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Paul 18-04-2026 13:40
Re: Reform UK's chronicles
 
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36214084)
Braverman was trying to change things from within the party but failed. That’s why she went over to Reform and it’s why they accepted her.
LOL. :dunce:

OLD BOY 18-04-2026 18:29
Re: Reform UK's chronicles
 
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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36214086)
Don’t mention it. Glad to have been of help! :beer:

Hugh 18-04-2026 20:00
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36214103)
Don’t mention it. Glad to have been of help! :beer:
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1andrew1 24-04-2026 10:20
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Vote Reform UK - get the CCP (Chinese Communist Party)?
Quote:
A Reform UK candidate in next month’s local elections was a “de facto senior diplomat” for the government of Hong Kong until two-and-a-half years ago and praised China’s repressive national security law.

Sheung-yuen Lee, who is standing for Nigel Farage’s party in Ealing, west London, worked for the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) until November 2023.

He remained in post after Beijing imposed a requirement that all civil servants formally declare their loyalty to the Hong Kong government as part of the People’s Republic of China — a demand that prompted thousands of other civil servants to resign or retire.

Ben Rogers, chair of the Hong Kong Watch campaigning organisation, expressed concern about Lee’s candidacy.

“Having someone who until very recently worked for the Hong Kong government, including representing Hong Kong as a diplomat, standing for election at any level in this country is deeply concerning,” Rogers said.
https://www.ft.com/content/477e904f-...syn-25a6b1a6=1

Sephiroth 24-04-2026 10:33
Re: Reform UK's chronicles
 
Sounds like a witch hunt against a refugee whose utterings in Hong Kong probably saved him from arrest and trial.

Itshim 24-04-2026 10:36
Re: Reform UK's chronicles
 
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36214401)
Vote Reform UK - get the CCP (Chinese Communist Party)?

https://www.ft.com/content/477e904f-...syn-25a6b1a6=1
Or vote labour and get people that can't see what's in front of there faces ,, can't add up. Vote green and try hypnosis for yourself. Vote plaid and get labour with a Welsh accent.
Or just waste it on lib Dems. When all said and done Trump did what he said he would as crazy as he is USA got what it voted for .

1andrew1 24-04-2026 11:00
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36214403)
Sounds like a witch hunt against a refugee whose utterings in Hong Kong probably saved him from arrest and trial.
I'm not sure you've understood the excerpt? It said "He remained in post after Beijing imposed a requirement that all civil servants formally declare their loyalty to the Hong Kong government as part of the People’s Republic of China — a demand that prompted thousands of other civil servants to resign or retire."

Important to also note that his boss, Hong Kong chief executive John Lee, said he would pursue dissidents ‘to the ends of the earth’.

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Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36214404)
Or vote labour and get people that can't see what's in front of there faces ,, can't add up. Vote green and try hypnosis for yourself. Vote plaid and get labour with a Welsh accent.
Or just waste it on lib Dems. When all said and done Trump did what he said he would as crazy as he is USA got what it voted for .
Not when it came to not starting wars or reducing prices he didn't.

Hugh 24-04-2026 11:05
Re: Reform UK's chronicles
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36214403)
Sounds like a witch hunt against a refugee whose utterings in Hong Kong probably saved him from arrest and trial.
Probably not…

https://www.thetimes.com/article/803...ac3412fa1f1928

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Lee Sheung-yuen, who worked as the director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) in Bangkok and Jakarta before moving to the UK in 2024, spoke in support of a national security law that made many forms of peaceful protest punishable by up to life in prison in a speech in June 2022 in Phnom Penh,

In the speech, the former government official supported Hong Kong’s “improved electoral system”, and said that since the enactment of the law in 2020, and due to the “patriots governing Hong Kong”, the territory had returned to the correct track of “one country, two systems”, The Cambodia China Times reported.

TheDaddy 24-04-2026 19:09
Re: Reform UK's chronicles
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36214404)
Or vote labour and get people that can't see what's in front of there faces ,, can't add up. Vote green and try hypnosis for yourself. Vote plaid and get labour with a Welsh accent.
Or just waste it on lib Dems. When all said and done Trump did what he said he would as crazy as he is USA got what it voted for .
That's why his approval ratings are so high, we'll see how happy people are with what they voted for in November

jem 24-04-2026 20:08
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Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 36214430)
That's why his approval ratings are so high, we'll see how happy people are with what they voted for in November
The November midterms will be a complete bloodbath for the Republican party, I suspect losing control of the House is a given and possibly the Senate as well.

That assumes that the elections actually go ahead and Thump can’t find some reason to delay or cancel them. That might be a step too far even for his most loyal MAGA supporters - it may well be the push that Vance needs to involve the 25th Amendment and take over.

Hugh 30-04-2026 21:49
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics...onaire-in-2024

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Nigel Farage was given £5m by the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before announcing he would stand in the 2024 British general election, the Guardian can reveal.

Farage had stated he did not intend to stand as a prospective MP but U-turned in June 2024, within weeks of receiving the personal gift from the Thailand-based businessman.

In July 2024, Farage became an MP for the first time and has since stated he now expects to become prime minister at the next general election.

After being approached by the Guardian about the gift, neither he nor Harborne provided a comment – instead lawyers for Reform UK and Harborne pleaded for more time. Farage then confirmed to the Daily Telegraph that he had received the gift, saying it was to pay for his personal security.

Until that point neither Harborne nor Farage had spoken publicly about the £5m gift. At the time of the gift, Farage had not announced that he would run for the seat of Clacton.

MPs said that Farage should have declared it. Parliamentary rules state that any benefits should be declared for the 12 months before taking up office as an MP, depending on whether it was for political or personal purposes. The rules state: “If there is any doubt, the benefit should be registered.”
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A spokesperson for Reform said that it was a “personal unconditional gift” and Farage’s decision to stand as an MP was “entirely unrelated”.

They said: “This gift was given when Nigel was retired from frontline politics. A while after the gift was given, Nigel confirmed he wouldn’t stand at the next general election. He then reversed his decision to stand in June.”

1andrew1 30-04-2026 22:32
Re: Reform UK's chronicles
 
I believe Badenoch has referred him to the Standards Committee. Will be interesting to see how it develops.

Hugh 01-05-2026 07:30
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From the previously posted article

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Farage then confirmed to the Daily Telegraph that he had received the gift, saying it was to pay for his personal security.
Yet six months later, he said he wouldn’t (and still hasn’t, nearly two years after being elected) hold Constitutency Surgeries due to "security concerns"…

1andrew1 01-05-2026 08:03
Re: Reform UK's chronicles
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36214698)
From the previously posted article

Yet six months later, he said he wouldn’t (and still hasn’t, nearly two years after being elected) hold Constitutency Surgeries due to "security concerns"…
Clearly holding out for more foreign wonga before he contemplates holding any constituency surgeries

Sephiroth 01-05-2026 08:09
Re: Reform UK's chronicles
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36214700)
Clearly holding out for more foreign wonga before he contemplates holding any constituency surgeries
Glad to see that you appear to be a GB News watcher!


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