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mac jordan 🇬🇧's avatar

Everything about Reform UK and Farage seems as dodgy as f**k. Or is it just me?

Jennet Bryan's avatar

No it's not just you. There's millions if us that feel thst way too.

mac jordan 🇬🇧's avatar

I suspected as much. I was just looking for validation 😀

chas's avatar

No, I asked almost the exact same question on another platform a few days ago!!. Everything about Farage, Reform Ltd and all the Farage-lovers is...........just dodgy!!!

Peter Aubrey's avatar

I don’t like posting videos for people to watch, but this one is essential: Bloomberg - The Big Brexit Short. It shows that the Brexit vote night was the best ever for hedge funds.

Nigel Farage, knowing from extensive private (illegal?) polling done during the day that Leave had won, made a concession speech that Remain had won. The pound surged on the exchanges as a result leaving Farage and his cronies as the few people in the marketplace that knew the opposite was the case.

https://youtu.be/Ht40yrt3VrY?is=8tv5LO9ESRAIWJOm

Kay's avatar

I didn't know this Peter (so thank you for posting) but it doesn't remotely surprise me - isn't this just another chapter (titled "Manipulate the Markets") out of Trump's playbook?

I REALLY wish Reform's incurious (and often, poorly educated) supporters had even the slightest inkling of how deep Farage's grift goes and how little he cares about anything other than enriching himself. Indeed, how little he cares about them (the "useful idiots") and again, like Trump, he probably has nothing but contempt for them for their stupidity. I just hope that this Instant Gratification Society of voters doesn't have to suffer any personal detriment (as some MAGAts have in the US) before they wake up to what a Reform UK government would mean for the ordinary citizens of this country. Maybe they should start by asking themselves, "Why does Reform UK want to repeal the Equality Act 2010"?

Peter Aubrey's avatar

Jolly good…. I bet most people don’t though, especially those that vote for him….

mac jordan 🇬🇧's avatar

Excellent. We should start a political party 😎

Kay's avatar

You are definitely NOT alone Mac.

Jennet Bryan's avatar

Excellent investigative journalism, analysis and production Sam. Big thanks 😊

Sam Bright's avatar

Much appreciated!

Alex H's avatar

An excellent article and a dire warning of the threats posed by the ultra Libertarian rich who seek to undermine democracy for their own selfish gain

Jennet Bryan's avatar

Don't agree with people living abroad having a say in UK politics. Even if British, they decided elsewhere was better, more fair, more advantageous, etc. I think the Delo pleb will be paying others to donate 100k in their own name, but on his behalf when he moves to the UK. Always so bloody hypocritical as its ok for them to be immigrants in other countries. Yet scream hell fire when others do it, especially legally. If they cared so much, they wouldn't have upped n left in the 1st place. This tactic must be stopped, as well as other tactics, and this continuing theme of evil rw racist fascist hypocritical wealthy twats too 😤😡😠🤬🤬🤬

GreenElm's avatar

As a Brit abroad I have only once voted in the UK and that was before I left. So I could not vote in the 2016 referendum! After the law change a few years ago I applied and my vote has been returned - took a year but too late for the last GE! I am a dual citizen and can vote there as well! I certainly take it seriously!

Roger Cottrell's avatar

Another great piece connecting opaque finance, hedge funds and cryto-currencies to the fasvist Right. Of course, the Counterfeit Labour government doesn't go far enough and all of this dark money needs to be purged out of politics altogether. I'm now wondering, should Orban (hopefully) lose the election on Sunday, will Frank Furedi petition to move MCC Brussels to the UK as it is one of the main conduits for Russian money into Britain's fascist Right.

Di Hill's avatar

Anybody else fed up with hearing Farage's voice overs on crypto ads on You Tube?

Sam H's avatar

surely Farage fans must look at this and say, "Hmm, bit dodgy that a guy who left the UK because he didn't seem to like it has come back to throw millions around like it's pocket change"

Di Hill's avatar

They won't even know because it won't be mentioned on his GB News programme

Seamus's avatar

Its somewhat hypocritical to point to just reform for dodgy funding given the tories history with russia and labours zionist funding. Admittedly labour isn't alone there,the tories,liberals and reform are all accepting large sums from zionists....

Is there any good reason why people backing israel and its atrocities have bought all 4 of those parties.?

Then throw in the lobbying money,private Healthcare,fossil fuels and arms manufacturers in particular...

Until such time as all of the above and their money are removed from politics how can we trust any politician to work towards benefitting the public and not their various donors.

Di Hill's avatar

There definitely needs to be an upper limit put on political donations of just a few thousand, like in Canada https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=pol&dir=lim&document=lim2026&lang=e

Ealing53's avatar

So another dodgy crypto bro then?

Stephan M's avatar

Backed by billlionaire spivs with an agenda just like Trump.. we’ve all seen what happens subsequently.

Christine Mcgovern's avatar

I am more and more minded to think that EVERYTHING is corrupt and am praying for 'bitcoin' to completely crash. The Emperors New Clothes have nothing on bitcoin, a totally unfettered fever dream of the dangerous and criminal fraternity.

Di Hill's avatar

Why is he bankrolling an outfit like Reform if he's a philanthropist? 🤔

Is he misguided, assuaging his guilt or what?

Jennet Bryan's avatar

It's about control of everything.