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Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Conservative Party is “authoritarian” and attacking the “free press” by banning journalists from its conference when Kemi Badenoch called Reform precisely that for doing the same. bylinetimes.com/2026/09/30/k...

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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban

The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press

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Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I have spent weeks shadowing the RNLI and I can tell you, they do it out of nothing more than compassion. Wrote about the heroes I've met over the years in this free-to-read post. nicolakelly.substack.com/p/the-rnli-a...

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The RNLI aren't traitors; they're heroes

I have spent weeks shadowing lifeboat crews. Here's what they do and what it's like.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Nick Candy and Holly Valance. Britain’s most expensive house. A £265m sale. Usual consequence: £32m of stamp duty. But five small flats were included in the sale. By an extraordinary happy accident, that cut the tax by £18.5m. The curious sale of Nick Candy’s mansion A 🧵:

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS

A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

If the police & security services didn't see this coming, it was a massive intelligence failure. If they did, but still gave the impression of being caught on the hop, it's something worse.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Stop whatever you’re doing & watch this now! Reform’s magic money tree has been bust wide open. Huge kudos to undercover reporters Verbatim via @channel4news.bsky.social youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI?... huge

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Undercover: Exposing Reform's secret donations plot

YouTube video by Channel 4 News

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🍂k a r e n🍂 @andthenisleep.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Why do 8 data centers in Gary, Indiana have power BUT MOST OF THE RESIDENTS HAVEN'T HAD POWER OR WATER IN DAYS.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I'd say "Something for nothing" culture is getting paid £100,000 a year of public money, plus expenses, for a job that you then fail to turn up to for months on end

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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

“Reform will end ‘something for nothing’ Britain.” - Nigel Farage. He receives £98,599 a year as an MP, yet for more than three months this year he didn't cast a single parliamentary vote or make a single written contribution or speech in Parliament either. But yes, let’s shout at poor people

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Siding with the enemy over one of our longtime allies. AGAIN. He is unquestionably an existential threat to our Democracy. #Impeach-Convict-REMOVE

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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This morning the website of Parliament’s standards commissioner has been updated to confirm that his investigation is no longer suspended

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the world's press: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEsa...

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Count Binface meets the world's press

YouTube video by Count Binface

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lesleyaw.bsky.social @lesleyaw.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Wonder if grape vines grow in bunkers

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This is surely curtains for Farage's political career. I don't think there's any coming back from it. I hope not, at any rate. Looks like there could be a strong basis for a criminal case as well. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Revealed: George Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother days before her donations to Reform UK

Exclusive: Sources say Fiona Cottrell told bankers the transfers, received 24-72 hours before her donations to Reform, came from her son

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

FT reporting that Joshua Kushner, brother of Jared, wants to lead this deal…which underscores yet again that the World Cup hydration breaks and half-time show were the thin end of a Trumpian wedge to dominate the business of the game. Grift everwhere you look. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

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World Cup: Uefa furious at reports Fifa plan to sell stakes in tournament

European football's governing body Uefa reacts furiously to proposals from Fifa to seek private investment in its competitions, including the World Cup.

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Woah ‼️. SCOOP 🔥 “George Cottrell carried a fraudulent Swiss passport in the name of ‘Oscar Drewitt’ – the identity under which he was hired into a City corporate finance network by the future Reform UK treasurer, Mehrtash A’zami.“

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

the pervert glasses company is not beating the allegations

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Northern & proud 👊 @gazlancs.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The toxic influencer who has made "hyper-masculinity" his brand was arresting wearing Doris Day clam-digger slacks and a kicky purple blouse.

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

He Should Be Fired Immediately and Investigated…..

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Just to recap: Calling Nigel Farage “an unflushable poo” = dehumanising hate speech. Calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire = guest of honour at party conference. Bless those non-racist free speech warriors.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

"On August 6th, Farage is going to have to actively prove to voters that he's better than a garage bin" US news are now making fun of Nigel Farage vs Count Binface in Clacton

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Aelynn 🇨🇦 FanFest@Home @aelynn000.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

In positive news, was just reading about an island in Chile that installed open water solar panels and a bunch of tuna and salmon moved in underneath them because the vibrations of diesel energy had ceased. :) The world could be so good if people were just smarter everywhere.

