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Money-grubber Farage?

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Wyllow3 Fri 27-Dec-24 14:14:46

I'll be honest, I found it hard to join the thread because after a summer of some hostile monikers as titles has led to a lot of grief in terms of some discussions,

but when I read the article you posted I was horrified - I'll quote a bit more here - no politician surely can promote an individual company like this? I'm staggered - .....

"The MP for Clacton and Reform party leader promoted gold on behalf of Direct Bullion on a podcast sponsored by the company in November hosted by a fellow brand ambassador and influencer, Rob Moore.

On the episode, broadcast last month, Farage said: “I’ve been working for Direct Bullion … I’ve been doing a bit of promotion for them, bit of advertising for them, bit of education for them so you know I have an interest in this – declared.

“But I’m not doing it out of nothing … I’ve been doing this now with them for getting on for a year, but actually for the last five years I’ve been involved with financial markets newsletters etc,

making this argument that you should give gold a serious thought and it is open and accessible to you

JaneJudge Fri 27-Dec-24 14:02:19

The tenuous link is there are lots of foxes in Clacton?

Graceless Fri 27-Dec-24 13:55:50

Is there any one here from his constituency? I'd love to hear their opinions on his work as an MP. I understand he's not been seen there since the election.

Anniebach Fri 27-Dec-24 13:51:23

He is a liar , I heard him praising the hunt, seems those who hunt are not ‘toffs, ’ but ordinary country people , really?
ordinary country people ride to hounds ? They may follow the hunt but that’s it

Notagranyet24 Fri 27-Dec-24 13:41:52

Seeing the Robber Reeves moniker, I thought I might as well share this :

www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/dec/27/nigel-farage-working-paid-brand-ambassador-gold-firm-direct-bullion?

He's going to have a bit of trouble keeping to £300 a calender year allowable income outside his salary as an MP. Especially given he's apparently earned £177,000 from GB News since the summer along with income from social media and many other sources mentioned in the article.

Does he really care about foxhunting or is it just another feeding trough full of disgruntled farmers and members of the nobility? When do his constituents receive any attention?