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Does Farage ever stop (breaking rules)

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Cossy Wed 02-Sept-26 08:23:48

So up popped my news this morning, yesterday Farage was sworn in (again), then, on the very first day of Parliament this session, went up onto the roof and filmed a social media. Completely against the rules, for extremely obvious reasons.

What is wrong with this man? Surely he, out of everyone, understands the meaning of national security?

spabbygirl Thu 03-Sept-26 15:06:19

Visgir1

He's one of these people who pushes boundaries to see how far he can go, No one stops him, total loose cannon, and he gets away with it!
He is always just this side of the rules /laws. Just wish someone could squash him. I really hope he comes a cropper, fully understand why some people gravitate to him, apparently very charming with it.

I have worked with a few people who have done this, absolute nightmare to manage.

I so agree, if he ever got into no. 10 his voters would be horrified at his policies, just like they were with Boris. Some people vote for someone they like and only belatedly learn what they stand for.

vegansrock Thu 03-Sept-26 15:10:48

Another excuse for him not to turn up to parliament

MayBee70 Thu 03-Sept-26 15:57:49

….and now he’s in America again I believe…

CarrotTop Thu 03-Sept-26 16:08:26

Like Trump, he has realised that all publicity is good. As long as he's in the public eye, he demands (and is given) enough oxygen to survive and grow. And here am I, giving him a little bit more... But what can we do? If we publicise him as a fool, he survives at the forefront of our minds. If we ignore him, he sneaks in anyway, apparently harmlessly because nobody cared enough to comment. Some of the most destructive people in history have looked and behaved like laughable idiots, giving us something to make jokes about while they steal away everything we hold dear.

AGAA4 Thu 03-Sept-26 16:18:38

Neilspurgeon0

The service would define him clearly

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Describes Farage perfectly.

Fallingstar Thu 03-Sept-26 16:24:53

MayBee70

….and now he’s in America again I believe…

Of course he is.
Never happier than when getting pointers from the maestro of rule breaking and hogging the media with absolute drivel. No doubt his constituents will be happy with him for spending more time over the past couple of years in the US than with them, afterall they voted for him, again.
Perhaps Trump could rename Farage ‘Nigel Trump’ has a certain ring to it

AGAA4 Thu 03-Sept-26 16:32:04

Farage does want to be as much.like his idol as possible even trying to achieve the orange look.
A lot of good he is doing for Clacton in the US. They would have been better off with anybody else.

Essexgirl145 Thu 03-Sept-26 16:36:16

He obviously can't handle doing things normally.

Graphite Thu 03-Sept-26 16:58:20

MayBee70

….and now he’s in America again I believe…

Is he? He had better hurry back as he's giving a "keynote" speech at conference tomorrow at 3:50pm - although every speech of the day is listed as keynote.

He's then hosting a champagne breakfast on Saturday morning. VIP ticket £3,000. What do you mean, you haven't bought one?

Wyllow3 Thu 03-Sept-26 17:28:20

Its incredible. I wish his constituents had all had lists of his sources of income, his trips, and this sort of thing.

Do people know about his links with Jacob Rees Mogg as in the Mogg of the Conservatives? this is AI reports from Sky News, looking into the Bruges Group, (wiki) and Conservative Home

Rees-Mogg has consistently urged for cooperation between the Conservative Party and Reform UK, stating he remains a Tory to bring the broader family of the right together.

Advising Reform: Farage declared readiness to advise Jacob Rees Mogg on dismantling key human rights and climate change regulations to prevent the Civil Service from blocking a future Reform government's agenda.

High-Profile Sightings: The political figures have fueled alliance rumors after being spotted leaving Boodles private members club in central London shortly apart from one another.

Defending Farage: Rees-Mogg publicly defended Farage on GB News regarding parliamentary standards investigations, framing political pressure on Farage as an establishment "hit job" and warning that political opponents are desperate to halt Reform's momentum.

Family Connections: Highlighting the close proximity of the two camps, Rees-Mogg noted that his own daughter, Mary, decided to join Reform UK.

Furthermore, and this is most significant to me

*The Trump administration's state department plans to allocate $12 million in grants to UK organisations founded by prominent conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby Young*(the Guardian)

And more from the Guardian:

The Group:

The funding includes $7 million designated for 878, a think tank co-founded by Jacob Rees-Mogg that focuses on cultural issues and immigration.

The Purpose: The intended grants are part of a broader package of financial support aimed at European groups favoured by the Trump administration

(The Backlash: Former US officials and critics have condemned the move as an improper use of public funds intended to exert influence over foreign politics and British democracy).

