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Sue Hammond · 05/22/2019 13:30:00

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Farage ~ Brexit Rally @Olympia ~ 21st May

Yesterday evening was The Brexit Party's final rally before the election and he chose to hold it in London, a bold move considering the Capital is Remain Central. The media has questioned the Party's source of funding and made slurs against Farage by implying some illegality has taken place, a popular bandwagon which has been eagerly jumped on by several posters on this forum. Gordon Brown also got involved and asked the Electoral Commission to investigate where the funds have come from. Inspectors from the EC swooped on The Brexit Party office yesterday and found no irregularities. Farage made reference to this in his rally speech last night; here is the YT link if anybody is interested:https://youtu.be/pJELrUnbi8A

Sue Hammond ● 2730d17 Comments

Odd because the Electoral Commission just said this "Farage's fundraising for Brexit Party allows foreign donors to 'break rules'Not exactly a clean bill of health eh?I also noticed in the speech that Farage specifically wants to do away with the electoral commission, i wonder why?

Matt Palmer ● 2730d

The electoral commission has said 'its investigation of the party’s fundraising methods is “ongoing”, after visiting its headquarters amid the growing controversy.' Link below.For the teccies amongst us, this makes for an interesting read. Whether or not you understand it, something for sure isn't quite right.https://bylinetimes.com/2019/05/15/brexit-party-donations-farages-miracle-claims-do-not-add-up/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-party-donations-farage-electoral-commission-paypal-eu-elections-a8925276.html

Clare Noeken ● 2730d

Why does he want to do away with the Electoral Commission? Because they're full of Remainers - no evidence, of course, as usual with Farage's claims — but anyone who opposes Farage has, by definition, to be a Remainer. It wouldn't surprise me if he was refused admission at the Pearly Gates and put it down to Remainer influence.

Richard Carter ● 2730d

Ha ha. Pity Private Eye couldn't find a picture of Mr F drinking a milkshake? Firstly, no surprise he doesn't like the Electoral Commission, my understanding is he doesn't like any regulators or regulations. Just remember the 737 Max looks like it could be an example of an underfunded, inadequate regulator who relied too much on an organisation's self checking ... Secondly, thanks for that Clare. I've saw a report yesterday that they'd initially been cleared but apparently not. For the under £500 donations it would be dependent on what checks the BXP have in place and experience does show they seem to be struggling to put things together. The stats in the article do look anomalous. However, I have seen some web monitoring tools that have given misleading results when looking at websites or domains one hasn't got the documentation for ... but the EU investigation into the Banks to Farage will be interesting.

Michael Ixer ● 2730d

"An Electoral Commission spokesman said it did not see evidence of electoral offences on the visit - but today said the review has not been closed and will continue after the European election on Thursday.He said: 'Our review of the systems in operation by the Brexit Party is ongoing. This will inform our regulatory work following the European Parliamentary elections and any recommendations we make to the party.'We will also make any recommendations on the wider issue of the workings of the political finance rules in our statutory report on the administration of the poll.' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"The EU will investigate claims that millionaire Brexit supporter Arron Banks spent £450,000 on a luxury lifestyle for Nigel Farage following the EU referendum, it was revealed today."------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Of course EC investigations are ongoing and not just for The Brexit Party, obviously they have to monitor all political parties. As for the Aaron Banks funding allegations, these have been rumbling on since the referendum, if there was anything illegal going on why has it not come to light in the past 3 years? This is nothing but a witch-hunt against Farage.

Sue Hammond ● 2730d

Sue. It does seem odd that Mr Banks would make a payment of £450,000 to Mr Farage. There doesn't seem to be any dispute about this payment being made, only whether it should have been declared as Mr Farage is an MEP. I'm not sure why that is a witch hunt? There seems no obvious reason why the payment was made although it's Mr Banks money so that's his business. However, as an MEP, Mr Farage does have to abide by the rules of the European Parliament. And if Mr Banks has any more spare £450K I can supply my bank account details ..

Michael Ixer ● 2730d

"Why does he want to do away with the Electoral Commission? Because they're full of Remainers" - is that an actual acreditable quote or paraphrase Richard? It wouldn't surprise me at all if it was but I'd like it confirmed.If true, anyone with a slightest knowledge of recent history will be tempted to feel are sinister parallels to that sort of claptrap, i.e. the mantra that anything or anyone that opposes the a certain group is the enemy and therefore open to being accused and found guilty of conspiring against them. We see that with Trump too of course.

Freddie Francis ● 2730d

Yes, here's the link, Freddie:https://news.sky.com/story/full-of-remainers-nigel-farage-slams-electoral-commission-as-it-looks-into-brexit-party-funding-11725530

Richard Carter ● 2730d

Sue, so you’re happy for your man Farage to accept a £450,000 bung from a shady millionaire who won’t explain where his money for the leave campaign came from? Come on, wake up and see how you’re being manipulated by charlatans.Nick

Nicholas Evans ● 2730d

Perhaps we'll wake up when supporters of Corbyn 's distasteful Marxism do.

Barbara Shillabeer ● 2730d

@NickHi Nick, I am not being manipulated by anyone but thanks for your concern. I read the article in the Guardian yesterday about Aaron Banks (allegedly) funding a lavish lifestyle for Farage during his Brexit campaign. These allegations include paying for his office and staff salaries, paying rent on a Chelsea home and supplying a luxury car, overseas trips and various other expenses connected to his Brexit campaign, and guess what, I really don't give a fig if it's true. The things I do care about are Farage's determination to get the U.K. out of the EU and his Party's mission to 'change politics for good'.Nick, you and several other posters are regularly outraged by anything detrimental that is published about NF, and that is your right. In contrast though I've not seen much outrage on here about the (alleged) funding of various anti-Brexit groups by George Soros, one such donation was reported to be £800,000. This collective complaisance is probably due to the fact that most posters on here are Remainers, so that's alright then? Finally, the fact that NF's two youngest children have British and German passports is another tediously regurgitated criticism by some posters. So bloody what? The fact that the children's Mother is German might have something to do with it.🙄

Sue Hammond ● 2729d

The 85-90% Liberal elite MSM are unable to beat Farage in a debate so they are trying their best to slur his name and have been for many years.Anyone see the Farage v Cable debate yesterday? Farage won hands down! No-one can touch him, hes a genius!

Paul Game ● 2729d

Farage scares the **** out of them so they resort to slurs. I didn't see that debate, what channel was it on Paul so I can find it on catch-up?

Sue Hammond ● 2729d

He should scare the xxxx out of you too, but there are none so blind who cannot see.

Lucille Grant ● 2729d

I watched it on youtube Sue

Paul Game ● 2729d

Cheers Paul

Sue Hammond ● 2729d