UK Politics

[Black Abyss Babe]

Some new information about the dagger used to murder Henry Nowak: apparently it was a "Persian blade known as a pesh-kabz – designed to go through chainmail" and Digwa wore it "as part of a Nihang (warrior-sect) subculture". So it wasn't even a Sikh thing at all.

Meanwhile, unbelievable though it may seem, the lowlife who wielded that knife is actually attempting to appeal against his conviction and sentence - heaven only knows how he thinks he's going to pull that off ...

 

[Flaming Blimp Crash]

Hello, American here and dealing with our own shit [gesticulates about], but what's this on Farage resigning his seat?

 

[UpTheIrons]

Hello, American here and dealing with our own shit [gesticulates about], but what's this on Farage resigning his seat?

Farage is currently being investigated for not declaring £5 million in donations from a crypto-billionaire and Reform donor named Christopher Harborne in the months preceding standing as an MP in 2024. He is subject to a parliamentary investigation which, if it finds him to have been in the wrong, could suspend him from parliament for a duration of time (14 days or more) that would lead to him being subject to a forced by-election.

So it seems as if he suspects the investigation has enough dirt on him to cause trouble, and is therefore calling the by-election himself in an attempt to get ahead of the story and take control of the narrative.

His seat, Clacton, is a very strongly Reform area and will in all likelihood re-elect him with an even larger majority than he got in 2024, as well as allowing him to position the whole thing as 'the establishment tried to take me down, but they didn't fool the people' (a certain orange man used a similar playbook to great effect).

To cut a long story short, he is jumping before he is pushed for political advantage.

 

[Spaldy]

Hello, American here and dealing with our own shit [gesticulates about], but what's this on Farage resigning his seat?

Because he knows he's on the verge of being arrested or at the very least, investigated for corruption. And of course, he wants the publicity this will cause.

Maybe now the voters of Clacton will replace him with someone willing to spend more than 5 minutes in their constituency but I doubt it.

 

[GhostofCain]

Farage is currently being investigated for not declaring £5 million in donations from a crypto-billionaire and Reform donor named Christopher Harborne in the months preceding standing as an MP in 2024. He is subject to a parliamentary investigation which, if it finds him to have been in the wrong, could suspend him from parliament for a duration of time (14 days or more) that would lead to him being subject to a forced by-election.

So it seems as if he suspects the investigation has enough dirt on him to cause trouble, and is therefore calling the by-election himself in an attempt to get ahead of the story and take control of the narrative.

His seat, Clacton, is a very strongly Reform area and will in all likelihood re-elect him with an even larger majority than he got in 2024, as well as allowing him to position the whole thing as 'the establishment tried to take me down, but they didn't fool the people' (a certain orange man used a similar playbook to great effect).

To cut a long story short, he is jumping before he is pushed for political advantage.

There's also the issue of the weekend's revelations on the Sunday Times about him not declaring support from George Cottrell - a long-time ally and convicted fraudster...

 

[UpTheIrons]

There's also the issue of the weekend's revelations on the Sunday Times about him not declaring support from George Cottrell - a long-time ally and convicted fraudster...

When Nige fell out with Elon Musk he assured everybody that 'he can't be bought', but it seems like 'no strings attached' patronage is still on the table. How lucky he is to have such generous and undemanding friends that are happy to bankroll him for a few million quid every now and then!

 

[Spaldy]

Farage's publicity stunt seems to be backfiring. All hail Count Binface!

 

[Yax]

Farage's publicity stunt seems to be backfiring. All hail Count Binface!

If he loses, Parliament can't investigate his supposed bribes.

 

[Spaldy]

If he loses, Parliament can't investigate his supposed bribes.

I don't care if they win, I just want him to lose.

 

[Flaming Blimp Crash]

I don't care if they win, I just want him to lose.

Sounds like a scenario where he loses either way though?

Although, as a fan of absurdity without global consequences, Farage losing to a garbage bin would be the more enjoyable option.

 

[UpTheIrons]

The fact that, win or lose, Farage has to try to conduct a serious political campaign with his main adversary being a guy with a bin on his head is extremely embarassing for him, and it is all on account of an unforced error of his own making.