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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

A contractor building Meta's data center flushed its "closed-loop" cooling system straight into Cheyenne's sewer. It carried a bacterium and knocked the city's water-reuse system offline for months. They sell these as sealed systems that barely touch the water. This one poisoned a city's.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The current stack of charges against Farage and Reform. Just in case you’d lost count. Spoilt-brat richboy, Tice, calls it all “a politically motivated smear” rather than the frenziedly greedy and corrupt piss-taking that it is. “Reform and Farage have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing” (iPaper)

Charge sheet All the major claims against the Reform UK leader and his party

Nigel Farage’s finances are under increasing scrutiny as the Reform UK leader and his party face fresh allegations over donations and support.
The former UKIP leader is the subject of a parliamentary standards inquiry over £5m he received from Thai-based crypto billionaire and Reform backer Christopher Harborne.
He is also facing questions about financial support from convicted fraudster and crypto gambler George Cottrell, known as “Posh George”, who has funded Farage’s office and security staff.

Reform and Farage have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing through accepting donations.
Here, The i Paper takes a look at the key allegations they are now facing.
Criminal investigation into Reform donations

Headings and extracts:

1) Criminal investigation into Reform donations

The Metropolitan Police has been investigating £500,000 in donations from Cottrell’s mother to Reform for more than a year, The Times has reported.

2) £5m donation from crypto billionaire

Farage is being investigated by Parliament’s ethics watchdog for accepting a £5m undeclared gift from Christopher Harborne, Reform’s largest financial backer.

3) Money-laundering probe

A report in The Guardian suggested on Wednesday that bankers raised concerns to the National Crime Agency through suspicious activity reports (SARs) about at least four transactions involving senior Reform leaders.
These include the £5m gift to Farage and a £1m donation from Cottrell’s mother to Britain Means Business, described as a fundraising vehicle for Reform which deputy leader Richard Tice is a director of.

4) Donations from fraudster ‘posh George’

Farage faces questions about undeclared support provided by his long-standing ally George Cottrell. He faces claims he failed to declare benefits, including staffing, security and housing,
According to The Sunday Times, Cottrell recruited and paid three staff to work on Farage’s social media before the general election.

5) Lobbying referral

A separate referral was made by Labour MP Phil Brickell over accusations that Farage “lobbied” Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey to drop plans for a state-run alternative to cryptocurrency, which could be costly to Harborne’s business interests.
But doubts remain as to whether a probe will be launched over the claims. Bailey has insisted that Farage’s lobbying on cryptocurrencies has had no effect on the Bank of England’s policies.

6) Jenrick donations investigated by police

Police have also opened an investigation into a political donation of nearly £40,000 to Robert Jenrick’s campaign to become Conservative Party leader in 2024 amid claims it ultimately came from a foreign source, The i Paper revealed this week.
It is illegal to accept political donations from foreign sources under UK electoral law. Scotland Yard did not state which individuals are under investigation.

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lesleyaw.bsky.social @lesleyaw.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

A government with a bit of imagination and doesn’t cower to ‘that’s woke’ brigade 🙌

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

What’s that, Dale? You want to give me an unconditional personal gift of £5million to do whatever I want with? Sure! I just need to fill out a form. If I didn’t declare it that would be silly.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

On my way, Clacton.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

He's falling apart

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Would Jenrick also like to explain how £5Mill Farage hawking gold bullion and grifting for crypto and fossil fuel billionaires while pledging to scrap the Equality Act, bin new employment rights and lower the minimum wage is not working for the super rich, against the interests of the rest of us?

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

The Conservatives are for "the super rich" says Robert Jenrick, whose own campaigns have been funded by a billionaire Israeli mining heir and a firm controlled by a sanctioned oligarch

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Oli Franklin-Wallis @olifranklinwallis.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Satire as a genre is dead

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

it's always the ones you most suspect

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Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 01/07/2026

Ben Cullen, a leading figure of the "Raise the Colours" campaign, will stand trial for three separate charges regarding a total of 78 indecent images of children. I have only seen this covered in local newspapers, so far. Grim as it is, it needs wider coverage www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2624087...

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lesleyaw.bsky.social @lesleyaw.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Our biased media would level their cannons at you, too 😐

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

All credit to @zoegrunewald.bsky.social for summing it up so well. Important also to understand the corrupt malignancy at the heart of Farage’s politics…