Grumpy @grumpybb.bsky.social · 05/07/2026And I suspect this story has been sat on for a substantial amount time until it was deemed useful or the “right time” Especially as some details were mentioned a decade ago. 2320
Grumpy @grumpybb.bsky.social · 05/07/2026bsky.app/profile/tom-...Tom Scott@tom--scott.bsky.social1/ I've known quite a bit about Posh George Cottrell for a long time. Until now, most of the UK media has studiously ignored Farage's extremely close associaton with this aristo-criminal, whose background (before crypto) is in hyper-dodgy offshore "money business" for Russian oligarchs. 2174
Ilikecaketoo (UK) @ilikecaketoo.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Cottrell has entries in Farage’s declarations since he began as an MP… The timing is suspicious at best. Farage is finished, he’s lost his media backers. That’s now clear. But why remains to be seen. I don’t think it’s suddenly because he’s too hot to handle… 2130
Gavin Draper @buzzardinnit.bsky.social · 05/07/2026He also co-authored a book called "how to launder money" www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comSenior Reform UK figures attend launch of How to Launder Money bookCo-author George Cottrell is close aide to party leader Nigel Farage and served several months in US prison 121
