British Politician Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations

[u/JollyCurrency2604]

https://www.channel4.com/news/exclusive-nigel-farage-filmed-undercover-celebrating-secret-new-foreign-donations

[u/im_bozack]

Is this not illegal or disqualifying?

[u/vanceraa → u/im_bozack]

He’s currently under investigation

[u/sjj342 → u/vanceraa]

What about the others who get name dropped (edited out) at around 18:30? Would be a shame if they were investigated

[u/InanimateCarbonRod26 → u/sjj342]

I imagine they were edited out so the future defendants can't claim the jury was influenced by the video released. Hopefully the police have the unredacted copy.

[u/lemlurker → u/vanceraa]

But result of that investigation is that he is fired as an MP and there's a by-election which he can stand in to be MP again in the strongest reform seat in the country...

[u/thatrandomfatguy → u/lemlurker]

He can’t stand again if removed

[u/bloodycontrary → u/thatrandomfatguy]

There are very few things that would bar him from standing. A prison sentence of more than 12 months, bankruptcy, sectioning under the mental health act are the main ones. None of these is likely.

[u/zoobrix → u/bloodycontrary]

I assume there some sort of colluding with a foreign government/agent criminal offence in the UK, any chance he gets charged with that? Just wondering if there is any reasonable possibility of him getting sentenced to a year in jail for this or will it at most probably be a fine and not much else?

[u/MissingScore777 → u/zoobrix]

One of his inner circle who'd been by his side since the UKIP days already got convicted for treason last year and sent to prison for 10 years. (Nathan Gill)

He admitted acting in the interests of Russia at the expense of the interests of the UK during his time as a member of UKIP and Reform.

Interestingly a lot of the things he admitted he said at the behest of Russia are things Farage also said in his own speeches.

I naively expected this to blow up and finish Farage but most of our media barely covered the story. That was the moment I knew we were in big trouble if our supposedly independent media would ignore and downplay such a serious situation.

[u/Angrytarg → u/MissingScore777]

There is no independant media. Every media outlet belongs to someone wealthy, and those that are still somewhat "free" are slaves of the market since their aim is not to inform but to generate profits. And public broadcasting is only independant if it's enforced. In Germany, the public broadcasting is headed by party functionaries, one blood relative even, of the ruling party. So while the quality of reporting is a lot higher still than with many private media, assuming there is never a conflict of interest is foolish.

I have no solution and I am not saying yous hould distrust media in general. The landscape of media in our time is vast and diverse - however, it is always adviasable to compare multiple sources and look at the outlets themselves, who has stakes in them.

[u/Different_Wolf_764 → u/bloodycontrary]

Bankruptcy is an odd one, although apparently it would have helped out elsewhere.

[u/bloodycontrary → u/Different_Wolf_764]

I was a little too broad with "bankruptcy" - bankruptcy in itself isn't disqualifying, but certain types of bankruptcy (eg involving recklessness or dishonesty) are

[u/CapJackONeill → u/bloodycontrary]

Is bankruptcy just a way to keep poor people out of the house?

[u/Justwaspassingby → u/CapJackONeill]

I would guess it’s to keep people desperate enough to be corrupted from power. Not that it erases all corruption, but at least it weeds out some.

[u/bobbiecowman → u/thatrandomfatguy]

How does this have so many upvotes? It’s literally not true.

[u/Fordmister → u/thatrandomfatguy]

Actually he can,

Technically NOBODY can remove him as an MP other than the voters in his constituency, the only thing that disqualifies you form being an MP is a prison sentence longer than12 months.

Parliament can suspend an MP, and if that suspension is long enough voters in clacton can force a recall petition and by election (you need a very small % of voters to succeed in a recall petition so its all but guaranteed) But Nigel is free to stand in the By election should he wish to

[u/haadrak → u/Fordmister]

Technically NOBODY can remove him as an MP other than the voters in his constituency, the only thing that disqualifies you form being an MP is a prison sentence longer than12 months.

This isn't true. The House of Commons retains the capability to expel it's own members, should it so choose.

Relevent part: "The expulsion by the House of Commons of one of its Members may be regarded as an example of the House's power to regulate its own constitution, though it is, for convenience, treated here as one of the methods of punishment at the disposal of the House. Members have been expelled for a wide variety of causes...the case arose from a finding of contempt by the Committee of Privileges and the motion that the Member be suspended for six months was amended to substitute the penalty of expulsion."

It is correct however that this does not bar someone from being re-elected. I do wonder however if Parliament chose to play a metaphorical game of chicken with Clacton-on-sea and repeatedly expel Farage should he be repeatedly re-elected, who would buckle first?

