Is democracy being by-passed in favour of the billionaires?

Is democracy being by-passed in favour of the billionaires?

It certainly sounds like it has been seriously and potentially criminally influenced by one particular billionaire.

The was in November 2019.

Nigel Farage has ditched plans to take on the Tories in more than 300 seats, after what he said was Boris Johnson's "shift of position" on Brexit. The [Brexit] party will not now stand in 317 seats won by the Tories in 2017, but will continue to stand elsewhere.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50377396

Obviously, the disaster of Johnson’s premiership (accurately predicted by Max Hastings) and what followed was a major factor in the Tories performance in the 2024 election but one also has to wonder what the result of the 2019 election might have been under FPTP had Farage, as it is now being alleged by Habib, not been paid a million pounds by Harborne not to contest 317 of those seats.

In 2024, it was Reform splitting the right wing vote that gave the Labour such a huge majority in Parliament. Labour won more than double the number of seats in 2024 on fewer votes that they received in 2019.

Farage is a dishonest yes I agree with all said above about him , we’re sleep walking into a nightmare

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But I’m not clear that regarding Farage it is all out in the open and transparent - in fact I’m sure there is much we don’t know.

His Russian connection

His Breitbart Connection

His connection to Cambridge Analytica

These are just scratching the surface.

No we don't ,but we do know he is not sueaky clean, that he is a grifter and that anything he does or says needs to be closely scrutinised.

The ones we need to be most afraid of is those parading their virute while gettingup to dirty deeds behind the curtains.

But the question must be - does the acceptance of a new suit or specs by-pass the democratic process? I would argue that it may not reach the standards expected by the voter of the politician, but it pales into insignificance when giving consideration to the millions being proffered to Reform, Farage and Johnson by one individual, who, it appears, has been instrumental in influencing the result in more than one election.

We won't agree. I will leave it at that.

Farage failed to declare the use of a helicopter as he flew around the U.K. multiple times to reform rallies.

Money not declared, which is against the rules.
Why not declared?
Why not follow the current rules in the country you hope to govern?