Funny how political donations only become a “national scandal” when the money starts flowing in the wrong direction.
In 2024, Reform received just under £3 million, around 4% of the total shown. Labour took £37.4 million and the Conservatives £29.3 million. Apparently, that was politics functioning normally. The money going to the right places.
Now, in the 2026 figures shown, Reform has received £9.26 million, 44% of all donations recorded, and suddenly the establishment has discovered an urgent moral concern about money in politics.
The money itself was never the problem. It was perfectly acceptable while it flowed into the parties that have governed Britain for decades.
The problem is that donors are now putting their money somewhere the political and media establishment doesn’t want it going.
Funny how the outrage only arrives when the old parties start losing their monopoly.
At 6pm im blowing the lid off the entire thing. Any person or party that stands with the establishment needs calling out also.
#ReformUK #PoliticalDonations #UKPolitics #Westminster #MediaBias #Establishment
So here's a project for an industrious journalist: ask every SITTING Tory MP where they stand on Net Zero.
Maybe @Gabriel_Pogrund could take it on, if he can spare time from his @reformparty_uk hunt.
This would be a much more credible intervention if she had rejected every *sitting* Tory MP who voted to inflict the economic catastrophe of Net Zero on the nation.
That would be almost all of them, including her.
Not a serious party.
This would be a much more credible intervention if she had rejected every *sitting* Tory MP who voted to inflict the economic catastrophe of Net Zero on the nation.
That would be almost all of them, including her.
Not a serious party.
Pakistan has said that it will not take back the Rochdale rape gang leader under any circumstances.
A Restore Britain Government would end all immigration from Pakistan - it would go on our Red List.
Enough is enough.
Pakistan is a rogue state, and we would treat it as such.
🚨Pakistan has declared it will not take back the Rochdale Monster - Shabir Ahmed - “under any circumstances”.
Over the last 20 years Tory and Labour governments have sent £6 BILLION of your money in foreign aid to Pakistan in real terms.
They issued 2 MILLION visas to Pakistani nationals.
All in the name of “soft power”.
Yet the Rochdale Monster - Shabir Ahmed - convicted of raping 30 girls as young as 12 - “cannot be deported” because Pakistan is refusing to take him back.
How POWERFUL do you feel right now?
The Tory Labour uniparty have betrayed hard working Brits, sent our treasure abroad and allowed the rape of British girls by foreign nationals.
Do not fall for the Tory and Labour talking heads and their assets in the press pretending they’re angry.
They sold you out.
They are traitors to their country.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
This is a real by-election with real voters.
The establishment parties are too cowardly to face electoral humiliation.
They put that before the real people.
That’s how much they care.
“It does look like hypocrisy.”
Reform’s Laila Cunningham slams the hypocrisy of MSM’s pile on against Nigel Farage.
Watch to the end as she neatly skewers Newsnight’s Victoria Derbyshire and proves her point.
@policylaila
Andy Burnham is now taking a few questions, albeit in highly controlled circumstances. He’s coming across as a bit Forrest Gump: well-meaning, naïve, uninformed.
So let’s get real. Here’s a proper question about a huge issue.
There are almost 11m people of working age in the UK who are economically inactive.
Yet Skills England reports that construction is short of 1m workers to meet the current infrastructure and housing targets — and that’s before you include Mr Burnham’s plans for a massive council house building programme.
It’s a clear sign of a labour market — skills shortage AND huge inactive labour pool — not functioning properly.
It needs to be put right before we have any chance of decent growth.
So, Mr Burnham, what would you do to put it right?
This is unbelievable.
Over the last 20 years Tory and Labour governments have sent £6 BILLION of your money in foreign aid to Pakistan in real terms.
They issued 2 MILLION visas to Pakistani nationals.
All in the name of “soft power”.
Yet the Rochdale Monster - Shabir Ahmed who was convicted of raping 30 girls as young as 12 - “cannot be deported” because Pakistan is refusing to take him back.
How POWERFUL do you feel right now?
The Tory Labour uniparty have betrayed hard working Brits, sent our treasure abroad and allowed the rape of British girls by foreign nationals.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
What a fantastic day out campaigning with Colin Sutton!
I’ve had the privilege of speaking to so many local residents today, and one thing is clear – people want safer communities, visible policing, and someone with real experience fighting crime.
Colin isn’t a career politician. He’s a former senior detective with an outstanding record, having led major investigations that brought dangerous criminals such as Levi Bellfield and the Night Stalker to justice. He has the experience, integrity and leadership needed to be an outstanding Police & Crime Commissioner for Norfolk.
If you live in Norfolk, please don’t forget to vote for Colin Sutton on Thursday 16th July.
Every single vote matters, and together we can help make Norfolk an even safer place to live, work and raise a family.
Vote Colin Sutton. Vote for experience. Vote for safer streets.
#VoteColinSutton #Norfolk #PoliceAndCrimeCommissioner #SaferStreets #ReformUK #CommunityFirst #BackColin #VoteJuly16
This is absurd. Palantir tech saves lives.
