PFC STH @ChiCityfc Champs 1979/80 capt. Retd Co Director. @SJCSouthsea teammate of England/PFC's Steve Foster. Evidence pre judgment. Be fair & kind. Europhile.
#Onthisday 1980 @ChiCityFC, led by player/manager ex #Pompey Richie Reynolds, dramatically won the Sussex County League title under the lights in front of 1250 fans. Rivals Southwick, had to beat us to win it, but hit the post with a late pen. The 0-0 draw clinched the 🏆
It's not just the exploitation of a tragedy.
JD Vance's picture of Britain - where migrants have led to a crime surge - is the opposite of the truth.
https://t.co/y5El5FUj7v
This morning I asked myself, not for the first time, who is Nigel and I made some notes.
And it does add up.
Here is a man who sells himself as the ordinary bloke with a pint, the man of the people, the great outsider standing up against the establishment.
And yet somehow this ordinary bloke always seems to arrive with a camera crew, a donor network, a friendly broadcaster, and now a parliamentary investigation into a £5 million gift from a crypto billionaire.
Very normal.
Very grassroots.
Very “just one of the lads”.
The peoples revolt, apparently, now comes with lighting, branding, fundraising dinners, professional outrage, and a small question about whether millions should have been declared properly.
Everything is a betrayal when Labour does it.
Everything is “nothing to see here” when Nigel does it.
Housing? Blame Labour.
The NHS? Blame Labour.
The economy? Blame Labour.
Boats? Blame Labour.
A £5 million gift? Suddenly everybody must calm down and respect the process.
And then came Tuesday.
A young man died. A family was grieving. A country was trying to understand something horrific.
And Farage stepped forward.
Not with calm.
Not with care.
Not with responsibilty.
But with his announcement of “pure cold rage”.
That phrase matters.
Because anger is human.
Anger can be moral.
Anger can demand answers, justice, accountability and truth.
I understand anger.
A lot of people are angry.
They have every right to ask serious questions.
But rage is different.
Rage does not ask careful questions.
Rage does not wait for investigations.
Rage does not protect grieving families from becoming political props.
Rage looks for a target.
And that is where Farage always seems most comfertable.
Not solving the pain.
Not calming the country.
Not asking how institutions failed and how they can be fixed.
But standing beside the pain with a microphone, turning the temprature up, and calling it leadership.
Warm enough to repost.
Warm enough to donate.
Warm enough to vote.
But never calm enough to ask:
“Hang on, who benefits from keeping us this angry?”
That is the trick.
He does not need Britain to feel hopeful.
He does not even need Britain to feel informed.
He needs Britain permanently one headline away from rage.
Because rage is usefull.
It fills rallies.
It drives clicks.
It turns grief into theatre.
It makes slogans feel like solutions.
And while everyone is shouting, nobody asks the boring questions.
Where is the plan?
Where is the funding?
Where are the costings?
Where is the responsibilty?
Maybe that is who Nigel Farage is.
Not the man of the people.
But the man who knows exactly how to turn peoples pain into his own political stage.
The Reform & Tory Sitcom continues.
Same chaos. Different rosette.
Anger can demand answers.
Rage just sells tickets.
If this speaks to you, please add your comments, repost it, and maybe follow me — not for me, but because politics needs fewer slogans and more people asking proper questions.
#Farage #ReformUK
Farage at #PMQs today, the first time he’s shown his face in Parliament for months. I suspect he may regret it. He was absolutely slated for failing to condemn the violence in Southampton, for ignoring the appeal made by Henry Nowak’s father, and for using his son’s death to stir up hate and division. #Farage #FarageRiots #PMQs
They know that the candidate will make a fool of himself on national TV and be subject to questions about his previous behaviour that will reflect poorly in the upcoming by-election.
It's exactly the same reason Sarah Pochin isn't allowed on BBCQT.
It has nothing to do with defamation. Everything to do with low quality candidates with a tendency to dropping themselves in it being hidden from scrutiny.
"So tell me Mr Farage, what was it that first attracted you to the idea of becoming an MP in exchange for a £5 million gift from a crypto billionaire?"
@Machiav65991401@bob_weston67@davidyelland Or turn up for work. Farage last voted on 18 March 2026 (Divisions 450 and 451 on two regulations). He has missed 77 consecutive divisions since then.
Full record and list of every missed vote: https://t.co/5TgS3hyUyo…
Farage last voted on 18 March 2026 (Divisions 450 and 451 on two regulations). He has missed 77 consecutive divisions since then.
Full record and list of every missed vote: https://t.co/42BO9sbDRP
Missed topics include immigration, crime/policing, pensions, Northern Ireland, children's wellbeing, King's Speech amendments, devolution and various bills/regulations.
MP salary (~£94k/year) and expenses are fixed, not based on votes cast. Official source: https://t.co/lf5oTFHIAa
Nigel Farage hasn't bothered to vote in Parliament for the last 11 weeks.
During that time he will have collected about £50,000 in wages and expenses.
But he will tell you Disabled People and immigrants are the problem.
No, it's rich lazy parasites like him.
This week alone:
DOJ opens an investigation into the woman Trump raped.
The White House is caught steering a $620 million contract to Don Jr.’s firm.
The Pentagon hands out a $10 billion contract after Trump buys stock in the company.
Foreign governments are caught funneling hundreds of millions into a random JPMorgan account tied to Trump’s “Board of Peace” with no oversight.
It’s just Thursday.
The corruption isn’t hidden anymore. It’s happening out in the open.
Massive back peddling from Nigel Farage after his bluff was called by Labour Party chair Anna Turley who gave him 24 hours to report Russian hacking claim in ‘public and national interest’.
Now he says he,
"Wants to move on from the issue and no longer discuss it".
@IanDarke Will be interesting to see what happens to Abu Kamara, Ian, now Hull promoted. Hardly had any minutes on loan at Getafe. Would love to see him back at #Pompey
This isn't just a story about Farage and his sudden interest in the deregulation of crypto currency.
But starts with Boris Johnson..
Perhaps Ben Habib was right all along?
You've got to take a read of this extraordinary investigative piece by @thenerve_news
1/ Nigel Farage took £50,000 in speaking fees from two crypto firms in Oct 2025 — then told Reuters he was “not aware” of crypto businesses funding Reform UK. But I found his Parliamentary records show
• £30k from Blockworks Inc
• £20k from Zebu Group
Nigel Farage really is a one trick pony. His divisive and inflammatory comments about immigration is all he has.
Is it any wonder we won’t want you to know that net migration has fallen by 82% since its peak under the conservatives and small boat crossings are down by approximately 40% so far in 2026 compared to the same period in 2025.
LETS MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNOW THE REAL FACTS