I'm also unsure if Parliament has the ability invoke financial punishments and to what degree (the literature on this seemed arcane). It may be possible for Parliament to simply fine Farage for the amount of money in undisclosed donations he is receiving. Something tells me, if that is possible, that would be perceived as a worse punishment by Farage.

[u/lastSKPirate → u/lemlurker]

Has parliament in the UK ever seated an MP who has a warrant out for their arrest? I know it happened in the Canadian parliament once, in the 19th century.

[u/TBroomey → u/im_bozack]

He got five million quid from a crypto billionaire and has private security paid for by a known con artist. Politicians simply aren't held accountable for blatant corruption anymore. Scandals like this used to end careers, they're just a tweet these days.

[u/SpAn12 → u/TBroomey]

Worth pointing out that unlike other political donations that are made to parties, that five million was paid directly to him for his personal use.

It's absolutely rotten.

[u/TBroomey → u/SpAn12]

Rotten to the core. He's a despicable, vile cretin who would sell his gran's gold teeth.

[u/Ceegee93 → u/TBroomey]

Politicians simply aren't held accountable for blatant corruption anymore.

Just gunna throw out there that the investigation is still ongoing. He tried to weasel his way out of it by resigning and then standing in the by-election, but the other parties made sure that tactic couldn't work. He was hoping to resign in order to cancel the investigation into him (because he wouldn't be in Parliament anymore), and then either one of two things would happen: 1.) he wins, and he uses that to try and somehow clear his name because his voters want him (shit logic but he still tried) or 2.) he loses but he wouldn't have to be in Parliament and so the investigation would be dropped.

The other parties stood down in the by-election so that the whole thing was blatantly shown as the farce that it was, and Farage's "mandate" from the voters was just him winning against a joke candidate. Now he's back in Parliament, and the investigation is continuing. He hasn't gotten away with it yet; all he did was delay it slightly.

[u/NightSpaghetti → u/Ceegee93]

We see what's become of Marine Le Pen in France. Even when actually condemned (which is vanishingly rare) they always manage to find ways to weasel out of it anyway. Disgraceful.

[u/rizorith → u/TBroomey]

Is this a recent trend in the UK as it is now in the US?

[u/bigmanorm → u/rizorith]

Kinda, it's the same as "cancel culture", if you don't care you can't be canceled if your political party are all yes men. I have more faith in how legal situations would be settled in the UK at least

[u/rizorith → u/bigmanorm]

one.ofn5h4 most discouraging things is seeing European countries having the same type of political climate as the US.

Hard to have hope when an entire continent had fascism grow into WW2 just a few generations ago.

I know that isn't necessarily the world's path but damn if it isn't more likely to happen now than a decade ago

I always thought of the UK as kind our older brother that knows better.

At least it doesn't seem to be as out of control as it is here

[u/bigmanorm → u/rizorith]

We can only pray it doesn't get out of hand, and that our systems aren't as fragile to prevent the extremes if it does

[u/Griffs_ → u/TBroomey]

And he's been pushing pro crypto policy, but thats surely a coincidence

[u/catastrophic-boy → u/im_bozack]

It’s illegal, but this news broke literally a handful of hours ago, and a police investigation and arrest will take longer than that.

[u/Jay_CD → u/im_bozack]

Is this not illegal or disqualifying?

Very illegal - UK campaign/party financing laws do not allow non-UK citizens to donate to political parties.

I cannot see any other conclusion than a police investigation which will perpetuate the story and could result in criminal charges and if found guilty, jail time.

[u/Lucky-Elk-1234 → u/Jay_CD]

Haven’t loads of Russian citizens openly donated to the Tory party though?

[u/tomtttttttttttt → u/Lucky-Elk-1234]

I think if you're domiciled in the UK you can make donations as long as they are from you.

In this case the undercover reporters said they were father (in the US) and son (Domiciled in the UK) and officially the son would make the donation but it was clearly stated it would be from the father.

The polls are different because they were paid for by a US company (setup by the reporters) for Reform (making the cost of the polls a donation to the party as a benefit in kind) and not by a UK resident, plus the polls didn't declare they were done for reform which I think is an electoral commission requirement.

[u/WorryNew3661 → u/im_bozack]

It's very illegal

[u/jl2352 → u/im_bozack]

Yes, it may well be. Investigations take time, and the revelations only just dropped.

[u/emamayxo]

People see this and still vote reform make it make sense please 🤷‍♀️

[u/isuxirl → u/emamayxo]

Because they've got their prejudices to consider while voting.

