BBC have reported the following about Reform!

Bitmex registered in the Seychelles is being wound up, plenty of opportunity for fraud with an operation like that. It would be very interesting to find the real source of the £36m donation.

Exactly the sort donation you dont want in a legitimate political party, crypto is unregulated and is used by all sorts of criminals to launder money

Agree with you there, David49

Farage is like his hero Trump and trying to buy himself into power. Do we want to be governed by a corrupt leaders as in the US?

Most of Reform's donations are from crypto billionaires who want to bring their crypto businesses to the UK.

They can be used for money laundering and this is another of the donor billionaires who has been involved in criminal activit

It does feel as though Farage has pressed the self destruct button. He must realise that publicity about crypto donations is the last thing Reform needs whilst public suspicions about donations are so high.

Where’s Farage??

Clacton, looking after his loyal supporters? NO! In Parliament, voting on the quite important assisted dying Bill? NO!

He’s in Washington, keynote speaker, drinks, celebrating some anniversary of GB News.

He doesn’t care about his voters or his constituency.

Why, oh, why do people keep on supporting him! 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

Farage doesn't care about his country. He is focussed on enriching himself with the aid of his dubious friends.

Here’s a lot of febrile hyperbole on this thread! 🤣

The ballot box will show us all what’s what i due course.

The ballot box IS showing us.
How many defeats so far?
Well apart from that amazing triumph against another Performer. 🤣 😂
Facebook has interesting posts about the increase numbers of new Reform councillors who can't hack it.
Perhaps it's Reform who is becoming febrile? 🤔

David49

Farage supporters are the same as Trumps they think it's a "witch hunt" he is being demonized, thankfully Farage has no actual power to do anything.

The similarity is, both groups are repeatedly told by their leaders that it's a witch hunt, the l;eaders are being demonised, and their country /race is being taken over by illegal migrants who are criminals and of a different race.

Peaseblossom

always mudslinging at reform because they are scared they're going to win, but what about all the scandal with the other parties?

Who is scared Reform are going to win and win what? If you mean the next election then they have to find hundreds of electable candidates, judging by the number of Reform local councillors who have either left the job or been dismissed their vetting procedure leaves a lot to be desired. Reform have won one out of five parliamentary elections since June 2024 and that was by six votes so that is no basis for anybody to be scared of Reform winning future by elections. If you mean scared of Reform’s place in recent polls then recent events tell us polls can be bought and mean very little until the ultimate poll on Election Day.

Yes there have been scandals with other parties and they have come to light and the guilty parties dealt with so I’m not sure what your point is here.

Five months ago, in The Telegraph on 8 April 2026.

Which only goes to prove a fool and his money ...

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Here’s a lot of febrile hyperbole on this thread! 🤣

The ballot box will show us all what’s what i due course.

We can agree.... on your last sentence.

Farage is no politician, just a charlatan who uses politics as way to fill his pockets. Just like Trump.

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Here’s a lot of febrile hyperbole on this thread! 🤣

The ballot box will show us all what’s what i due course.

Any particular examples you could direct me to? 🤣

The only thing I can agree with FGT is the ballot box certainly will show us 🙂

I agree Cossy- interested to be directed to any alleged 'febrile hyperbole' though.

Reform UK supporters may be overly protective of their and dislike any scrutiny at all even when there are grounds to investigate possible criminal activity? Maybe would welcome a two tier system- ie Reform can do whatever it likes irrespective of laws and parliamentary rules but other parties and politicians should face due scrutiny?

Breaking news.
Crypto- currency investor Christopher Harborne has just matched Ben Delo’s donation to Reform.

LemonJam

I agree Cossy- interested to be directed to any alleged 'febrile hyperbole' though.

Reform UK supporters may be overly protective of their and dislike any scrutiny at all even when there are grounds to investigate possible criminal activity? Maybe would welcome a two tier system- ie Reform can do whatever it likes irrespective of laws and parliamentary rules but other parties and politicians should face due scrutiny?

I absolutely, honestly and truly, simple cannot comprehend why, when Farage has treated his own voters in Tendring with such utter contempt, he has supporters still.

Reform and Restore are not the only two political parties who want to find a lasting solution to people arriving on our shores claiming asylum.

But the entire situation and resolution are not as simple as “stopping the boats”, I won’t bore you all with all the issues surrounding Reform and Restore’s suggested resolutions, because we already know they cannot and will not happen.

I just need to know, please, why people are still supporting Farage and Reform.

It’s a genuine question, it’s not meant to goad or insult or upset anyone, it’s simple and pure, I don’t understand?

‘Setting the cat amongst the pigeons’ is a hyperbole!

LemonJam

I agree Cossy- interested to be directed to any alleged 'febrile hyperbole' though.

Reform UK supporters may be overly protective of their and dislike any scrutiny at all even when there are grounds to investigate possible criminal activity? Maybe would welcome a two tier system- ie Reform can do whatever it likes irrespective of laws and parliamentary rules but other parties and politicians should face due scrutiny?

Their rhetoric shows they already think there is a “two tier” system, in so much much they appear to genuinely believe only Reform are investigated and all the other political parties do what they like.

Even when shown irrefutable evidence and proof that this isn’t true, they persist with their untrue beliefs. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

Because they looked at the others and thought I would rather have Reform. That would give me pause for thought about how the public has come to view political parties and actually on a wider scale organisations in general. But I doubt it will give people pause for thought.

Galaxy

Because they looked at the others and thought I would rather have Reform. That would give me pause for thought about how the public has come to view political parties and actually on a wider scale organisations in general. But I doubt it will give people pause for thought.

Oh, if what you’ve posted is true, and I think I’d dispute that, that’s actually truly shocking.

Of course, it’s only our opinions (unless of course, you are a Reform voter/supporter, in which case these are your truthful reasons), it doesn’t explain this cult-like adoration of Farage, which I’ve never seen before in British politics, nor the misguided idea that he could ever be guilty of errors, mistakes or deliberate flaunts of rules.

So, take Tony Blair, because at that time I was only just left of centre, Blair really appealed to me. He had charisma, he was quite young, he spoke well and, at the time, I was quite taken by him.

By the end of his tenure, I loathed him, I considered him to be less than honest, I despised the way he took us into an illegal war, based on lies and I wondered how he’d (legally) accrued the wealth he appeared to have acquired whilst in office.

Likewise, I admired and had respect for Nick Clegg, until he joined up within the coalition and became Deputy Prime Minister, selling all his policies, along with any principles he may have had left, down the river.

It’s possible to support someone, realise they are not who they “pretended” to be and “go right off them”

It’s also possible to forgive someone when they’re caught out in less than honest situations, so long as they own up to their wrongdoings, genuinely apologise and try to be/do better. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

So the latest doner to Reform is a US convicted money launderer, who was pardoned by Trump.

Whitewavemark2

So the latest doner to Reform is a US convicted money launderer, who was pardoned by Trump.

How lovely!

I think many people have paused for thought and found reasons why people follow Reform.
They want to believe that what Farage says is true, that he will stop the boats and end all the worries they have about asylum seekers.
His ideas for this are illegal and unworkable.
Who can blame them when the media has been full of articles about the boat people.

It worries me that people do focus on this and not the harm Farage could do by bringing crypto currency businesses to the UK and in the unlikely event of him becoming PM the influence the crypto millionaires could have on our country.