New Ukip leader will reform it right into the ground
Our columnist reckons that the party is full of real-life versions of Viz character Aldridge Prior, the hopeless liar.
by John Niven
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Clockwise L-R Farage, James, Bolton and Nuttall(Image: Getty)
I’ve been looking for a way to enter politics for a while and, finally, I think it’s arrived – I’m going to stand for the leadership of Ukip.
No less a figure than frog-faced lunatic and former leader of the party Nigel Farage said this week: “Ukip must reform or it will die.” Nigel, I’m just the guy to, um, “reform” the organisation.
I’ll reform it senseless. (Well, even more senseless.)
But I’m very aware that there is a high bar to live up to when it comes to the fine men and women who have filled this hallowed position before me…
Ukip has had no less than five leaders in the last 18 months.
Viz cartoon cartoon character and potential Ukip leader Aldridge Prior(Image: Viz)
Current boss Henry Bolton has, as I’m sure you’re aware, had some problems recently. Like leaving his wife and two small children for a topless model half his age who later turned out to be foaming-at-the-mouth racist. Bolton is unlikely to last another month.
Still, it’s longer than his predecessor, acting Ukip leader Steve Crowther who, during his four months in charge, managed to voice his support on the issues that really mattered to Britain – like defending the right of people in fancy dress to black up at parties.
And just think, if Bolton can manage to hang on for a bit longer, then he might end up eclipsing the achievements of the man Crowther took over from, Paul Nuttall, who lasted a miraculous six months as the leader of Ukip.
In those six months, he (deep breath) claimed he was present – and had lost “close personal friends” – at Hillsborough, that he had a PhD, that he had been on the board of directors at a vocational training charity and that he had been a footballer for Tranmere Rovers. All of which turned out to be complete cobblers.
He was like a real-life version of Viz comic’s Aldridge Prior the Hopeless Liar, forever wandering into the pub and saying “My Dad’s Billy Bremner” or “I was Steve McQueen’s stunt double”.
Still, Nuttall was a veritable Thatcher, a Churchill, of Ukip when compared to his predecessor Diane James. She lasted just 18 days in the job, during which time she held forth with some robustly unorthodox views, like saying her political hero was Vladimir Putin, who she called a “strong man standing up for his country”, rather than an actual murderer.
With all of this in mind, I’m going to have to set out a pretty strong stall to win the leadership. So here goes…
Paul Nuttall(Image: PA)
I’m John Niven and I’m standing for Ukip leader. My new girlfriend is Sharon Hitler (name changed by deed poll).
Sharon’s a 17-year-old actual Nazi who recently posted a picture of herself on Facebook in full SS uniform posing with a mock-up of Prince Harry’s severed head in front of the banner “DEATH TO ALL TRAITORS”.
My full title is Dr John Niven as I have two PhDs – one from Oxford in astrophysics and one from Cambridge in witchcraft. I used to be the goalkeeper for Manchester United and several of my best friends were astronauts who all sadly died in the Challenger space shuttle disaster.
My political hero is Auschwitz doctor Josef Mengele, who was a dedicated physician standing up for medicine, and, if elected, I will not only defend blacking up but I will make blacking up compulsory for all public figures.
All smiles as Nigel Farage (L) passes on the Ukip baton to Diane James(Image: AFP)
That’s right, everyone from the Prime Minister to David Beckham will have to be in black face all the time to show the PC crowd that there’s nothing wrong with having a jolly good old laugh like we used to do at The Black and White Minstrel Show back when Britain was Great.
I mean, how can I lose? After I win the leadership, I’ll set about undertaking the kind of radical reforms Farage and I both agree are necessary for Ukip to survive.
Firstly, it will be mandatory for all Ukip members to have a swastika on their foreheads.
This time around, no pussyfooting about. We’re really going to show people where we stand. And I’m not talking about a sticker or a henna tattoo. No, I mean an actual swastika carved into your forehead with a great big knife. Like in that Inglourious Basterds film.
Any party members who feel they cannot meet this commitment – there’s the door. Go and join something a bit more warm and fuzzy. Like Britain First.
Secondly, and radically, we will begin campaigning to keep Britain in the European Union.
Admittedly, this is a bit of a policy shift and it may take some of the membership a while to get their heads around it. But I feel confident that Sharon and I can work our charm and do this.
Think about it – how can Ukip cause the most embarrassment and harm to the EU? That’s right. Not by leaving but by having some maniac sitting at the front in Brussels with a Union flag on their desk and a massive swastika carved into their forehead.
Suck on that, Juncker.
Thirdly, and finally, once we’ve achieved all this, I’ll be officially disbanding Ukip.
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The rumours concerning UKIP’s financial stability, or rather the lack of it, have been circulating for some time, not helped by the party’s former Oberscheissenführer Nigel “Thirsty” Farage and several of his fellow MEPs having their salaries either docked or stopped outright following European Parliament investigations into the legitimacy of some of their expense claims. Put directly, the Kippers are on their uppers.
That is why current comedy leader Henry Bolton is so confident he can weather the little local difficulty caused him by an almost unanimous vote of no confidence in his leadership, following the revelation that his publicity stunt girlfriend Jo Marney had racist sympathies. Bolton has calculated that UKIP is so skint, the party cannot afford to mount another leadership ballot – not unless it sacks at least one member of staff.
This was bad enough, but all might have settled down for a few days, had not comedy UKIP backer Arron Banks, another whose supposed wealth may not be quite as grand ashe would like everyone to believe, decided to have an “Oh What A Giveaway” moment and let the cat out of the bag in no style at all, confirming the money had run out.