[u/sorhead → u/isuxirl]

Nige is a smart guy, getting foreigner money to kick out foreigners /s

[u/BarryTGash → u/sorhead]

British sovereignty, brought to you by the letters U, S and A. 

[u/DTH2001 → u/BarryTGash]

You missed out R, S and I

As demonstrated by one of his colleagues

[u/Climatize → u/BarryTGash]

Friggin twitter and facebook. Haven't used facebook since before covid now, but I check twitter a couple times a month. Why the hell does the CEO of that hellhole need to talk shit about the UK all the time? lmao. It's fascinating and depressing

[u/EDNivek → u/Climatize]

What's more funny is that the very people who are scared about a world government are supporting the guy who is trying to destabilize countries in order to make a world government.

[u/F430Scuderia → u/EDNivek]

All the conspiracy theories are coming true in front of their very eyes, but it’s their side so all good.

[u/Burger_Smash_Face → u/sorhead]

This is how it will be framed

[u/sssssssssssssss5s → u/isuxirl]

They hate brown people more than they hate corruption

[u/smolcharizard → u/sssssssssssssss5s]

I know someone who knows a reform voter who went to protest against migrant boats just because brown people were coming off them. He doesn’t care if they’re white people immigrating into the country, that’s fine for him, purely just doesn’t want brown or black people in the country.

[u/hattorihanzo5 → u/smolcharizard]

And these are the people we're meant to tiptoe around and try to win over...

Fuck them. Let them wallow in their own misery and hate.

[u/LongBeakedSnipe → u/sssssssssssssss5s]

But what I dont understand is why they are so eager to sign away our nuclear deterrent to Trump/Putin. That’s pretty fucking essential for our way of life

[u/PirateSanta_1 → u/isuxirl]

They think they are in the in group and Farage is on their side against the bad people who are immigrants and use pronouns.

[u/BigPlunk → u/isuxirl]

It's almost like corrupt, greedy, authoritarian-leaning sociopaths know they can prey upon the ignorance of certain demographics and manipulate them to support their own ends.

[u/1nd3x → u/isuxirl]

"you gotta take the good with the bad"

And they think it's good that they do bad things to people they don't like...

So they accept that the politicians take bribes from foreigners to slowly sell off the country.

[u/LuckyChairs → u/emamayxo]

The number of people and bots in the comment section under this video on Facebook saying "they only did this because the establishment is scared" or "all other politicians are just as corrupt but Nigel is open about it" makes you realise social media is just poison.

[u/Aspect-Unusual → u/LuckyChairs]

Local FB group for Clacton is being bombarded with pro reform articles and swearing at "lefties" for getting desperate lol

[u/123emanresulanigiro → u/LuckyChairs]

Always the same pattern, because the supply of ignoramuses never runs out.

[u/jpsreddit85 → u/emamayxo]

If they were smart they wouldn't be voting for him before the video, so youre not losing any smart people with this.

[u/Fearless_Ad_7379 → u/jpsreddit85]

It's not like we haven't been telling them this for years

[u/Rogermcfarley → u/emamayxo]

It's simple Billionaires own social media, general media, AI and they control the narrative, it is easy to propagandize when you own the populist media.

[u/Ichigo1uk → u/emamayxo]

The twitter post is what you'd expect

[u/gilly_90 → u/Ichigo1uk]

That's giving me brain damage.

[u/benryves → u/gilly_90]

This clip from LBC explains things, I think...

[u/SomeIdea_UK → u/benryves]

I missed this at the time but thank you for the chuckle. Caller had great delivery 😆

[u/boringfantasy → u/emamayxo]

Political philosopher I follow says it actually emboldens them because it somehow shows they're not all watertight establishment men or whatever. Think about how despised Starmer was despised being clean as a whistle.

[u/melody-calling → u/boringfantasy]

They’ll say oh well they all do it don’t they? Look at starmer and his free glasses and raynor and the stamp duty. 

That’s an actual quote from a reform voter when questioned on the 5 million pound grease

[u/AtLeastImLaughing → u/emamayxo]

I’m not defending him at all, I despise the fella, but I think the average person just doesn’t compute why this is an issue.

I worry that a lot of people just assume raising money for your party is part of your job and they don’t get bogged down in the details of why this is wrong.

I hope I’m wrong but I don’t think this will move the needle too much with the bloke on the street sadly.

[u/emamayxo → u/AtLeastImLaughing]

I think people just want him to win cause they’re racist and will not look at this at all

[u/AtLeastImLaughing → u/emamayxo]

Yeah there’s that too.

