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Farage may be about to discover what £72m can’t buy – Nelson Nelson
“We just don’t have British resident donors or British entities that would support us,” Reform UK’s James Orr told the undercover reporter. “That’s the grim reality.” And a bit of an embarrassment. The ‘party of the people’ gets negligible money … Continue reading
Does £72m in the Reform war chest change everything?
In the last 24 hours, two crypto billionaires have given Nigel Farage’s party £72 million in donations. No one can pretend the threat of a Reform government isn’t real. It is very real. Seventy-two million pounds. That is an obscene … Continue reading
How popular is Reform with the business community and will that change?
Not having been to Reform’s Birmingham Conference, I can’t give a first hand report. As I have said on this blog, business – whether in financial markets or elsewhere, need to take Reform seriously and the Times report that … Continue reading
Little is “untoward” if it promotes Reform. Governance is whatever Reform wants it to be.
This video is worth the watching (though it is nearly 30 minutes long). It is a program from Channel 4 that explains how Reform gets their funding. We are considering how they might manage our Government and oversee the governance … Continue reading
Reform have driven down a pension cul-de-sac; it’ll be tricky reversing out.
The Reform view of pensions is hypocritical in the extreme. My friends at Prospect Union point this out with greater force than I can How hypocritical can you get? Reform MPs want to close public service pension schemes for millions … Continue reading
Can Reform reform?
“Why is Farage doing this to the people of Clacton? Are its voters really expected to become props in the great drama of Nigel and His Money? He seems to want to use his constituents as human shields to deflect … Continue reading
Count Binface emerges as Farage’s main rival
These are the Betfair odds this morning for the coming by-election in Clapton. Farage will win but who is left to oppose him, step up Count Binface. Scroll to the bottom of this post for Binface and his policies. … Continue reading
LGPS, it’s Conference and a new set of delegates for Pensions UK
I know it’s not a story to anyone , but this week , for a few years, I will not be reporting on the Pensions UK LGPS Conference. I guess I would have gone if I’d had a press pass … Continue reading
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Andy Burnham has a pension problem in Makerfield- with the LGPS
John M Clancy, a truculent actuary acting on behalf of council tax payers has unturned surplus funds to pay Manchester, Wigan and most particularly Makerfield council workers- their pensions. Is this a blunder or a feature of the Local … Continue reading
Kent Reform? Here’s Reform’s war on sun and wind
Here is Mark’s post. Here’s Mark Ellis’ blog May 03, 2026 Reform’s war on the sun and wind How a party funded by jet fuel and offshore money came to make the cheapest electricity Britain has ever generated its main … Continue reading