One thing I didn’t fully appreciate. The footage with Farage was filmed during the Clacton by-election. The by-election that was literally called in an effort to draw a line under the Reform cash and sleaze narrative.
A dry legal thread on Section 61(1) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, “Offences concerned with evasion of restrictions on donations”, which reads,
61.—(1) A person commits an offence if he—
(a) knowingly enters into, or
(b) knowingly does any act in furtherance of any arrangement which facilitates or is likely to facilitate, whether by means of any concealment or disguise or otherwise, the making of donations to a registered party by any person or body other than a permissible donor.
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@forwardnotback What should Tim put in his sandwich?
White or brown bread. Your choice of butter, margarine or lactose free options.
(For old times sake)