I think his fans will just brush it off because they gave up their morals long ago, and the others flirting with him will do the same and give their classic ‘they all do it’ response.

[u/TropoMJ → u/AtLeastImLaughing]

It is like Trump. He's "their guy" and there isn't really anything he can do that they don't consider acceptable. But if someone who wasn't "their guy" did something 1% as egregious, they'd be outraged. Realistically as long as they get someone in power who claims to share their views, there isn't really a limit to how provably awful that person can be.

[u/AtLeastImLaughing → u/TropoMJ]

Yeah basically, they’ve decided they’re all the same so the crimes only matter when people they don’t like commit them.

[u/Aspect-Unusual → u/AtLeastImLaughing]

I heard a old gent on the radio today, saying that he supports Reform 100% even after all this stuff is happening about Farage because it proves the "establishment" is scared that we're going to get our country back

[u/kriebelrui → u/AtLeastImLaughing]

I agree. The kind of people who vote for him just don't care. It will be news, but won't meaningfully hurt him.

[u/zoinks10 → u/emamayxo]

Once you vote for someone you have identified with them. You're "on their team". Cognitive dissonance means that now, if they get caught being a liar or a fraud, by extension you're on the "liars and frauds" team.

You don't like that, because you think of yourself as a common-or-garden racist/bigot, not a liar or a fraud. You don't want to consider the fact you might have been duped, because that would call into question your superior intellect.

So what does your brain do?

Lovely mental gymnastics until you twist this around and make EVERYONE a crook. Then your crook isn't actually a crook, he's just USING THE SYSTEM to fight those other crooks (who like brown people). They must be worse, because they're inviting asylum seekers to live in your attic (or whatever shite they believe)...

It's very hard to change a mind.

[u/fairiestoldmeto → u/AtLeastImLaughing]

They also assume all politicians are as bad as each other.

[u/Nelson-and-Murdock → u/emamayxo]

They don’t like brown people

[u/Artificial-Brain → u/emamayxo]

They're like maga in that they don't actually stand for anything so ignoring stuff like this is easy for them

[u/Deacon86 → u/emamayxo]

He tells them what they want to hear. It's as simple as that.

[u/_coyotes_ → u/emamayxo]

The ideology isn’t supposed to make sense, so much of it is counterintuitive and contradictory on purpose. We see this happening with far right movements around the globe, no matter how bad things get or the things they do that goes against what they claim to support or hard they fail, you always rally around the “strongman leader” and you never ever waiver. It doesn’t matter to them how much you poke holes in their logic, in their thinking, in how many times you expose the person they support for being terrible. They obediently follow, like the sheep they proclaim everyone else to be. Someday, we’ll have to actually have an actual conversation and make actual plans to eliminate this type of ideology from positions of power altogether because getting the unreasonable to see reason hasn’t worked for the last 10 years.

[u/OldLondon → u/emamayxo]

Their hatred of non whites trumps (pun intended) all

[u/chocobowler → u/emamayxo]

They don’t care about anything other than the immigration policies - simple as that. farridge could be a murderer and they would t care

[u/Capable_Kiwi2514 → u/emamayxo]

People need to be déprogramméd from seeing politicians as being in "their team" --- any politicians --- and view them as employees to be monitored. 

It's the idea of sticking up for "your side" that's the problem, when "your side" is actually the everyday citizen. 

[u/PeaGravy → u/emamayxo]

Because people want politicians with agency, even if they’re corrupt. That’s possibly the reason Andy Burnham is garnering so much excitement at the moment.

[u/sami2503 → u/emamayxo]

Thats the thing, they dont see it. Their feed is a bunch of right wing ragebait which then makes them angry and vote against their interests. As soon as a brown person commits a crime it's straight to their feed. They dont see any of the class war stuff, just the culture war and immigration stuff.

[u/verminV → u/emamayxo]

Turkeys voting for Christmas.

[u/Zaga932 → u/emamayxo]

make it make sense

Bigotry. He coddles their hatred. That's the only thing that matters to far-right voters across the world.

[u/SamwellBarley → u/emamayxo]

Because small boats. That's as far as the thinking goes.

[u/boat_hamster → u/emamayxo]

It could help peel off a percent or two from their support. Sure those votes may go Tory or Restore, but a more divided right wing is a more defeatable right wing.

The fact CH4 broadcast this on the first day of the Reform conference, is absolutely glorious.

[u/TheSasquatchKing]

Bots trying to keep this off the feed. Terrifying.

