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Saul Staniforth
@saulstaniforth.bsky.social
Jul 6, 11:14 PM
Did Cottrell let Farage stay at his Georgian townhouse near Buckingham Palace? Yes Did Cottrell pay for Farages staff? Yes Did Cottrell pay for Farages security? Yes But Jenrick says no rules have been broken. That was Starmers excuse for all the bungs & bribes he took too!
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"Did Nigel Farage stay in that townhouse that's being rented by George Cottrell? I believe Nigel has said that he stayed a couple of times there very infrequently as you're allowed to. I mean, Nigel Farage is allowed to have friends. And the rules about say very clearly that people who become MPs should declare things that were any benefits to them in the 12 months before their election. That's the rule. That is the rule. And, Laurie, you have omitted the second half of the rule, which is that you don't have to declare things where they're purely personal. And the allegation, if you like, that you've put to me is that Nigel Farage, maybe a couple of times, I don't know precisely, stayed in the home of a personal friend. And does he still stay there? So by definition, that does not fall within the rules. Does he still stay there? Not as far as I'm aware, but I don't know. You're allowed to stay at the home of a personal friend. There's no secret that George Cottrell's been a personal friend of Nigel Farage for a long time. But the allegations of this morning is that he's done much more than a normal personal friend was done, that he has given him use of an expensive townhouse in London, and also that he has paid for Nigel Farage's staff and his security. So I'd like you to address these specific questions. Did George Cottrell pay for any of Nigel Farage's staff in 2024? Before he became a member of parliament, yes, absolutely. He did. This is important, but you're sort of papering over that. That's a very important point. You're allowed to accept a gift, support, whatever you want to call it, from a personal friend, before you're a member of parliament, if it's in a purely personal capacity. So there is absolutely nothing to see in this story. What's a personal capacity when it is staff creating social media content? Well, when you're a GB News presenter and you've just been on The Jungle, you do create social media content. Did George Cottrell pay for Nigel Farage's security in 2024? Before he became a member of parliament, yes. Reform has been completely open about it. What's confusing about this issue of security is that Nigel Farage said that the money from Christopher Harbourn was for his personal security. But that came after this, Laura. So you are convinced that absolutely nothing has gone wrong here? Absolutely. No rules have been broken."
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Saul Staniforth
@saulstaniforth.bsky.social
· Jul 5, 09:37 AM
Did Cottrell let Farage stay at his Georgian townhouse near Buckingham Palace? Yes Did Cottrell pay for Farages staff? Yes Did Cottrell pay for Farages security? Yes But Jenrick says no rules have been broken. That was Starmers excuse for all the bungs & bribes he took too!
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 5, 12:06 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Bob wants to be leader. Imagine the even worse shit show that would follow that eventuality</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Richard at UKverified</span>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 5, 09:44 AM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Nigel Farage a man unable or unwilling to look a gift horse in the mouth?</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Dave Hargreaves</span>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 5, 09:54 AM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Jenrick is everything wrong with politicians today in concentrated form.</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Tim 🌱☕️🏉🏏☀️🌧</span>
<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@timash.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 5, 09:47 AM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Oh, come on.
Starmer's freebies fade into insignificance compared to the huge sums that Farage has received from donors and is still raking in from his many side hussles.
Please get some perspective.</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Suddenly, a Goat!</span>
<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@suddenlyagoat.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 5, 11:07 AM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">So if another politico can find someone to sling them a cheeky 100 mil then Farage would be NBD?
Corruption should be uniformly disqualifying for a job that disburses public funds*</p>
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&lt;span class=&quot;text-xs font-bold text-slate-300&quot;&gt;Suddenly, a Goat!&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;text-[9px] text-slate-600&quot;&gt;· Jul 5, 11:07 AM&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words&quot;&gt;* obviously it wasn&amp;#39;t for Starmer, and won&amp;#39;t be for Farage or whoever leads the Tories in the next election, but that is just an indictment of the moral rot that has utterly overgrown the ruling class&lt;/p&gt;
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">@raystonian</span>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 5, 02:11 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Starmer has been laying the groundwork for this shit.</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Fran W</span>
<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@urzwoo.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 5, 10:44 AM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Honest Bon says what?</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">PrefersDogs 💙🍀🌹🇺🇦🐸</span>
<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@prefersdogs.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 5, 11:01 AM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">So this is equivalent to a pair of glasses and a suit
Or was it’s Sunaks free Helicopter Rides
That’s pure whataboutery</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Hugh Sykes</span>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 5, 01:26 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">It'll all work out.
ReformUK will crumble - partly because people like Jenrick have joined it.</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">jmc123.bsky.social</span>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 5, 09:52 AM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Any politician that takes money, dosh, cash from any source is corrupt, owned. OWNED!</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Tony</span>
<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@antonyillahiwarren.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 6, 01:44 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">They're a bunch of frauds #NigelFraud</p>
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