Ah! That notoriously RW publication 
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Perish the thought!
Donāt tell anybody - FB
Your secretās safe with me. 
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DeSmog has done an analysis of Farageās income since he became an MP and where it came from.
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Yes, I posted that link in the āDoing the decent thingā thread.
āfollow the moneyā has always been good advice if you want to understand motivation for corporates and politicians.
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Apologies, I missed that.
Farage five homes (and no mortgages). It seems he may not have declared everything he should have. Nice to see the Times doing some investigative reporting.
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I would be so, so disappointed to see Farage hounded out of politics, heās such a top bloke and theyāve had it out for him ever since he was an MEP despite him doing his best for us all along.
No, No, Iām sorry I canāt keep the pretence up.
Heās a grifter and the faster he comes unstuck the better.
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It would be interesting if heās suspended from the House if the standards man finds against him. A byelection in Clacton might not go his way, or at the very least it will cause him hassle.
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Yes, the Recall of MPs Act 2015 may be the one decent thing Clegg ever did.
I just refreshed my memory. A suspension of 10 sitting days or 14 calendar days triggers the recall process, and then if 10% of constituents approve the recall, thereās a by-election.
Difficult to believe that Clacton couldnāt find that number of opponents of Farage.
So it would seem Froggie has had a meeting with the governor of the BOE to dissuade him from developing a UK crypto currency.
Now, isnāt that interesting. He was given 5 million for security, no Brexit, no something else, but not to do any favours for a cryptocurrency billionaire based overseas.
I think he may have been caught out here.
Labour has asked to see minutes of the meeting, they may not be able to get access, but I think the investgation team might want to see them.
People that still think that Reform are anything but the Approved Opposition are delusional.
Provocative!
But if the pattern of the last GE is repeated, ie vote to get the last lot out, then Reform has a shout.
You mean DEFORM?
Recent polls showed 25% of UK population would vote Reform if there were an election tomorrow. Thatās 75% who wouldnāt. But of course they need to ensure that that 75% isnāt split across numerous parties.
Iām still hopeful that Burnham can change the tide. Poor Starmer , good man but no charisma, seen as " Islington man" by many traditional working class voters. No one can say that about Burnham.
The Manchester mayoral election could be interesting.
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The real question is how many of those that would vote, would vote Reform?
I suspect that this is very difficult to model in polls.
And donāt forget the RW vote is now being split by āRestoreā as well.
But I think the next election will be brown trousers time for Labour. At least Labour might still be in the race - the Tories checked out some time ago.
There are stronger rumours than usual in Westminster according to one of the journos. Farageās health and the mounting scandal over the Ā£5m are causing people to think he might leave politics altogether.
From what Iāve been reading recently, thereās a new optimism since Jenrick left (which I can understand). A Reform/Restore vote is a protest vote; when it comes to voting for a government, itās very different.
Though of course, there will still be a substantial āanything but Labourā factor to consider.
Might be interesting. Would Reform survive Farage leaving. Probably not TBH.