This is EXCELLENT journalism. Throw them in fucking jail.

[u/smolcharizard → u/TheSasquatchKing]

I can’t imagine having to do what that journalist and his team did to get that story. Hats off to him, I hope he gets some really good recognition for this within the industry. I wouldn’t be able to keep up such a facade as well and consistently as he did.

[u/Jayandnightasmr → u/TheSasquatchKing]

It also dragged in the Telegraph who used the polls, and other rightwing media probably have ties to these dodgy donations too.

[u/MisterHyper91 → u/TheSasquatchKing]

Led by Donkeys regularly knock it out of the park with their activism and spreading awareness.

Really hope this takes that smug, frog-faced knob down for good

[u/HctapG → u/TheSasquatchKing]

What makes you say bots trying to keep this off the feed? Genuine question, it was top post on my feed

[u/peakdistrikt → u/HctapG]

Possibly that a news story of this magnitude should have more upvotes many times over than the 10k it has now. 

[u/radium_eye]

Give Binface another shot at his seat, I think this might move the needle

[u/cloudsfallen → u/radium_eye]

Nah. Evidence doesn’t work on reform voters, won’t change a thing

[u/aaarry]

Gammons are fuming and Russian bots are blowing their circuits as we speak. This is nothing short of a watershed moment in British politics and I can’t get a bag of popcorn big enough. It’s also a prime example of why the greatest English language comedy ever written (which, as we all know, is still The Thick of It) could never be written again.

[u/Artificial-Brain → u/aaarry]

I really hope so but I just don't see many reform voters actually caring about this. Unless legal action is taken against him then I don't see this changing much.

These people stand for absolutely nothing.

[u/Midlandsofnowhere → u/Artificial-Brain]

This isn't slap on the wrist stuff.

Ed Davey has apparently written to both the police and the electoral commission asking them to investigate.

Farage may not go down for this, but if they have to open the books for a criminal investigation I can only begin to guess what other shady, shady stuff they'll find.

[u/Artificial-Brain → u/Midlandsofnowhere]

Well that all sounds very positive to me. One way or another we need to keep grifting US bootlickers out of UK politics.

[u/PieceMaterial5213 → u/Artificial-Brain]

The backlash against Trump politics has sure benefitted Canada. We were on track to electing likely the worst Prime Minister and least qualified parliament ever. Trump made people (enough anyway) come to their senses. And the number of trade deals with other countries and the level of support for Canadian companies and development projects, the military, etc. has been wonderful.

Sometimes it helps having a walking shit stain in the midst as people realize they don't want to live with that smell. If only some Americans hadn't burned out their sense of smell from a life of sniffing Fox "News" and the like.

[u/quick_justice → u/Artificial-Brain]

Reform doesn’t have enough core to win, and nobody who isn’t core will vote for them after this.

Plus some of the things on the video are not just illegal but criminal, and UK unlike US doesn’t like criminal politicians.

I think he’s truly cooked.

[u/Artificial-Brain → u/quick_justice]

I'm super hopeful that he is in fact cooked. I guess we just have to hope that legal action is taken and that their core base is smaller than they like to make out.

[u/quick_justice → u/Artificial-Brain]

In this very video he says that sadly they don't have residential donors in UK, just corporate ones.

[u/ballisticks → u/Artificial-Brain]

I hope he is too, I've been sick of him since I first learned who he was 15 years ago lol

[u/omykronbr → u/quick_justice]

So, you're telling me... That the Count will have a new chance in Clacton or nah?

[u/quick_justice → u/omykronbr]

One may only hope.

[u/ForgingIron → u/quick_justice]

Is the cult of personality around Farage as big and insane as the one around Trump?

[u/Heisenberg_235 → u/ForgingIron]

No. He’s a cunt as well, but doesn’t have the reach of Trump pre 2016

[u/aaarry → u/ForgingIron]

No way, but it’s probably as close as we’re going to get to that shitshow. I personally always find it really amusing when Americans celebrate Trump’s approval rating falling to below 45% as if that isn’t twice as high as reform are currently polling in the UK.

Pluralism is a beautiful thing.

[u/quick_justice → u/ForgingIron]

No, not nearly. He has his moments but UK isn't nearly as insane as US yet.

[u/sharedcarepain → u/ForgingIron]

It's not as big in terms of % I think compared to trump, but I think people are underestimating how ossified some people's brains are in the UK.

We've got a good 30-40% that don't share a common reality and are enjoying being racist and cruel. We need a deradicalisation program.

