Reform UK's chronicles

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by damien c

I don't understand where people get the idea that I am a "fan" of Farage or agree with everything he says or does.

I have previously said iirc I think it looks strange, if I have not then I apologise because I should have said it looks strange but again if it was whilst he wasn't an MP, then it is for the people who are carrying out the investigation to make that decision.

If he should have declared it and failed to do so, then throw the book at him, but if he didn't need to and didn't declare, then politely people need to shut the hell up about it, unless they are also going to start bleating on about every other MP who has received a gift, no matter what it was, how valuable or not it was.

You cannot judge one without judging the rest!

Who said that you agree with everything Farage says or does? Playing the victim won't win you the debate. Facts and evidence are a good starting point.

This issue is about politicians following the country's laws, with a sub-issue of the reputation of the person making the gift in this instance.

If a politician of whatever party has broken the rules by not declaring a gift, then that politician should be called out. And no, we don't need to complain about every gift to every MP in order to point out the rule-breaking here.

[damien c]

Originally Posted by papa smurf

yes if only everyone was treated the same

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Exactly but they won't treat him the same because he is "God's Gift" apparently.

If only all MP's were treated the same and held to the same standards.

It would also be nice to see MP's held accountable for lying, but that will never happen because they would all need to be held accountable for lying.

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by damien c

Exactly but they won't treat him the same because he is "God's Gift" apparently.

If only all MP's were treated the same and held to the same standards.

It would also be nice to see MP's held accountable for lying, but that will never happen because they would all need to be held accountable for lying.

if mp's were held accountable for lying starmer would be serving a life sentence, i don't think he's ever been introduced to the truth

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by damien c

Exactly but they won't treat him the same because he is "God's Gift" apparently.

Won't treat Starmer the same as Farage? Starmer paid back the gifts, do you want Farage to pay back his £millions of gifts and money? That would be called treating them equally but would bankrupt Farage.

[Carth]

At least Farage hasn't bankrupted the country

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Won't treat Starmer the same as Farage? Starmer paid back the gifts, do you want Farage to pay back his £millions of gifts and money? That would be called treating them equally but would bankrupt Farage.

if i recall correctly he paid back a trivial amount £6,000 not the full Monty