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Originally Posted by damien c
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And Farage is being investigated to see if he has broken any of the laws and requirements, until that matter is resolved, it is something that people will continuously bleat on about but again ignoring everything from other mp's, it's quite frankly hypocritical of people to complain about farage but not others.
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The Liberal Democrats have requested an investigation about Farage's undisclosed benefits in kind from George Cottrell aka Posh George. Sir Alistair Graham, former chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, yesterday also called for a new inquiry into Farage following the claims over Cottrell’s provision of benefits and assess them alongside the £5mn undeclared gift from Harborne. But it's not been opened yet.
The £5m gift from the Thai-based crypto currency billionaire Christopher Harborne is currently being investigated by Daniel Greenberg, the parliamentary standards commissioner.
There's no rule that says we have to simultaneously criticise every politician for receiving gifts when we discuss a recent news article about a particular politician.
I'm not condoning politicians' actions on gifts; I think we're on the same page here. I believe it's a bad look to be in receipt of free concert tickets if you're an MP or PM. But it's false equivalence to place Farage's huge undisclosed gifts with smaller gifts that others have received and notified late. And from a reputational perspective, as a political leader, it really does matter who you associate with and importantly, who you receive gifts from. If a gifter has a criminal record, or a father who spied for the KGB, that's not a good look for the recipient.