[u/jl2352 → u/quick_justice]

There is also a lot of secondary things. Farage doesn’t have the same cult as Trump does with MAGA. Before this investigation Farage has had people challenge him, and there have been rumours of people inside Reform being tired of him.

This investigation could push Reform towards a civil war. It also financially hurts them, and parties need finances to operate campaigns.

This has many layers of damage for Farage.

[u/haversack77 → u/aaarry]

Dodgy Nige's party is riddled with dirty, dirty foreign money. What a scam. Reform are dead in the water.

[u/sliever48 → u/aaarry]

Funny you mention that show. Chris Langham dead

[u/aaarry → u/sliever48]

Yes, I do know, Fergus, a man with an amusing name has died.

[u/Alive_Ice7937 → u/aaarry]

You aren't going to ask me anymore questions? I really don't want my last word on the official record to be "skinflakes".

[u/_Nefarium → u/aaarry]

And the cherry on top is that Count Binface (Jon Harvey) was a script writer for The Thick of It.

[u/sleepytoday → u/aaarry]

The Reform voters I know don’t give a shit about this kind of thing. They’re willing to forgive any mount of corruption because he says the things they think.

[u/aaarry → u/sleepytoday]

They’re already plastering “why don’t you do this to Labour and the Greens?” all over online comment sections (mostly spelt incorrectly).

The obvious answer to that is: “those parties don’t take dirty money from far-right yanks and Russian oligarchs, you stupid thick crayon munchers”

[u/sleepytoday → u/aaarry]

Yeah, I already heard that one over Farage’s last 5m bribe.

“They’re all up to it, but Farage is being victimised because the establishment are afraid of him”.

The man is a privately-educated stockbroker turned career politician from a wealthy family and who has hosted a regular TV show on a major news channel. I’m not sure if it’s possible for Farage to be any more of a part of the establishment”.

[u/0zzyb0y → u/sleepytoday]

The amount of "both sides are the same" I've seen over the last decade is absolutely horrendous. Definitely feels like it's been intentionally manufactured because I refuse to believe that so many people are that stupid in light of every shred of evidence that comes out.

[u/HotPotatoWithCheese → u/aaarry]

I think you'll find the greatest English language comedy ever written is Yes, Minister. The Thick of It is up there in the top 5, though.

[u/telfman123 → u/aaarry]

I'm also baffled that it took bloody CHANNEL 4 of HOLLYOAKS to do this undercover investigation rather than MI5 or something. Why is the government allowing this to happen to brazenly?!

[u/LowHangingWinnets]

Just confirms my suspicions about the fucker and his close associates. Utter scum-bag crooks, one and all. I hope they all get lengthy prison sentences.

[u/Skepsisology]

The Internet/ the algorithms that shape various social media platforms are a cancer of our society.

Brexit, maga and the encroachment of fascism is due to social media companies needing to make a profit.

[u/Doomergeneration]

Go to jail, do not pass go, do not collect £200

[u/leobreakfast]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXut3s90rUI

youtube link for people who cant access.

[u/slight_grumble → u/leobreakfast]

I wasn't expecting a full 30 minutes of proof of just how transparently corrupt they are. They introduced the fake donor as an "off the books donor" at their fucking fundraiser event. And they all laughed.

[u/ZappyZane → u/leobreakfast]

Thanks, OP's linked article says not available in this region.

[u/totallyRebb]

Putin Loot Drop

[u/Rogermcfarley]

Frog Face will be crying over this about how naughty and down right nasty the lefty media are being to him and his pals. He will point out that all the other parties are more corrupt and no one scrutinizes and films them being more corrupt than him so it is really unfair. Then he will say he thinks he has done nothing wrong and look over there foreign types are doing unspeakable things again and robbing us all blind. It is all stuff and nonsense and I was just having some fun with my rich mates who like me so much they keep trying to give me money all the time and definitely do not want anything in return.

[u/steve_ample]

Count Binface would have used the money to buy more dust bins for Clacton, named and released the contact info of those attempting to corrupt, and worked against their interests in legislature.

[u/Raetekusu → u/steve_ample]

And moved the hand dryer at the Crown and Treaty Pub Uxbridge to a more sensible location.

[u/firthy]

There’s no way on God’s green earth that these crypto donations don’t originate from Russia, and yet his base still parrot phrases like ‘but the other parties all get donations’ without acknowledging Farage’s outright treachery. He’s a fucking quisling.

[u/iamnotasheep]

Went to see what the morons at Daily Mail are saying about it. Tumbleweeds.