If the NHS can’t interpret its own data well it will continue to deliver substandard care.
In Florida, Palantir software has more than halved sepsis deaths. Down 68%. It spots trends early that humans can’t. Abandoning that for ideological reasons is *insane*.
Today, my Cabinet approved our decision to proceed with a Judicial Review challenging the Government’s Local Government Reorganisation plans.
We were elected to stand up for Suffolk, and that’s exactly what we’re doing. I then held a press conference explaining why we’re taking this action.
QUESTIONS FOR NEW PRIME MINISTER ANDY BURNHAM
-Will you change the definition of the “fiscal rules” in any sense from the last Reeves alteration?
-Can you name the fiscal rules now?
-What is your exact definition of “working people” seeing as you have signed up to the Labour manifesto which says taxes will not be raised on them?
-Which taxes do not impact “working people“?
-Which taxes do impact “working people“?
-Does the overall welfare bill need to come down? If so, by how much?
-Will you rule out borrowing outside the “fiscal rules” to fund increased defence spending?
-Rumours have already started that you will impose an exit tax. Given that such rumours push entrepreneurs to abandon Britain, can you firmly rule this out now?
-Can you rule out joining the European Union at any point in your premiership?
-Will you change Starmer’s Defence Investment Plan?
-Will you reach 3% defence spending by 2030?
-Will you rule out compensating the WASPI women?
-What is a woman?
-Do you agree the UK should transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius?
-Will you ban social media for under-16s?
-Is China a national security threat?
-Was the government right in its approach to US military action against Iran?
-Will you nationalise Thames Water in this parliament?
-In January 2021, you tweeted: “Any UK politician who gave Trump the time of day should be ashamed right now.” Do you stand by your claim?
-Do you support mandatory Digital ID to work in the UK?
-Will you rule out calling a general election before 2029?
-Do you support this government’s current Net Zero commitments?
-Do you support a ban on new North Sea oil and gas exploration licences?
-Do you support the current government’s approach to immigration policy? If not, how?
-What should the net immigration level be in the UK?
-How will you reduce the number of small boats ferrying migrants across the Channel illegally?
-Do you support the pension triple lock?
-What specific policies will you pursue to reform the benefits system?
-Will you, as new head of the OBR Professor Haskell has suggested, commit to not increasing business taxes further during the life of this Parliament, including capital gains tax?
-Will you commit to preserving people’s ability to withdraw 25% of their pension as tax-free lump sum and to preserving the current value of pension contribution allowances?
-Do you commit to cancelling the increases in fuel duty that are planned for 2027?
-Will you commit not to extend further the freeze on tax thresholds?
-You earlier suggested an additional 10% inheritance tax levy. Can you now rule that out?
-Given that taxes on banks are already far higher than those in competing countries, will you pledge that bank taxes will not be increased anymore?
-The Labour manifesto said: “We will publish a roadmap for business taxation for the next parliament which will allow businesses to plan investments with confidence.” This has not been done. Would your administration publish this plan?
🚨 I've listened to Andy Burnham's 10 year speech, where he looks Britain's new saviour in Zelenski uniform, bragging about what a success Greater Manchester is with my mouth open.
You would be forgiven for thinking Greater Manchester was close to perfect, an example to everyone of how his fantastic policies have worked.
Does he seriously think most of Greater Manchester is a success? or that he contributed to a shiny business sector, 2 world class football teams and the largest Uni in the country? because outside that...
▪️Nearly 1 in 4 GM neighbourhoods are in the most deprived 10% nationally.
▪️Half of GM’s local authority areas are among England’s 30 most deprived.
▪️Manchester city is ranked 4th most deprived English local authorities.
▪️In 2024, 16.2% of jobs in Greater Manchester workplaces paid below the real Living Wage = 193,000 low-paid jobs.
▪️Temporary accommodation is around 5,915 households, with 8,600 children in temporary accommodation.
▪️Around 12,700 long-term empty homes were identified across the city-region.
▪️4 of the 10 highest recorded crime local authorities in England are in Greater Manchester
▪️Educational achievements are below national average
▪️Manchester city area above national unemployment levels
▪️1 in 8 working age people get PIP, above the national average
▪️The GM area has a lower household disposable income than the national average
▪️34% increase in rough sleeping
▪️Violent crime and sexual offences are above the national average.
▪️grooming gangs? or is we still ignoring these?
▪️Drug-related death rates in Greater Manchester are significantly above the national average
Oh and now lets talk about debt. Bravo Andy... to achieve some of the highest deprivation in the country under his leadership, GMCA now has about £1.4 BILLION of gross debt and an underlying borrowing need of roughly £2.5 BILLION.
So his speech on "Hopes and dreams" is actually more like 'No hope and nightmares', his leafy suburbs and shiny city buildings can't really hide the truth.
You're welcome.
@LordRickettsP@RESCUEorg If D Miliband does come back, we can expect to keep hearing how much he's been paid by the American charity he's been in charge of. But Ricketts is too Lordly to concern himself over such trifles.