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Re: Reform UK's chronicles

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Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth (Post 36215710)

Yeah you're all 100% correct, it is OK to pass comments on someone's skin colour, ethnicity, gender or religion. Maybe that's because you're probably all white middle aged males who won't identify as any of the groups you feel it's ok to ridicule.

Call me woke if you want, but when your the but of 'jokes' or comments because you are what you are then it hurts. But you lot are OK so let it long continue. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

Well, it’s not often you find the surviving members of the Bernard Manning Appreciation Society in one place, so the critical mass is only to be expected…

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36215712)

Well, it’s not often you find the surviving members of the Bernard Manning Appreciation Society in one place, so the critical mass is only to be expected…

Another one (Hugh) you, on this forum at least, is blinkered to what's going on. The Gazan wedge in Parliament is sure evidence.

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Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth (Post 36215710)

Just for the record, I don't ridicule ethnic or religious groups and I don't think any one else in this thread does.

I do ridicule the woke and, of course, some of the politicians.

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probably bought it out of his beer money

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36215719)

probably bought it out of his beer money

Or not (according to Reform)

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Nigel Farage paid for a £1.4m house in 2024 using money he received for taking part in I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, Reform UK have told the BBC.

Sky News reported on Thursday, external that Farage completed the purchase of the house shortly after he received £5m from Reform mega donor Christopher Harborne.

Harborne's payment, which Reform UK say was a personal gift to be used for Farage's security, is now the subject on an inquiry by the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner.

But Reform say the property purchase was completely unrelated to Harborne's payment and was instead funded with money from his appearance on the ITV reality programme.

Land registry documents seen by the BBC show that Nigel Farage completed the purchase of a £1.42m property in Surrey on 10 May 2024.

The documents show that the purchase was made in cash and without the use of a mortgage.

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it's not keeping me awake at night

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Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth (Post 36215630)

Why can't the come up with 1 reason for the money changing hands and stick to it? Surely if the truth is so innocent then they've nothing to worry about, but they come across as desperate for the story to go away.

It seems to me Nigel has come up with a superb scheme to use (gullible) people like you so he can trouser as much cash as possible. Do you want to buy some snake oil?

I think you’re just scrabbling around to find some dirt to pin on him. You won’t succeed.

Farage has explained everything, and when this investigation is finished, you will no doubt be very disappointed.

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36215642)

If you believe that, I can now understand why you vote Reform…

They were friends. Stop being so cynical.

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36215700)

Question (or two):

Would chuckling at that (as I did) instantly cast me as racist?

Is there a Government list somewhere stating what I can laugh at, as well as a list of things I can't laugh at?

Is there actually anything classed as humour today that is funny enough to laugh at?

Not if the politicians you had in mind were white… :LOL::p:

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Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth (Post 36215710)

It’s OK if such comments are not hateful or vindictive or designed as a put down. If it’s done in good humour, people are being a bit silly taking offence by it.

When I hear black people joking about whites, am I offended? Of course not. People are so thin skinned these days, it’s pathetic.

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36215718)

https://ft.trib.al/dtJOxC3

Whoops…

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...9&d=1779116104

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...0&d=1779116104

Well, let’s hear his explanation. It could be, for example, that the income enabled him to go ahead with the purchase, but he used a different stash of money to pay for it. Without the payment, he may not have made the decision to buy the property. People make far too many assumptions without waiting for explanations.

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Or perhaps he borrowed the money from his girlfriend? The ex-waitress who paid cash for the house in Clacton?

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maybe he's a multi millionaire who bought a house

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The initial claim from the "media" was that he didn't have the money. Now they're saying he did. So which is it?

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Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 36215750)

The initial claim from the "media" was that he didn't have the money. Now they're saying he did. So which is it?

Is this "claim" in the room with you?

Can you provide a link to this "claim", please?

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Farage from Foreign Accounts has changed his story more times than Sir Keir changes his policies, so I thought I'd best summarise where we are:

It was initially a gift of £5m with no conditions attached.
Then it became a payment for the purpose of security.
Then it became a payment for his Brexit campaigning.
£1.4m of the £5m wasn't used to pay for his house, because the house was funded from his I'm a Celebrity appearance.
His accounts show the house wasn't bought using funds from his I'm a Celebrity appearance.

Farage may be able to fool some people but I suspect the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner won't be one of them.

If there is a by-election in Southend, will British Reform voters be as forgiving as American MAGA voters? Perhaps his flock will fall for a line about his being victimised by the establishment? He can at least draw upon his Coutts Bank experience to back up this line.

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36215741)

maybe he's a multi millionaire who bought a house

Great comment on the FT article Hugh linked to :D

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Let he who hasn’t received a £5m personal donation from a Thai crypto billionaire and claimed it was for personal security when it was actually used to buy a house cast the first stone.

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36215765)

Great comment on the FT article Hugh linked to :D

:LOL:

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