[u/Trick-Station8742 → u/iamnotasheep]

Still nothing now....cowards

[u/GirthyPigeon]

"Reform UK denies any wrongdoing and claims to have "been the target of a hoax perpetuated by foreign funded climate change activists"."

Uh, fucking what?

[u/thrownawaymane → u/GirthyPigeon]

The "no, u" defense

[u/old-legs-623]

Shoulda voted for the Bin.

[u/TheRabidDeer]

On the one hand, I have no idea how Nigel Farage has any relevance in British politics after Brexit. On the other hand, I am from the US and we re-elected Trump. Too many morons in this world...

[u/slight_grumble → u/TheRabidDeer]

It's a heady combination of russian misinformation, algorithms pushing the most outrageous click baitey content and brexit voters needing to double down rather than admit they were had.

[u/RedofPaw]

If you want to know who is a bot, look for the people saying "all politicians are corrupt" in relation to this story.

[u/Raz4479]

It doesn't matter to his supporters, they will still vote for him.

[u/romario77 → u/Raz4479]

It should matter to criminal justice. It’s against the law

[u/ADHDuckie → u/romario77]

The law is only the law if it's proactively e n f o r c e d (why is this a bad word, worldnews), which as we all know in the case of the wealthy (or anyone with significant enough infamy and no scruples) is not the case, or at best is the cost of "doing business" (i.e. a fine).

[u/Mobile_Antelope1048 → u/romario77]

When you are rich they let you do it

• Epstein class

[u/SquishyJeans]

That’s fucked 

[u/Philbyy]

We all know what he'll say about it when asked:

"Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in for me!"

And then, the free speech bastion that he is, he'll ban Channel 4 and anyone else who reports it from Reform events.

[u/nsfwthrowaway5969 → u/Philbyy]

At this rate there won't be anyone at this reform event except GB news.

[u/Warrior536]

What the most mindblowing part of this whole shenanigan is how unbelievably CHEAP these politicians are to buy. 500k to get a party leader to do your bidding? That is insane return on investment!

[u/Lionness4]

He's selling out the British public for £30k, ffs this is a joke. Hes just a dodgy car salesman honestly

[u/Fonkco]

Please watch the full footage because this is incredible reporting work. Begs the question how many of reforms other activities have this same approach

[u/YF422]

Oh look, the Vatnik Asset is getting his brown paper envelope!

Surprise, Surprise, these feckers are all just corrupt sellouts and should be barred from politics, there's enough corruption in the world and this bollocks is one of the main agents making it worse.

[u/FastBrilliant1]

This is great investigative journalism.

[u/emerald09]

Another Clacton by-election incoming? Someone light the Buckethead Signal!

[u/bwoah07_gp2]

In a meeting over oysters and wine in his Clacton constituency, Mr Farage met with the undercover team in late July after the three polls had been published and paid for. He believed them to be “William” and his father. Mr Farage said the polling was “amazing” and provided “bang for buck,” adding: “It worked. Boom.”

The images of them in the backyard is tremendous, like, wow. What an operation! It's jaw dropping tbh.

[u/onlyhereforBORU]

They could have had Binhead, but no, they had to vote in that cum sock!

[u/iloovehugecock]

The frog faced cunt is probably desperate for a brown person to commit a crime right now. He needs a distraction ASAP!

[u/Askingquestions2027]

This is crime caught on camera.

The top of the party should be jailed.

The names of top donors are bleeped out, they are also criminals.

Lock them all up.

[u/invalidreddit]

I'm still salty that Farage didn't loose to Count Binface

[u/Rugbysmartarse]

in Australia we had a similar thing where our version of this dipshit was filmed taking money from the NRA in America to loosen gun laws here. She was also previously convicted of electoral fraud and served 3 years. She was also filmed taking money from mining billionaires and accepting undeclared donations. She is also growing in popularity.

so in short, racists are just going to racist.

[u/willbekins]

oh crap. i shouldnt have celebrated on camera.

oh crap! i shouldnt have said it was secret.

oh CRAP! i certainly shouldnt have said the donations were foreign.

[u/DavidlikesPeace]

Foreigners :(

Foreign Donors :)

The clear link between the cruelest talking nationalists and foreign donors, especially Russian donors, should be troubling to anybody with a brain.

[u/tahmias]

You should have voted Binface.

[u/lookingforfoldie]

I was once in a car crash , small , but enough to scare me enough to enjoy life and be really good person. Not that I was bad one before. This dude crashed on a small plane somehow survived to become even bigger asshole than he was before …

[u/Individual_Limit_701]

The populist playbook in a nutshell: wave the national flag while taking dark money from abroad

[u/pushaper]

Steve Bannons UK friend... I am sorry it always comes down to Steve Bannon.

