Obviously the right decision (Danny Dyer flights of fancy aside) and in fact the boss move by Count Binface would be to withdraw on the grounds that participating in the by-election would damage his credibility.

On my way, Clacton.

‘Robbed’: Egypt-Argentina match sparks accusations of World Cup bias

Clacton residents on Nigel Farage calling a byelection, Man, "He's done nothing in Clacton so far, so I don't see the point" Lady, "He promised all these things and has gone back on his promise. He's in it for himself"

Nigel Farage wants a mandate for corruption. Hopefully he'll get a by-election versus a man wearing a bin instead: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Exactly. My bet, however, is that UK media will create precisely the smokescreen for Farage he is banking on.

"The man simply cannot get his shit together. At certain points in the announcement today, he looked unhinged" 👇 Farage just called a referendum on the concept of objective reality open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

Left: Nigel Farage criticises 'the establishment' Right: Nigel Farage admits to being in politics for 30 years, he is 'the establishment'

Farage makes his biggest errors when he mistakes the UK for the US. For all our issues, rules and laws are still applied to politicians without fear or favour over here - he can't escape accountability by appealing to his constituents.

It is *vital* that the main focus of the by-election is the money Farage has received

A serious comment then I am quitting Bsky again, hah hah. I'm LIVID about what this by-election will cost, and the focus it will take away, STILL, from real issues ignored for years. There are dozens, DOZENS, of people living in tents and doorways in Clacton right now.

Voters are suddenly going to get wall-to-wall coverage and commentary regarding Nigel Farage's financial conduct. I'm not sure that is going to play out quite as well for him as he thinks...

It seems as though someone has hit a nerve. This is exactly the point at which you dig even harder, because I am convinced there's more than just a Thai Billionaire and "Posh George" in the mix.

#OTD #RedDevils #Belgium🇧🇪

The 50% figure is certainly eye-catching but 50% of Russia’s federal budget (around 400bn €) is still less than 7% of just the biggest 4 non-US NATO members’ budgets (DE, FR, UK, IT), let alone NATO as a whole.

“Obviously nonsense, rightwing propaganda,” says Portes. “He is clearly capable. The idea that he’s some sort of communist or that he’s going to be fiscally irresponsible is just stupid.” 👍👏

Early morning press conference at the Whitehouse.

It is astonishing how quickly "mass deportations" has become a standard right wing proposition.

A few things on this. - He will almost definitely be pulling a DARVO. Hard. - Blame will be laid thick at the feet of the media - the same ones that have spent years and years wheeling him out at every opportunity.

This is why a cap on donations (including self-funded) should be brought in for all - whether foreign or onshore

In one chapter of his book entitled 'The Art of the Bribe', Nigel Farage donor and convicted fraudster George Cottrell describes how politicians can be bought www.ft.com/content/7a0f...

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STUDENT LOAN NEWS: The Treasury Committee of MPs has put out its report into student loans. Here's my view:-

"Intergenerational fairness is fundamental to a functional society... Government cannot always choose the convenient option of loading additional fiscal burdens on to younger generations". Wise words from the Treasury Select Committee report on student loans committees.parliament.uk/publications...

Times has followed up with an editorial that is frankly just a xenophobic rant, accusing care workers working here legally who wish to be legally joined by family of "importing dependants", "blatant abuse', etc and calling for mass deportations. www.thetimes.com/comment/the-...

The text from the article for the record. The journalist to whom this was credited has accepted this is both garbled and wrong and said that it will be corrected. Let's see.

Click bait racist bullshit from the Times/Chris Philp. 12 Cameroonians did not sponsor 15 dependants each. 12 new work visas were issued to Cameroonians. 180 visas were issued to dependants of the (many thousands of) Cameroonians *already here*. Etc. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

You read it here first: FIFA to give USA special trophy for coming 16th

From Sky News on X (intriguingly they haven't posted this here), heading off the accusation by Farage that his family have been harassed:

"In one chapter [of Cottrell's book] entitled 'The Art of the Bribe', [he] sets out how politicians can be bought....'Long-term relationships keep the bought person in hand while you're making money'". Subtle. www.ft.com/content/7a0f...

Nigel Farage took funding from a convicted criminal & didn't declare it BBC presenter: "our chief political correspondent Henry Zeffeman joins us. Whats the fuss about, Henry?" 'fuss, noun, a show of anger, worry, or excitement that is unnecessary or greater than the situation deserves'

VEEERRRRY punchy statement by UEFA on the reversal of the American red-card suspension. And quite right, too. "We express our disbelief at such an unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable decision." www.uefa.com/news-media/n...

The British political magazine, The Spectator, always gets a voice on BBC news and current affairs Yet Private Eye outsells The Spectator by 240% And The Economist outsells it by 1,000%

Breaking!! All World Cup VAR rulings will now be passed on to the White House for a final decision

What really tends to rankle with voters is hypocrisy. Nigel Farage mocked Keir Starmer for buying glasses with a donor’s money, while all along he had accepted vast sums of money himself.

Here I am in happier times with best buds Nathan Gill, now in jail for taking Russian bribes and George Cottrell, who went to prison for fraud then paid for my staff, security and social media and let me stay in his house near Buckingham Palace.

Promoting 'your' Substack on a website that *suppresses links* and whose algorithm *punishes content with politics anywhere to the left of Rishi Sunak*, and whose writing bears a cursory relationship to your voice. The whole thing is just sad, really.

NEW: Before cryptobillionaire Christopher Harborne gave £5m to @nigel_farage, he gave £1m to Boris Johnson. For what?? Today @thenerve.news news reveals new evidence that tracks Harborne's investments in defence firm QinetiQ...to key defence announcements from Boris Johnson. 1/

OK…who made this???

Reasons I am dreading tonight: 1. Bolivia, a much worse team than Mexico, have a really strong home record cos of altitude 2. Every team that has tried to score against Tuchel’s England at the World Cup has done so 3. My Chelsea friends’ anti-Tuchel sentiment has spread to me

How it started / how it’s going

The same Republicans who were hysterical when asked to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID19 have no problem wearing masks to spread their White Nationalist Christian hatred.

Read @bylinetimes.bsky.social and be seven years ahead of the Sunday Times!

Just to remind ourselves, here are our initial @bylinetimes.bsky.social's investigations into Cottrell's role in helping Farage become a true 'Man of the Paypal' er.... checks notes... 7 years ago

And has been for many years. The renewed interest in public sector provision of housing is rather like the new found enthusiasm for devolution. If Burnham achieves little else, changing the conversation about housing and local government will have been a major achievement.

When George Cottrell was arrested for wire fraud in 2017, who was with him? His mate. Nigel Farage. Hell of a detail on the story. Farage was, according to the Sunday Times, merrily accepting gifts in kind from him a few years later.

Your regular reminder that cryptocurrency does in fact have a use case and that use case is crime

Absolutely extraordinary story from the Sunday Times that is going to be very hard for Farage to deflect. "Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal" www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...