Michael
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Michael
@michaelsmith87.bsky.social
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Fake passports. A money laundering conviction. A mystery casino fortune in Montenegro...

There's yet more revelations about who Farage chooses to surround himself with.

Let’s start with George Cottrell. A man Farage describes as "like a son," and his former chief of staff 👇
July 24, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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Today I discovered that a Mr. Rodney Bastard used to run the Toxic Landfill Company Ltd.
Rodney BASTARD personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK
Free company information from Companies House including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
July 3, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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What’s that, Dale? You want to give me an unconditional personal gift of £5million to do whatever I want with? Sure! I just need to fill out a form. If I didn’t declare it that would be silly.
July 9, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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"Making money is not a crime" says Nigel Farage, who kept his £5 million bung from a crypto billionaire completely secret until it was exposed by the Guardian
July 7, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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Absolutely fine with us being sanctioned on this as it’s undoubtedly a fair ruling that applies equally to all sides. Can’t wait to see Chelsea’s fine for their huddle delaying kick off and restart at Villa Park!! What’s that? No fine for Chelsea?!! I’m shocked 😳🤣🤣

myoldmansaid.com/aston-villa-...
Aston Villa Fined by Premier League for Compliance Breaches
Aston Villa have been fined after accepting nine Premier League kick-off and restart breaches across the 2025/26 season.
myoldmansaid.com
June 27, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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Britain's broadcast media boasts of its strict adherence to impartiality rules.

Mentions per MP.

LibDems: 645
Tories: 5,116
Greens: 7,763
Labour (the actual govt): 27,438

Reform: 70,732

Anyone surprised they're ahead?

bebroadcast.co.uk/politics-who...
#Politics Who gets heard – and who doesn’t – on UK broadcast? | Be Broadcast
New analysis of 1.5m mentions reveals which UK parties are overexposed or underrepresented on broadcast – from Labour and Reform to the Conservatives and Lib Dems.
bebroadcast.co.uk
May 6, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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More members of Liz Truss's cabinet are in Reform than in Badenoch's shadow cabinet...
January 26, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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March 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Don’t think this should ever be given offside, clearly level with the defender
February 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Hoo boy. I posted a thread about Elon Musk’s atrocious safety record across every company he owns.
February 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Refs on the spice here #AVFC
February 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Have you ever wondered why Germans didn’t do anything about Hitler? Well, the rest of the world is wondering exactly that about Americans and Trump.
January 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Lots of people commenting on the
So called grooming gang issue in following some “intervention” from the USA

They might want to consider that Starmer left office as DPP with the highest conviction rate for child sexual abuse since records began
January 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM