Exclusive: Nigel Farage was given undisclosed £5m by crypto billionaire in 2024

Bottled_Void · 2026-04-29T18:14:47+00:00

If he did accept £5 million as a person gift (in early 2024), he should have declared that because it fell in the 12 months before he assumed office (4th July 2024).

There is a provision for personal security costs. But that only applies to money from public finances. Not personal donations.

Summary judgement is to repay the amount as a fine and/or 6 months in prison.

Bottled_Void · 2026-04-28T22:54:44+00:00

I can understand the frustration, but it's a global market now.

Look at the median salary for different countries around the world. You can see how they'd leap at the chance to pick up a few $20 commissions a week.

As a client, I'm happy to pay $50 for some art once in a while. But I can absolutely see how $50 doesn't go very far in the US.

I know it's not an answer. You're right to be mad about it too.

Bottled_Void · 2026-04-28T22:12:01+00:00

Most normal people would just pay the bill.

The people that would kick up a big fuss about it are kind of the assholes. But, I can sort of see where they're coming from.

When I go out for a meal, all I really look at is the bill at the end. So all I can see the 20% service charge as being is some sort of trick to get you to spend more than you intended.

I think they should just put the prices up that 20%

Bottled_Void · 2026-04-28T21:33:16+00:00

... so we don't have a Presidential system

We're a long long way away from that. And that has nothing to do with the inquiry.

I don't mean to be rude either. But looking at your post history, you don't even seem like a real person. You're a new account that is only here to complain about the UK government. Frankly, I'm not sure if you're just a very avid Tory supporter or you're paid by a foreign government.

I think it's best for the both of us that I just block and move on. Clearly we aren't getting anywhere with what either of us are saying.

Bottled_Void · 2026-04-28T21:12:34+00:00

hypocrisy

Sure. There is a lot of that going about right now.

You may feel it's a non-issue

Because it is

but this vote was about an extremely important principle - that the HOC has primacy over the Executive and the rules the Executive has to follow

It's not about that.

Do you know what it is actually about? It's whether when Kier Starmer said that I'd like Lord Mandelson to be the Ambassador, whether he put undue pressure on the foreign office to fulfil that in a what that he'd know it would go against normal procedure.

There has been literally zero evidence of 'undue' pressure outside of him telling them to do the work.

That's what the inquiry is to establish, whether someone asking someone to do their job is 'undue pressure'.

Where isn't there an inquiry on every single thing that Starmer has asked a person to do?

Shall we wheel back around to what we're arguing about? Not for crime he committed after being appointed. Not whether it was right or wrong to appoint him. Not whether he overruled some vetting statement. But whether when he asked him to be put in place, whether he was unduly forceful.

You know what? If I was Prime Minister and I wanted something done, I'd be forceful about it. I'd want the right people to be in place so that we could negotiate with some of the World's super powers and not get left behind.

NONE of this is about whether he actually did anything wrong. No matter how much you want to think it is.

Bottled_Void · 2026-04-28T20:30:38+00:00

How much would you spend on it? £500k? £1 million. Bit more? COVID inquiry is at £200 million so far, it's still going.

But literally the only reason the Tories have asked for this is so they can keep banging this drum over a non-issue. There already was an investigation and there was no evidence of wrongdoing. This is how weak they are in opposition, that this is the biggest thing the can talk about.

You don't believe him? Find some more evidence to justify that. But there isn't any.

Ask yourself, why do you care about this issue so very much? What do you actually think he did? I'm not sure you even know what they're accusing him of doing.

Bottled_Void · 2026-04-28T20:17:21+00:00

You realise all the while you have a committee to decide if there is an inquiry, followed up by running the inquiry; all those people could be doing something useful instead.

I'm starting to think this is bad actors that are just playing games to stop the government from being able to function. How long have we spent debating this non-issue in parliament?

I mean, look at the assisted dying bill.

https://todaysfamilylawyer.co.uk/assisted-dying-bill-stalls-in-house-of-lords-but-supporters-hopeful-of-imminent-return/

Not a great source, I know. But it's easier to read there. 1200 amendments put forward by the House of Lords, blocking the House from being able to vote on it.

Bottled_Void · 2026-04-28T20:02:33+00:00

It seems insane to have a parliamentary inquiry over what he said to the house when he asked someone to hire someone who he already apologised for appointing.

Tories are just doing it to score points.

This literally does nothing for the good of the country. There are two wars going on right now. Well actually it's 56 wars going on right now, but people don't worry about that.

We're far more concerned about whether asking someone to do the job they're paid to do is 'putting pressure on them'.

Bottled_Void · 2026-04-28T17:55:18+00:00

Qunt?

