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Shocking https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp9l8l05vxet Bastard needs catching asap

Her passing is sad enough but I do hope this isn’t true and there’s no foul play https://www.facebook.com/TELEGRAPH.CO.UK/posts/-ann-widdecombe-was-found-dead-at-her-home-in-dartmoor-at-the-age-of-78-and-ther/1478274757680485/ Irrespective of political differences, she was very kind and helpful with fundraising work for hospice care when I lived in Devon.

Walsall councillor arrested within a fortnight of starting for alleged stalking. Reform’s famed due diligence working wonders again https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/walsall-reform-uk-councillor-arrested-34258840

FGR are regarded as a bit of circus locally (I’m probably influenced by the Cheltenham fans I know) but I’d much rather vote with a Dale Vince-backed candidate than an Aaron Banks-supported one. Clear where Vince’s money comes from, less so Banks https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/we-need-to-talk-about-arron/ There are some sources of funding more likely than others though https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/posts/millionaire-brexit-backer-arron-banks-eagerly-pursued-a-multibillion-pound-gold-/10156573947426939/

Police now investigating donations to Reform by the money launderer’s mother used for social media activities (to flood Facebook and X with racist adverts and misinformation) and security (er, what was the £5m for again?) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3eyq2np7qgo Once he loses his seat after the second by-election, the Chair role of Portsmouth FC awaits.

Torino can’t afford the wages, not even Champ-reduced ones. As for Fulham and Palace being in the Charles, good. They’ve both got the funds to go where Leeds couldn’t.

Firstly, I don’t vote Labour. Secondly, whilst Starmer would have been well-advised to leave alone freebie tickets and nice suits/ties/sunglasses along having promised to be different (he didn’t come into power with great popularity anyway and that dragged it down further straight away) we are taking about what £20k tops? Still don’t like it but it’s not even in the same league structure or sphere of sleaze and corruption as Farage. There’s a chasm of difference to that and receiving a £5m bung from a crypto billionaire for purposes unclear judging by the pou pourri of answers at interviews over the last month, when there’s clearly been a subsequent attempt to lobby the BoE on cryptocurrency without any real assessment of the economic risks (fortunately Andrew Bailey has his head screwed on). As for the Green MP, she’s a plumber just like Reform’s candidate in Makersfield with her own business, just minus the racism and homophobia. Statistically she’s absolutely correct with facts you can’t argue with without looking like a fruitcake - Farage’s attendance record in Parliament and in his constituency is fucking woeful. Just two of an iceberg of data - his voting participation rate is a pathetic 33.5%, 69 out of 206 votes over the last two years. That puts him in the bottom 8% of all MPs. Farage has spoken just 45 times in Parliament. Compare this to 92 for Badenoch, 111 for Davey and 152 for the Greens. It gets worse, he’s mentioned Clacton TWICE in the last year https://www.desmog.com/2026/07/07/nigel-farage-has-mentioned-clacton-only-twice-in-commons-during-past-year/ He’s not engaged at all on the Clacton Regeneration Board. This would normally have the local MP on it even if they’re a leader, or a delegate. But nothing. I sat on the board where we lived before on top of a full-time job managing 25 staff and generating millions of pounds of income and wasn’t paid a penny. He’s spent more time in America than Clacton kissing Vance’s arse because Trump can’t be bothered with him. PS - any responses on your hero’s Dunblane comments?

Vile.

Chances of a new club in the top two divisions is receding, to tell the bald truth. He’s been on the wrong end some hairline offside decisions though. A few cuddles from Russ at Leicester will help him though as long as Danny doesn’t get hair envy,

‘Hey, I scored a touchdown!’ ’No Damian, that’s handball and a yellow card’

Appears Corrupt Bob was in someone else’s, before he jumped ship https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgev4jq4jngo

Whilst I don’t agree with the Egyptians that they were robbed, although sympathetic to them losing last night late on as I wanted them to win, there’s disquiet from the French camp that an all Argentine officials group has been chosen tonight for their game v Morocco. Infantino has form for chicanery which helps Messi - eg World Club Championship when it should have been Galaxy as the MLS Shield winners but he invited Inter Miami instead. He gets on with Trump for good reasons - you can’t trust either of them any further than you could throw them. Corruption is in the bloodstream. Not seen direct evidence of match fixing bar the Balogun cheating by him and Trump yet I have to say, but is Infantino capable of it? 100%.

What a pair of sleazy bastards Farage and Tice are. Luckily Andrew Bailey could see ‘lobbying’ on behalf of crypto billionaires such as Harborne who Farage has in his pocket a mile away.

Whilst I can’t stand Polanski, Hannah Chambers has her head screwed on and gets it spot on. Farage is as establishment as any of the other parties and certainly a grifter. Makes Boris look like a grafter by comparison. And has security concerns of her own.

All the rumours are making it more noisy on the Preston front.