.
In February 2026, “anti-elite” Reform UK's privately educated multimillionaire Nigel Farage, Reform UK's privately educated multimillionaire Richard Tice, and Reform UK's privately educated multimillionaire treasurer, Nick Candy (who features in the #EpsteinFiles), along with Reform UK's privately educated London mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham, Reform UK's privately educated Old Etonian weirdo Policy Advisor James Orr, and GB “News” presenter and former Brexit Party MEP, Martin Daubney, all attended the launch of privately educated multimillionaire George Cottrell's book, 'How to Launder Money', at the luxury hotel Raffles on Whitehall.
Other attendees included: Ed Sumner (Head of Communications for Reform UK and a former Welsh Conservative staffer with some past controversy over WhatsApp comments on diversity and immigration); Jack Anderton, a young anti-immigrant social media campaigner and adviser closely tied to Farage and Reform UK, known for running Farage’s TikTok and working on campaigns; Aaron Lobo, Director of Operations at Reform UK with a background as a producer at GB News and LBC; Charles Carlson, nephew of Tucker Carlson, who worked as a Reform UK press aide before moving to a role at Palantir where he now operates in UK government relations and tech circles with right-leaning ties.
Among 'journalists' attending the book launch were: Glen Owen, Political Editor of the Mail on Sunday; Christian Calgie, Senior Political Correspondent (notably at the Daily Express, with moves toward Daily Mail roles); Mark Wallace, CEO of Total Politics Group (a politics media company owned by Lord Ashcroft) and former ConservativeHome CEO; Samuel Armstrong, 'Legislative Affairs Director' at Toby Young's highly partisan Free Speech Union, and; Mike Graham, podcaster and disgraced former commentator on TalkTV and GB News.
In 2020, when asked about his relationship with Cottrel,
Farage described him as “like a son to me”.
In November 2025, Gill was jailed for 10.5 years after pleading guilty to bribery charges after accepting over £40,000 from an operative linked to Russian secret services in exchange for pro-Russian speeches and TV interviews.
Anyone who still believes this bunch have working class people's interests at heart is a fool.