“Does he want anything from me? No. Absolutely nothing in return at all.�

You forgot your dozen smilies, to show you're not rattled like.

How is the removal business going?

It's like I've got you at the end of a string the last few weeks. Got a spare room if you really want to get close.

Anyhoo, seeing as you're here, any thoughts on the actual topic? You think £5m donations from some "intensely private" guy who decided to move to Thailand won't be requiring anything in return?

PorcupineorPineapple 29 Apr 26 14:39 
Got a spare room if you really want to get close.

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Your divine leader's habits are not for me ta. Keep looking.

Labour demonstrated how it should be done, no rewards for people who help them. lol.

Pineapple seems rather desperate.

so we've got deflection and whataboutery so far




About 5 posts from blaming it on immigrants I reckon. Any other brave, independently-minded, defo not sheep, free thinkers want a go?

It's not whataboutery, calling you out on your palpable hypocrisy.

Please bring back any of your posts criticising Starmer's cronyism in actual government.

Farage had no power to do anything in 2024, and was never going to be in government. Unlike the Labour party handing out massive pay rises to their union buddies before they had even sat behind a desk.

Something on this, perhaps?


So her son, a Labour MP, was gifted £10k by Lord Alli. The same Lord Alli who was then personally authorised a Downing Street Pass by ole Sue...
Nothing to see here?
Sue Gray 'authorised No 10 pass for Labour donor Waheed Alli,

If it's true, (it's the guardian who knows), a political donation means absolutely feck all. If you can show that Farage did something directly bennt as a result, I'm all ears.

If you can show that Farage has done something bentt in government as a result of the donation, such as Labour have done, I'm all ears.

If you've any evidence I'm being a hypocrite I'm all ears.



My question is about whether the guy who moved to Thailand would want anything in return for giving Farage £5m. Farage has said no. Do you believe him?

Assuming it is true, from this source it could easily be horse shitt.

Well, if you read the article you'll note Farage tried to stall them and then gave an interview to the Telegraph to try to spike it. So try again fanboy.

How do you or I know. Or the tw@@ts at the guardian.

Could be reaching, but if it's true, the benefactor probably wants a reform gvt in 2029.

So you think that's it. Just a genuine guy who only wants them to succeed.




God, you guys really will have no floor to how much you'll embarrass yourselves.

All you posted is a single sentence, bolding it for some unfathomable reason.

That's how the system works in the UK, political donations. Make a case if you don't like it.

If you're arguing that nobody makes political donations without an expectation, I'm inclined to agree. But that would apply across the house, not just the politicians that you despise.

pretty interesting data

Ah look, Labour Together

PwC lol. why on earth are they donating to a political party. I wonder what they want in return.

And one guy who doesn't even live here, but moved to Thailand and is "intensely private" about his home life more than doubles that to a person. Never mind the £9m to the party.



At least we know that unions want the best deal for their millions of working class members who pay their £3 subs. The relationship's transparent and has been since the party formed. But apparently this guy just wants Reform to do well. Because I've got brains.

Ecotricity 6 big ones lol

Your argument makes no sense. It's perfectly ok for unions to get something in exchange for massive donations. But even the prospect of this chap's donation to an entity that has no power, and won't have any for years, and you have no idea if they even want anything back, and if they do, what it is, gets you exercised. ok

Yes, unions represent millions of voters.


That is different to some individual who doesn't live here doing the same.



That can't be difficult to recognise even for the most one-eyed surely.

How is the removal business going?

Any opinions on the thread topic? I thought you'd run away again.

Debating with someone brainwashed from infancy is not for me, ta.

You're never gonna sell any ice cream running away at that speed

Don't forget to remind everyone that you leave the house and meet actual people.
Possibly 8 year olds, judging by the reams of smilies lately.

You'll fall behind on your youtube vids if you spend too long cataloguing my posts.

Not really, normal staff who are in unions just pay the fees, they have no influence on union political policy. That is dictated by union leaders in conjunction with spads and backroom deals.

Any examples of unions proposing policies that haven't been for their members' benefit?

I'm not in the backroom with them, alas. Union leaders interfere with all labour politics, not just working conditions.

I watched a long form you tube video with one, it was a woman, newly elected. You might know which, a big union I believe. She was going into all of politics and her expectations from the party.

A quick google tells me PwC get lots of government contracts. Purely coincidental, I'm sure.

Aah, so no examples then. Just conjecture. Cool.

found it, hehe

Unite leader Sharon Graham: Labour isn't being Labour. Farage could be PM | The Daily T Podcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrI06Qq0ZR8

I remember thinking she was quite competent when I first watched it. Didn't agree with everything, as one might expect. More coherent than the actual left wing politicians, in my opinion.

and?

I've seen the comment about jobs, pay and conditions. I'm wondering how these aren't for the members' benefit?

did you read the whole comment? alternatively, actually listen to the whole thing and reach your own conclusion.

The first female general secretary of the Unite union is clear about her priorities: “jobs, pay, and conditions�. She is also convinced that Labour is failing to improve all three.

Unite is one of the party’s biggest financial and political backers, but Sharon Graham says Labour has strayed from its working class roots. Now she is threatening to pull the union’s funding for the party entirely.

In a wide-ranging interview, she tells Kamal Ahmed where Starmer is going wrong; why Reform’s Nigel Farage “puts his finger on the pulse�; and the future of Unite’s relationship with Labour.

Graham also weighs in on whether immigration is too high and the recent Unite the Kingdom march led by Tommy Robinson.
investigate, plus how this saga could harm the Prime Minister himself.

Have I listened to the whole hour-long interview in the 15 minutes since you posted it?

