[damien c]

Originally Posted by jfman

It’s completely different

We live in a capitalist society. People don’t routinely run around gifting £5m here or there to their mates for nothing in return.

If I’m repairing mobile phones on the side (I’m not) and not telling the taxman my customer gets a repaired phone. What’s Farage’s “customer” getting? Farage in their pocket for 5 years? Its certainly going to focus his more than the paltry sums an MP, and even the PM earn. Just look at poor Boris. Barely enough to live on for him.

You are a hypocrite!

It is no different accepting free clothes, tickets, money, glasses and all the other stuff that Starmer has accepted, to Farage accepting a "Gift" of £5m.

The simple fact is, Farage accepted a gift before he was an MP as such it technically doesn't need to be declared apparently but it's being investigated, however the people who are so obsessed with his every breath, seem to think he needs to declare it and will constantly bring it up, meanwhile they ignore starmer accepting everything he has from Lord Alli and do not question what he wanted in return, this is despite Lord Alli being investigated for breaches of the parliamentary rules and him being found to have breached them.


As far as I am concerned any MP who has accepted a gift, even if that is free cup of tea should be removed and replaced, you cannot call yourself impartial or working for the interests of the country etc whilst accepting gifts!!


I don't think there is a single MP who can stand up and say "I am doing this for my constituents and country" and say it whilst telling the truth and having a straight face, they are all liars and thieves and those who seem to have an almost "monomania" and devotion no matter what to a single political party or idea makes me think they are a complete nutcase.

The best way to be politically is straight down the middle as best as possible, because both the "left" and the "right" have some really good ideas, some good ideas, some terrible and really terrible ideas but if somehow there was a party that landed somewhere in the middle, then they would in my opinion be dominant in the political landscape of this country, however we don't have that and never will.