Politics
UK - Next Prime Minister after Keir Starmer
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So its ok for someone who undrpaid their tax by 40K to run for PM yet fail to declare a gift when you werent even an MP and people want you suspended from Parliament and a by election.
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How much was this gift?
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£5 Million, which was to pay for his personal security costs, which this government has defunded by 75%.
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I dont think they are investigating him because of the size of the gift so thats irrelevant. Its because he didnt declare it.
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There are 'investigating' it as it is Farage, and liberalists can report investigations as if guilt is already established.
It's not like they were going to take getting their arses handed to them lying down. |
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yeah, anyone else would have just tried to hide a five million pound donation from a crypto-bro in child-bride central and it would have been fine
It's all so vewy vewy unfair |
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It's almost as if you don't understand the rules. Just like the red queen, funnily enough.
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It's not that difficult to grasp. Non political gifts don't need to be declared if an individual isn't a MP. THE END.
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Do you actually think anyone in government really standing up to Islam wouldn't need security 24/7?
Farage has gone a bit soft on Islam recently, perhaps personal fear would explain that, I'm sure he's not after their votes |
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*porcy.
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Maybe you have proof that it was actually a political donation, and used for his campaign. And are just holding the evidence back for perfect timing. Or maybe you're that conspiracy theorist that you accuse others of being.
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You don't think there is any danger of him being attacked then, porcy. Ok.
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A gift is not a financial interest or registrable benefit.
God forbid, the investigation is fair, presumably they are verifying that it isn't a registrable benefit. |
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A gift is not a financial interest or registrable benefit.
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It will all come out in the wash, no need for hissy fits, and ott smilies.
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Exhibiting your ignorance. Do you know what those terms mean?
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Im not defending Farage at all. If he has breached the rules then he should face punishment. Its just that for most people fiddling your taxes is a bigger crime than failing to fill in some sort of registration form. Rayner shouldnt even be an MP let alone be a contender for the top job.
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It's not semantics. You claimed to understand the rules, then quoted one of them. It helps if you understand the specific terms used in the rules :)
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I'm not sure most people would agree with that dotch.
Trying your best to pay as little tax as poss, maybe not declaring a cash in hand gig here or there is something most people could probably agree with. A politician vying to lead the country receiving £5m from a bloke based in Thailand, working in an industry that is essentially based on criminality and then trying to hide that from everyone would probably seen as threatening our democracy by those same people. |
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Calm down calm down la. Try using less column inches imo.
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If I feel sorry for you and gave you a couple of grand for more biftas, you don't need to declare it to anyone.
If I give you a couple of grand for mowing my lawn for the next year, it's tacit employment and needs to be declared by you to hmrc. I know as much as you what happened to the gift and what it was used for. Which is exactly nothing. I'm telling you what Farage is claiming is within the rules. If he did actually spend it on his campaign and not personal security after all then yes, he will have breached them. Farage is a lot of things, but not stupid. I don't think he is making it up, when he knows that they will pick at absolutely everything he does. |
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You've basically just said why there needs to be an investigation. Farage hid it, then came up with an excuse when it came to light. If it was just an innocent gift, or indeed actually "for his security" and perfectly within the rules, then he could easily have just announced it when he got it and moved on. But he didn't. The obfuscation on its own suggests wrongdoing and is reason for investigating.
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So its ok for someone who undrpaid their tax by 40K to run for PM yet fail to declare a gift when you werent even an MP and people want you suspended from Parliament and a by election.
He's underpaid stamp duty too. As well as a £5 mill bung and a £1mill bung And lives with an immigrant woman who bought their home with undeclared funds |
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I have no issue with an investigation. It's vexatious in my opinion.
The old liberalists keep stating ad nauseum that he has 'questions to answer'. He has answered the questions, the liberalists just don't like the answers. Your logic falls down at the first hurdle, as it usually does. If there's nothing in the rules that state it needed declaring, how is not declaring it hiding it? By implication you are already implying guilt before you know anything. This story has been going on for weeks now, talk about flogging a dead horse. Someone received a gift before they got involved in front line politics, the authorities want to verify nothing was done wrong. The end. |
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They're so bitter. It's understandable, but still funny.
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He hasn't answered any questions
At least Rayner has settled her stamp duty underpayment Farage has not |
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You can laugh now, but it won't go away.
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Anyone spotted any adults in the room?
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Just the panic room.
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'The grown ups are in charge'
I remember that one, what a judge |
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The Ukranian 'models' must be in tears thinking they were waiting on remand for their big day then all this happened.
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God, imagine if we just trusted politicians and simply moved on when they gave an answer.
Christ, it'd still be the stone age. |