Er,no

Does that stop you answering my question?

Remember:

Any examples of unions proposing policies that haven't been for their members' benefit?

A mind boggling sum. More money than sense springs to mind re the donor.

I think the thread tittle obfuscates the levels of corruption going on in this news item.

Maybe and i am ignorant with that^ It(12m) does seem very odd when 5m is for personal protection from milkshakes.

Apr 29, 2026 -- 6:00PM, Escapee wrote:

I think the thread tittle obfuscates the levels of corruption going on in this news item.

Yeah, the "I wasn't running, then I got given £5m by some mysterious secretive bloke who lives in child-bride central, and I suddenly decided to run. But he definitely doesn't want anything in return and I will be ensuring that my focus is on my constituency of - checks notes - Clapton" is a tad underreported.

When caught out, about the hidden 5 million donation to the man
who says there is no money in politics, the recipient of
the 5 million asked for more time to prepare a reply, lol.

He then went to refuk friendly torygraph to spin a sanitised
tale rather than allow the story to be broken by the journalist
who discovered the £5 million grift, err gift.

trump was anti crypto but realised what a great grift it could be so changed his mind. once in office he and his family have had plenty of people over with their crypto ventures.

no surprise mini trump is also attracted to it.

here is an article by fraser nelson on this topic

https://www.thetimes.com/article/605d832d-c96f-4ce5-9a34-8e71f82aa81d?shareToken=a33f907d57b09f474a977a85e86a4df2

imo crypto stinks but i am a luddite and i know nothing.

Yeah, I haven't seen a single proper benefit of crypto in the real world. At least none that come close to scratching the surface of its obvious criminal uses and pyramid-scheme mugging off of the gullible.

the benefit of crypto is like any other high risk investment that you have the opportunity to make big returns  that arent available elsewhere

Governments hate it because they dont control it and controlling the sheep is everything

And it's that lack of control that makes it such a haven for criminality and mugging off idiots.

You’re not logged on to your mumsnet account just now pork you’re on your betting exchange account. The whole point is of it it is that we want to make money off mugging off idiots.

Yeah, but betting is heavily regulated. There are clearly defined rules about how I can mug you off. I have a couple of accounts with crypto bookies but only to see what they're up to. Cos they could just simply pinch my money and there's nothing I could do about it. That's proper unregulated.

I’m no fan of crypto.

But I guarantee you these companies you are talking about aren’t UK based or have a UK licence in the same way using some grey market hong long bookie doesn’t so you are comparing apples with oranges simply because you want to look at markets you couldn’t back in the UK.

I wasn't looking to compare odds. It was something else. I understand crypto. I understand crypto bookies. I have friends involved in both. And I've never seen anything from them to make me feel like I'm missing out.

I know nothing about cryptocurrency and I’m sure 95% of ordinary people are the same, but it does seem strange a crypto billionaire living abroad gives “man of the people “ Nige

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqObceUurRs

Emitdeb  30 Apr 26 20:07

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqObceUurRs

Everybody on this forum should watch that video

nope

nobody should watch any loonytube vid unless they made it themselves or have a deep understanding of the subject

there is so much artfully crafted and convincing rubbish out there its best to leave the whole thing alone, unless its for entertainment purposes

i was sent a vid with someone i know in it and didnt spot it was fake. he didnt know anything about it. scary stuff

Extraordinary allegations from Ben Habib

Ben Habib alleges that Nigel Farage & Boris Johnson were paid £1m each by Christopher Harborne to essentially rig the election in favour of Johnson. He also claims the undeclared £5m "gift" received in 2024 from Harborne was payment for Farage to take over as party leader of Reform UK and stand in Claction.

The main things I learnt working with @Nigel_Farage
1.  His word is not his bond.
2. He does not write emails - no paper trail.
3. He has zero ability to do any detail: 1-hour meetings turn into 56 minutes of Nigel talking about Nigel and 4 mins on the subject the meeting was about.
4. Nigel has no real friends - everyone and everything is expendable.
5. Nigel has enormous energy, but a lot of it is wasted because he drinks and parties too much.
6. Nigel is not an intellectual - he thinks Jordan Peterton is boring.
7.  Nigel has spies.
8. Nigel loves money and spends it like water.
9. Nigel surrounds himself with rather facile young men like the convicted posh George.
10. Nigel does not really like working if it is not him being a showman - I cannot even imagine him reading a policy paper.
11. Nigel dictates tweets to Dan Dukes.
12. Nigel has a powerful lawyer behind the scenes who keeps files on people.
13. Nigel is vicious -  the plastic sheen is a facade that cons so many people.
14. No idea if Nigel actually has any morality or values or what he believes in except fame and money.



Catherine Blaiklock

Twitter.

Nigel Farage was paid £50,000 in personal speaking fees by two cryptocurrency businesses in October 2025 in the same month he told Reuters he was “not aware� of crypto businesses funding his party,

Forget anything else, surely we're just gonna have three years of "he's a crook" whenever Farage comes up.

Nigel Farage claims Russian spies hacked his phone to obtain details of his controversial £5million gift from a crypto billionaire.

Lol,

What do they expect for the money.

Nigel Farage's Reform is pocketing a fortune from people or companies linked to offshore tax havens, new analysis reveals.

Of the £18.6million donated to the party last year, some £15m came from those with offshore links. That is almost 80 per cent of the cash given to the party.





WHO IS HE WORKING FOR?

His 'work history' seems to have been made up nearly entirely of creating a schism from Europe which has been achieved. We all know who wanted a weaker UK/Europe.

He working for white van man imvho.