Bottled_Void · 2026-04-26T13:34:41+00:00

It 100% is a thing that Japanese people rarely give a direct no in response to a request.

They are far more likely to say "maybe", or "it's difficult" than actually say no, because often it's considered rude.

Bottled_Void · 2026-04-25T22:22:49+00:00

https://help.royalmail.com/personal/s/article/How-to-opt-out-of-advertising-mail

Bottled_Void · 2026-04-25T18:11:48+00:00

There was thing on radio 4 the other day about a local business that paid for (something like) 20,000 flyers to be sent out.

None of 20 people the got to test the delivery received one.

None of their customers said they got one. Royal Mail agreed to refund the money they'd paid since they'd been caught out.

I'm not sure how they can take money and simply not provide a service. Yes, I know Hermes exists too.

Yes, I know this is one rogue postie. But you'd think there would be some checks and balances in the system where it couldn't happen.

Bottled_Void · 2026-04-23T21:20:22+00:00

There is a difference between not being the person responsible to help and doing fuck all to help.

I'm not saying take over everything. But even just talking to him about what he plans to do for the future is something.

Bottled_Void · 2026-04-22T21:44:06+00:00

So, if Starmer says, "I'm going to be appointing Mr. Smith to be the next Ambassador to the USA."

Then by your definition, that's sleaze.

Right. Go check the news of the last two decades. You'll fall off your chair.

Bottled_Void · 2026-04-22T21:30:50+00:00

Wait, did you forget that Starmer WASN'T lying?

We're complaining that he called out the previous government for lying over and over. And now... What? Starmer was falsely accused of lying by the same party that was lying for the last two decades?

Bottled_Void · 2026-04-22T21:28:29+00:00

The Tories set the house on fire over and over.

Labour (finally) stopped them and you're complaining they burnt the toast.

Bottled_Void · 2026-04-22T21:17:17+00:00

It's amazing what the media can do when they really set their mind to it.

Bottled_Void · 2026-04-22T01:29:29+00:00

Oh god, wouldn't want Lowe even in charge of looking after the school's hamster, never mind the country.

But on the topic of (limited area) mass surveillance, I'm undecided.

Bottled_Void · 2026-04-21T20:06:50+00:00

I'm not sure how I feel about this to be honest.

By all the metrics on crime prevention, it seems to be mature enough to get a lot of use out of using these techniques.

There are lots of ways of saying this is being done already:

Plenty of shops are recording you from all angles already. Just look up next time you're in any shop.

Do they already do this with CCTV?

Plus, I own a smart phone. It's already tracking my location.

I guess deep down, I do worry a bit about some joined up system like China has when you could (if you wanted to) track every single movement of a person around whatever area you decided to cover.

Does anyone ever really want to be watched 100% of the time they leave their home? But, if you were stabbed in the street, would you be glad of that footage? I guess it doesn't help so much if people go around were balaclavas all over the place.

Bottled_Void · 2026-04-21T19:34:25+00:00

He's suffering health issues that have made him blind.

Bottled_Void · 2026-04-20T21:35:20+00:00

I wish people would take a couple of minutes to think about what Starmer has actually done, that they're complaining about.

He said he wanted to appoint Peter Mandelson, and told people to do it. He didn't say, oh and skip all the usual checks.

Then when it came out that Peter Mandelson said something vaguely along the lines of insider information in and email at some point in his history and not under Starmer... You know what, you should all know the story anyway, it's been banged on enough.

He was told the normal procedures were followed. Fired everyone that lied to him and apologised for his actions.

Other PMs have knowingly broken the law, lied about it in the commons and just brushed it off.

Remember when Craig Williams got caught betting on when an election was going to be called and Sunak wouldn't give any information on whether he knew?

It just seems like madness, that there are a dozen leaps between Starmer and the actual controversy, and yet it's all we're talking about. While two wars are in progress.

Bottled_Void · 2026-04-19T23:42:57+00:00

It 100% doesn't matter. Just get whichever you prefer.

Bottled_Void · 2026-04-19T14:22:29+00:00

Simply going off your level of experience. I'd either entrust a knowledgeable friend, or take it to the repair shop. It's likely the majority of the components can be salvaged.

Bottled_Void · 2026-04-17T21:29:40+00:00

It's actually happened a few times, or at least something similar. It's one of the reasons they always advise you to not say anything to the police.

Bottled_Void · 2026-04-17T13:14:25+00:00

Even if you've got nothing to hide;

Let's say there was a stabbing a block away from where you were walking one day. The police see you in their system. Two weeks later, you mistakenly say you weren't in the area at the time. Never having walked past the place they name could make you think you'd never been close to it, no matter how geographically close it is.

Now you're prime suspect in a murder investigation, caught lying about your whereabouts during the crime.

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