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ShredderLivesOn, to random
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Several people attempted to play "internet sleuth", and have suggested the young blonde girl who threw the milkshake over Farage was Emily Hewertson.
Speculation was that it may have actually been staged, as she's the girlfriend of Reform's press officer.

Even the Daily Mail got in touch with her to ask if she did it.

This has however been debunked.
Not only has Hewertson denied it, but she was in Wolverhampton at the time.

ShredderLivesOn, to random
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BREAKING: Nigel Farage has backtracked, and announced he will be standing at the election for Reform.
He will also be assuming the leadership of his business/pseudo political party.

Farage has picked Clacton as the constituency he intends to soil with his presence.

Why Clacton? It was the constituency of Douglas Carswell. Who was returned twice as an MP for UKIP.

So if he can find a bunch of racists, and people gullible enough to buy his snake oil anywhere, Clacton is perhaps his best shot.

snigdha,
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@ShredderLivesOn "Richard Tice probably does want me to replace him. But do I want to be an MP? Do I want to spend every Friday for the next five years in Clacton?"
Nigel Farage, The Times, 11/02/24

ShredderLivesOn, to random
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Laurence Fox was involved in a traffic accident with a bus.

He livestreamed the aftermath when the bus driver was on the phone reporting what happened. The silver Audi A4 he was in appears to have been in the bus and cycle lanes.

Fox sounded drunk. But even worse, people checked the registration number on the Audi he was in. And the MOT was 6 weeks out of date.

Meaning that he's not only facing a fine of up to £1,000 and 6 points. But his insurance is automatically void.

Happy Pride Month.

18+ marcusjenkins,
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@ShredderLivesOn Uff, there's a life lesson here. Don't post a video of yourself driving a car with no MoT, invalid insurance while you're pissed.

Couldn't happen to a nicer bloke. Not.

Laurence Fox feeding the police all they need to take him to the cleaners.

ShredderLivesOn, to random
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Labour have selected a corporate lobbyist, and former adviser to Keir Starmer named Chris Ward to stand in Brighton Kempton.

Ward works for a lobbying firm called Hanbury, which was set up by two Tories. One was the former PR lead for Vote Leave, Paul Stephenson. The other is former adviser to David Cameron, Ameet Gill.
He heads up what Hanbury calls their 'Labour Unit'. Which is designed to help companies navigate how to deal with the incoming Starmer government.

ShredderLivesOn,
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Clients of Hanbury include the gambling firm Flutter, Navitas Petroleum, and finance companies UBS and Blackstone.
It's basically a who's who of companies who would love direct access to someone in government.

The CLP had no say on Ward's selection.
He was named as their candidate following the barring of the left-wing MP Lloyd Russell Moyle. The ban came out of the blue from the NEC, with a letter informing him that an anonymous complaint had been filed regarding his conduct eight years ago.

ShredderLivesOn,
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As the investigation would run long after the election was finished, Lloyd Russell Moyle would not be able to appeal or clear his name in time.

Owen Jones has written about his dealings with Chris Ward, as they were close friends at one point. And it seems that Ward's main issue wasn't so much the Tories. But the Green Party and Caroline Lucas in particular.
Jones is now encouraging people in Brighton Kempton to vote for their local Green candidate Elaine Hills.

ShredderLivesOn, to random
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Mish Rahman, who is on Labour's NEC and an outspoken critic of the way Diane Abbott has been treated by the party, sent an absolutely top response to GBeebies when they asked him to appear on Nigel Farage's show.

ShredderLivesOn, to random
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I've made a point of not watching Question Time this evening.

When you have two Tories, Nigel Farage, and Piers Moron, there isn't much point.

However, Fiona Bruce addressed the fact that Farage's appearance raised a lot of complaints over the fact he isn't even standing, and asked why he was fronting Reform's campaign?

Farage said "Don't ask me. You're the ones who invited me on".

At which point Bruce said, "We actually asked for Lee Anderson, but he wouldn't come on."

Oops.

steviesyerda,
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Yes the may have asked for Lee Anderson but they 100% accepted and put on Farage. The BBC are a disgrace now

simon_brooke,
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@steviesyerda @ShredderLivesOn They've been a disgrace since they caved into over

ShredderLivesOn, to random
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Since Carl Benjamin is back in the news, let me give a little more detail of what kind of a despicable excuse for a human being he is, beyond the joking about whether or not he would rape the Labour MP Jess Philips.

  • He thinks the private sector can do no wrong and businesses should be allowed to discriminate against whoever they like.
    At least that was true until Twitter banned him for hate speech, and Patreon kicked him off for the same reason when he was making $12,000 per month.
ShredderLivesOn,
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  • He frequently referred to a young girl with down syndrome, as a "retard". In response to a video where the girl was talking about how upset it made her to be frequently called things like that.

  • He's been endorsed by the EDL, Breitbart, the neo-Nazi blog MoreRight, and white nationalist Richard Spencer.
    Spencer described him as a great entry point in winning people over to the idea of white nationalism.

ShredderLivesOn,
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The entire Swindon branch of UKIP resigned, and shut down their website in protest at his selection as a candidate.

Nigel Farage attempted to distance himself. Benjamin previously described himself as a "fanboy" for Farage, when he had met him in person.

He also believes that paedophilia is a matter of where "it depends on the child. Because some kids mature faster".

This is who Liz Truss gave an interview to.
She shouldn't be deselected. This should be grounds for expulsion from the Tories.