I looked up the 878 group to see details of this right wing alliance and funding. The New World publication revealed that

"Will the Conservatives agree to a pact with Reform ahead of the next general election? Absolutely not, insisted Kemi Badenoch, saying after Reform’s poor showing in this month’s parliamentary byelections: “The results have left the idea of the Conservatives doing a deal with Reform stone-dead.”

But that has not stopped a number of her MPs working behind the scenes on some sort of agreement with Nigel Farage.

Even back in June, the Telegraph reported that a "growing chorus of conservative politicians wanted to "unite the right" an elector strategy in which Reform or tory candidates would stand aside in certain seats.

Look up the 878 aims
878institute.org

Casdon Thu 03-Sept-26 18:46:16

Graphite

MayBee70

….and now he’s in America again I believe…

Is he? He had better hurry back as he's giving a "keynote" speech at conference tomorrow at 3:50pm - although every speech of the day is listed as keynote.

He's then hosting a champagne breakfast on Saturday morning. VIP ticket £3,000. What do you mean, you haven't bought one?

He is at the Reform Conference, which started today, apparently no media allowed.

LemonJam Thu 03-Sept-26 18:49:47

There is media present but Reform has excluded media entry to some named journalists it does not like......

Casdon Thu 03-Sept-26 19:00:21

Oh yes, I just looked it up - this is what the NUJ had to say, they are understandably not happy.
www.google.com/goto?url=CAESoAEB6zswFSt6Hwh9g5KgIc9sfxbsD7mmxvlOeKw6lyVFfMHhCPOiylAdgvz0zNmIqWjPQ32HlMIOy6O4fN9mLItmRB7d9XaEh-8SOm0ygpfZ6C9f74oTn4wiLRJ-zTy3TevOORNG8gekoJYFTJk7XwaYkJw-SoezeMk_Z1Vg3-PSMXdRKI_s50_Vk-uHiwE2mRAZ07PAQJkwZJxR4TSeUeDj

Whitewavemark2 Thu 03-Sept-26 19:04:01

Blimey

Ch 4news carried out a sting on Reform tying them up in knots about receiving dodgy money.

MaizieD Thu 03-Sept-26 19:46:56

What is the betting that Chris Mason (BBC politics journalist) is at the Reform conference. He promotes Farage at every opportunity.

Graphite Thu 03-Sept-26 19:47:53

James Orr, Dan Jukes and Farage going to jail?

Whitewavemark2 Thu 03-Sept-26 19:52:43

Graphite

James Orr, Dan Jukes and Farage going to jail?

Well, judging by tonight it should be a slam dunk, but it won’t happen.

Good bit of journalism though.

MaizieD Thu 03-Sept-26 19:52:50

Whitewavemark2

Blimey

Ch 4news carried out a sting on Reform tying them up in knots about receiving dodgy money.

This one?

^Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations*

channel4news.substack.com/p/exclusive-nigel-farage-filmed-undercover

Whitewavemark2 Thu 03-Sept-26 19:55:24

Yes. All the other political parties are referring it to the police.

Casdon Thu 03-Sept-26 19:56:04

Crikey.

BlueBelle Thu 03-Sept-26 19:57:36

Oh it’s great fun on channel 4 at last

Iam64 Thu 03-Sept-26 19:57:58

I watched the ch4 programme, it’s good to see serious investigative journalism. The Greens, Labour and LibDems all calling for a police investigation. All heroes

Whitewavemark2 Thu 03-Sept-26 20:06:42

As the Lib man said - this isn’t Trumps America, and it must not come to the U.K.

Here, here

Graphite Thu 03-Sept-26 20:11:08

There are a number of issues as well as the foreign money being solicited in this film.

Were the polls which this “donor” paid for on behalf of Reform and printed in the Telegraph and Times as “independent” based on genuine polling? The polling company did not disclose that Reform had paid for them.

In the conversation that Dukes had in the street, he mentions other donations which have come from overseas and been filtered through UK residents. The names were bleeped out but they are on the tape so those need to be investigated. I wonder if one of the names is John Simpson the churchwarden alleged to have made a £200,000 donation to Reform on behalf of the Ghandehari family.

Whitewavemark2 Thu 03-Sept-26 20:14:24

That’s exactly what I thought about the polls. It sounded as if they were totally made up. And I do think the Telegraph and Times were complicit - although of course it will be strongly refuted.

It is all so murky