[u/justanothadumbcunt]

Question, how is this not treason?

[u/smcicr]

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

Still as true as it ever was.

[u/usatigeruk]

I mean my wife’s family love that guy the flags and everything. You can never reason with people who hate an enemy that doesn’t exist in the way they want. Sad cowardly tactics from Farage I hope the law/ cps finds the same

[u/Weshtonio]

Orr – who aside from his role with Reform UK is a theologian and associate professor at the University of Cambridge

That place cannot catch a break, only straws.

[u/narayan77]

Farage will be hoping for two tier policing. Working class persons like Tommy Robinson get jailed, but Farage himself is too important to spend time eating porridge. Perhaps Robinson can give him tips on prison etiquette. Farage wants to be a martyr but hes too delicate for a stint in jail.

[u/coastalwebdev]

First world countries need to do a serious pushback on the majority of politicians being corrupt greasy self serving pieces of shit.

Bring back the pillory for politicians caught doing even the least bit crooked of things. We the people have been far too trusting and complacent.

[u/BMW_wulfi]

Well well well if it isn’t the people we expected the most doing the things we thought they were doing at a time where they’re adamantly denying they are doing it.

[u/banananey]

Spoilers: Somehow nothing will happen

[u/flappyflangeflowers]

Time nigel was banged up for buck.

[u/Ranemoraken]

It does look like the floor dropped on Reform. It's back to fighting off the Tories. I would never have guessed, to be honest.

It's not over, of course.

[u/Lanknr]

Never forget those who were willing to overlook corruption, just because the corrupt politician has good PR.

[u/jocax188723]

Somehow I can’t see Binface doing the same.

[u/Herb-Alpert]

I can't believe this cancer is still a thing in British politics

[u/CCV21]

This wouldn't have happened with Count Binface

[u/DramaticWesley]

Can’t believe Count Binface lost to this clown.

[u/Aerisavion]

Oh look! The party who are blatantly Trump’s gateway into controlling the UK through money, racism and corruption, are attempting to take control of the UK through money, racism and corruption!

Who would have thought.

[u/zorasht]

Nothing will change unless this lot get arrested, get their assets seized, then go to trial and get convicted with lengthy custodial sentences.

Otherwise this is a gamble for them, with plenty to win and very little risk. So others will come and do the same, or worse, to see how far they can go with their scam (like the cheeto in the estates)

[u/Smoggyuk92]

Wallace and Gromit villain.

He’s the ultimate stereotypical politician, he couldn’t be anymore outwardly corrupt, yet still people fall for his snake oil.

[u/Deleterious_Sock]

I hope all the anti binners are happy

[u/locutus92]

As the chef Marco Pierre White says. 'There we are'

[u/tarpex]

Great job there, Clackton

[u/BeepBeep_Move]

In days of old that would be instantly career ending. But in today’s world it doesn’t even matter anymore.

[u/KoneCat]

In that image, Farage looks like a muppet from The Muppet Show... which is oddly accurate. :D

[u/CishetmaleLesbian]

Putin and Kim getting their money's worth?

[u/Ed_Ward_Z]

Of course

[u/Thagyr]

Shoulda threw him in the bin!

[u/CuriousGeorgeToday]

I've already sent this to all the reform voters I know. At this point what more can you do.

[u/boatenvy]

What does Count Binface have to say about this.. you know an actual moral politician

[u/LilacMages]

The boy who cried "establishment"

[u/SpitefulSeagull]

Nothing about this on BBC news UK, but they have a leading headline about small boats

[u/catastrophic-boy → u/SpitefulSeagull]

BBC have cleared the story and are now reporting it: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr50ddzl97qo

[u/G-M → u/SpitefulSeagull]

The BBC have to stand up, corroborate, a story before they publish it. Tomorrow it will be all over the BBC I am certain.

[u/a_man_has_a_name → u/SpitefulSeagull]

Maybe because the story just broke by channel 4?

Edit: there is indeed an article about it on the BBC now

[u/Alliterrration → u/SpitefulSeagull]

BBC News - Farage senior aide filmed suggesting way to avoid donations law https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr50ddzl97qo

[u/Relatovely → u/SpitefulSeagull]

It's literally the front page item right now. This is about 2 hours after channel 4 dropped the exclusive. Hardly a sign of a cover up.

[u/FRagebait → u/SpitefulSeagull]

But they got room for Jenrick promising to cut welfare and declaring Reform as "the party of fiscal responsibility". Irony is dead.