ShredderLivesOn, to random
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Lloyd Russell-Moyle, the MP for Brighton, Kemptown & Peacehaven has received an "administrative suspension letter".
The complaint was made anonymously, and made complaints about his behaviour eight years ago.

Due to the length of time it takes to investigate complaints by Labour, he has been informed that he will not be allowed to stand at the election.

He has stated that he intends to cooperate with the investigation to clear his name.

ShredderLivesOn,
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It does seem rather suspicious that someone on the left of the party gets this letter, with only a week before the selection process closes.
And this comes the day after Diane Abbott was told that she would be barred from standing.

I'm starting to wonder if this is how Labour is going to purge most of their left wing MPs before the election. With the NEC sending letters to inform them that they're barred, just before the nomination date closes.

ShredderLivesOn, to random
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Nigel Farage is set to make his 36th appearance on Question Time since the year 2000.

This time he's there to represent Reform UK. Reform are a business and pseudo-political party that he happens to own a 53% stake in.

It should be remembered that Farage is not standing.
Also to use the BBC's justification of selecting panelists based on previous election results, Reform have had zero electoral success. They only managed two council seats across the whole of England earlier this month.

ShredderLivesOn, to random
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Keir Starmer is now claiming that Diane Abbott has not been barred from standing as a Labour candidate.

Now this means that either his sources who spoke to The Times, and Diane Abbott herself were lying, or he was.

Given the fact he insisted on Friday that the investigation into Abbott was "independent and still ongoing", and that turned out to be completely false, I'll go out on a limb and say that this is a case of Keir Starmer lying yet again, and trying to engage in damage control.

junesim63,
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@ShredderLivesOn Rumour has it that excrescence on the face of democracy, Luke Akehurst, wants the seat.

ShredderLivesOn, to random
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Compare and contrast.

Neil Coyle had complaints upheld against him that he racially abused a journalist, and sexually harassed a member of his staff.
He apologised, and blamed it on alcoholism.
He was suspended for 14 months, but had the whip restored and is standing for Labour again.

Diane Abbott apologised immediately for a poorly thought out letter on racism she sent to The Observer.
She was suspended for 13 months, and did as the NEC asked of her.
But is barred from standing for Labour.

ShredderLivesOn, to random
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Iain Dale has quit his job at LBC, as he hopes to be selected as a Tory candidate for the general election.

Dale is hoping to be selected as the candidate for Tunbridge Wells.
He had previously failed at the 2005 election when he stood in Norfolk North.

I do hope he gets the nod, and that the group Led By Donkeys stick up billboards around Tunbridge Wells of him assaulting a protester in 2013.
Which he admitted, and received a police caution for.

ShredderLivesOn,
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No word on who will replace Iain Dale in his timeslot at LBC.

Take your pick from any number of far-right political commentators.

I'm guessing Kate Andrews of The Spectator and various Tufton Street lobby groups might be in with a shout.

Or since Dan Wootton, Laurence Fox, and Sideshow God all lost their jobs at GBeebies, they would be a good fit for that slot.

ShredderLivesOn, to random
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BREAKING: Diane Abbott has had the whip restored by the Labour Party.
However according to The Times, she has been banned from standing for them at the General Election.

Senior aides to Keir Starmer reportedly held discussions about restoring the whip before the election, to "allow her to leave politics with dignity".

I would say that it is Starmer lacking any dignity at this point.
I sincerely hope that Diane Abbott announces soon that she'll stand as an independent.

ShredderLivesOn, to random
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Victoria Derbyshire has revealed this morning that Labour's investigation into Diane Abbott's comments to The Observer on Jewish, Irish & Travellers, concluded 5 months ago.

She apologised at the time and withdrew her remarks, but had the whip withdrawn.

The NEC wrote to her in December 2013 informing her that they had concluded their eight month long inquiry into her comments.

junesim63,
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@ShredderLivesOn Smacks of racism to me. If you're white and Tory, you're welcomed with open arms (see Christian Wakeford, Natalie Elphicke and all the new business donors).
#DianeAbbott #Starmer #LabourParty

ShredderLivesOn, to random
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Lucy Allan has had the whip withdrawn from the Tories, after she started openly supporting Reform candidate Alan Adams in the Telford constituency.

Lucy Allan is the outgoing MP for Telford, having opted not to stand at the upcoming election.

Amazing that none of her previous actions warranted expulsion from the Tory Party.
Lucy Allan was recorded bullying a member of her constituency office staff who had been signed off for depression, to try and force her back to work early.

ShredderLivesOn,
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She was also caught up in "rustygate", after she fabricated a death threat from a constituent who had sent an email under the pseudonym Rusty Shackleford.
Allan added the words "unless you die" to a strongly worded email in opposition to her support of bombing Syria, to suggest she had been targeted by death threats for her politics.

The email had though been sent by a local Labour member, who showed that those words were not in the email he sent.
The Tories took no action.

ShredderLivesOn,
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And she was one of three Tory MPs who spread a doctored video from an EDL account, claiming that grooming gangs of Asian and Muslim men weren't prosecuted while Keir Starmer was DPP, because they didn't want to be seen as racist.

Allan arguably went further than her colleagues Maria Caulfield and Nadine Dorries, as she added commentary about how the edited remarks of Keir Starmer were what CSE victims were up against.

But Reform was the final straw when it came to the Tories and Lucy Allan.

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