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As the scandals pile up for Reform UK, everyone takes the blame except Nigel Farage. Their General Secretary is the latest.
From dodgy candidates to financial cover ups, Farage is drowning in sleaze. Important questions still remain unanswered.
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They were announced in January. They’re being reannounced today because Big Green (RWE) and Big Capitalism (KKR), who will benefit from the massive state subsidies already being poured into these projects, have demanded more (to cover rising costs of developing offshore wind). So Labour has obliged with another £1 billion from the so-called National Wealth [Destruction] Fund. Life is truly grand for the crony capitalists.
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Il y a plus d’un siècle, une génération entière a fait face à l’une des épreuves les plus terribles de notre histoire.
Le courage dantesque, l’ardente obstination du devoir, la résistance avec, au bout, le sacrifice souvent inévitable, les ont définitivement rendus immortels.
Commémorer le 11 novembre, ne doit jamais être un simple exercice de mémoire.
C’est rappeler que la France est une nation, une histoire, une culture et un destin commun.
C’est affirmer que notre liberté, notre indépendance et notre souveraineté sont des biens précieux qui doivent être défendus et transmis.
En ce jour de recueillement, j’adresse ma reconnaissance aux anciens combattants, aux associations, mémorielles, aux élus, aux enseignants et à toutes celles et ceux qui entretiennent fidèlement le souvenir de nos soldats.
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I said Great Britain should be proud of our role in abolishing slavery.
Labour MPs didn’t seem to agree.
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The simple question is: Would the voters of #Makerfield have elected @andyburnham had he not lied to them over his intentions towards the EU.
🚨 This survey suggests not.
🚨 We shouldn't have a failed mayor as PM.
🚨 We need a general election now.
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Complete nonsense from the man on the right. The BBC is an overstaffed, overpriced relic. Scrap the compulsory fee, privatise it, and shrink it down. Defaming the president was a catastrophic mistake, and they need to pay for it.
@GBNEWS @MartinDaubney
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This is government gaslighting to a high degree.
1. It’s not a new announcement. The Norfolk East and West offshore wind projects were announced earlier this year as part of the AR7 round of contracts.
2. No way does it bring down prices. Those behind it, energy giant RWE + global investors KKR, were guaranteed an above-market strike price of £91.20/MWh based on 2024 prices — indexed linked for 20 years. That guarantee is already worth £97/MWh in 2026. This is v expensive energy.
3. What is new is that the costs of developing offshore wind have soared. So the government has now had to chip in £1 billion of the £12 billion investment needed from the National Wealth [Destruction] Fund. So more state subsidy on top of the massive subsidies for two foreign companies implicit in the price guarantees embedded in AR7.
4. Far from cheaper electricity this embeds high-cost electricity in the system for 20 years.
5. So much for the Chancellor’s Budget pledge to ‘only build new projects when they lower prices’. This does the opposite — and at enormous expense to the taxpayer and electricity user.
Gaslighting indeed.
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J'ai le droit de vouloir combattre l'idéologie islamiste, qui a tué des dizaines de nos compatriotes : j'en ai le droit et j'en ai même la responsabilité, l'obligation, le devoir, si je veux protéger les Français.
La gauche ne nous fera pas taire.
Just look whose on that committee!
The rules around gifts and donations are clear.
The Parliamentary Sleaze watchdog continues to investigate Reform UK Ltd leader over alleged breaches of the rules relating to the £5million 'gift' from a crypto billionaire.
Yeah....that 'Gift'...
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Everyone knows in the industry who the people are to avoid just like people know in an office set ups. The big difference is high profile media males have lots of money & huge power. They also make money for others, who turn a blind eye
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Polly Tearooms in Marlborough closes after 114 years. For the same reasons that all businesses are struggling: NI rise, minimum wage, taxes, regulations.
Our rulers can’t begin to imagine what it’s like to run a small enterprise within tight profit margins.
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In this morning's update:-
Andy Burnham's GMCA lent £55.7m in 2017 to the Manchester Life companies, Manchester City Council's joint venture with Abu Dhabi United Group, owner of Manchester City.
Asked about these loans on Good Morning Britain, Angela Rayner said:- "all of that is transparent. The Prime Minister says he is happy for people to see that."
Yesterday, a day late, GMCA refused to release the loan documents, calling my request "vexatious". In the same letter it admits there is "a legitimate public interest in transparency and accountability concerning GMCA's use of public money".
I asked for just five documents:- the two reports councillors approved the loans on, and the three loan agreements.
Burnham told Parliament on 12 October "all my dealings will be published", and promised to put out "everything that I have done working with them" as Mayor.
GMCA has told the press it has no active partnerships with Abu Dhabi United Group. If that is the case, why hide it?
#ProjectCleanCity @JuliaLopezMP @SianReform @NathanEvansTeam @MENnewsdesk @DeclanGCarey @JoshHalliday @jackdulhanty @rbrooks45
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🚨Manchester City Council keeps Chinese developer’s regeneration contract secret despite being funded by public money
Manchester City Council is withholding most of its partnership contract with Hong Kong company Far East Consortium for the Victoria North regeneration project.
Large sections and key clauses remain hidden even though the developer agreed the full contract could be published.
Andy Burnham’s Greater Manchester Combined Authority, which he led as mayor, has already given the firm £34.1 million. Nearly £100 million of public money is committed overall, with more approved that takes the total past £120 million.
Ben Rose (@benrose1976) asked for the complete document and was refused.
This is a scandal of public accountability. Taxpayers are bankrolling a massive regeneration deal with a Chinese developer while the council deliberately conceals the full terms that govern how their money is spent.
The developer itself consented to publication, yet the council still branded the request “manifestly unreasonable”.
It reeks of contempt for transparency.
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Should Britain rejoin the EU? NEW polling from More In Common finds large majorities of Brits think joining the EU, removing immigration limits, losing the pound, paying billions into the EU budget would be “unacceptable”. As I wrote, once you confront people with the reality support for rejoining collapses.
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