Using his piss-poor propaganda site Westmonster, Banks has let it be known that “We could have [a] clear majority for real Brexit in [the] Tory Party if UKIP supporters join”. Wait, what? “Arron Banks has given his vision for the Brexit fight moving forward, insisting that UKIP is no longer the vehicle as it is ‘melting away before our eyes’ but that Brexiteers could force through change by joining the Conservative Party to push through the will of the people”. What was that, “Brexit moving forward”? Oh, just f*** right off.
But there’s more. “Banks said: ‘It is said that the Tory Party, once millions strong, now couldn’t fill Old Trafford – and I mean the cricket ground!’” The Tory Party has never even been one million (singular) strong, but then Arron Banks and reality, eh?
What say Banksy to that? “In that case why don’t the Brexit forces, the insurgents, do a Momentum and all join the Tory party? With just 30,000 members the Corbynite Momentum now dominates popular discourse on the left of British politics”. Momentum has a total supporter base of over 200,000. And UKIP … doesn’t.
Never mind, he has even more rubbish to spin. “I reckon we could have a clear majority in the Tory party for a real Brexit within months if UKIP wound up and all its members and FORMER members, all of its latent support in the country now joined up to the Conservative Party … Maybe by flooding back into the Conservative party we can change the course of history again. With a leadership challenge on the cards once more, this may be the perfect time”. Flooding my arse. There wouldn’t even be a trickle.
But what Arron Banks has inadvertently revealed is that the dark money has been turned off, the European Parliament money likewise, UKIP is on its uppers, Brexit is slipping from view, and he’s even more out of ideas than usual.
UKIP may be wound up within weeks. The party is fortunate not to have ended already. It’s a joke, so is Banks, their backers have run off, and he’s got nowhere to run.
The shelf life of UKIP and Arron Banks was for a time, but not for all time. Good thing too.
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Brexit campaign boss is stopped by police for pretending to be a diplomat
Andy Wigmore admitted he was using expired diplomatic plates on his car
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By Tom Newton Dunn, Political Editor
26th January 2018, 5:24 pm
Updated: 26th January 2018, 6:49 pm
A BREXIT campaign chief has been nicked for masquerading as a diplomat on Foreign Office orders.
Leave.EU’s communications director Andy Wigmore was pulled over by cops in his car for using illegal diplomatic plates as well as an expired diplomatic ID card.
Andy Wigmore with Brexit bankroller Arron Banks, Donald Trump and Nigel Farage
The officers also suspected he was driving without insurance when he was detained on the A3 on January 19 last week.
Mr Wigmore is a key ally of Nigel Farage and one of the self-declared four “Bad Boys of Brexit”.
Wigmore was snapped with Farage when the former UKIP leader became the first British politician to meet Donald Trump after he was elected president in 2016.
The prominent campaigner, who has dual nationality with Belize, held diplomatic status for the tiny central American country until it was revoked a year ago.
It is astonishing just what a high percentage of those leading #Ukip & their immediate supporters are and have been complete liars and frauds.
Farage, Michael Holmes, Malcolm Pearson, David Bannerman, Paul Nuttall, Henry Bolton, Arron Banks, Andy Wigmore etc etc!
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Nigel Farage may have given Julian Assange a thumb drive of data and was possibly a more frequent visitor than was publicly known to the Ecuadorian embassy where the WikiLeaks founder lives, according to testimony given to US congressional inquiry into the Trump campaign’s alleged ties to the Kremlin.
“I’ve been told and have not confirmed that Nigel Farage had additional trips to the Ecuadoran [sic] Embassy than the one that’s been in the papers and that he provided data to Julian Assange,” Simpson told the committee, according to a transcript released on Thursday.
Asked what kind of data Farage was alleged to have passed to the WikiLeaks founder, Simpson replied: “A thumb drive.”
What you need to know about the Trump-Russia inquiry
How serious are the allegations?
The story of Donald Trump and Russia comes down to this: a sitting president or his campaign is suspected of having coordinated with a foreign country to manipulate a US election. The story could not be bigger, and the stakes for Trump – and the country – could not be higher.
What are the key questions?
Investigators are asking two basic questions: did Trump’s presidential campaign collude at any level with Russian operatives to sway the 2016 US presidential election? And did Trump or others break the law to throw investigators off the trail?
What does the country think?
While a majority of the American public now believes that Russia tried to disrupt the US election, opinions about Trump campaign involvement tend to split along partisan lines: 73% of Republicans, but only 13% of Democrats, believe Trump did “nothing wrong” in his dealings with Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin.
What are the implications for Trump?
The affair has the potential to eject Trump from office. Experienced legal observers believe that prosecutors are investigating whether Trump committed an obstruction of justice. Both Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton – the only presidents to face impeachment proceedings in the last century – were accused of obstruction of justice. But Trump’s fate is probably up to the voters. Even if strong evidence of wrongdoing by him or his cohort emerged, a Republican congressional majority would probably block any action to remove him from office. (Such an action would be a historical rarity.)
What has happened so far?
Former foreign policy adviser George Papadopolous pleaded guilty to perjury over his contacts with Russians linked to the Kremlin, and the president’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort and another aide face charges of money laundering.
When will the inquiry come to an end?
The investigations have an open timeline.
Simpson told the committee – which is privy to classified US intelligence – that it would be possible to confirm how often Farage had visited Assange through a routine inquiry.
His remarks were made in a private interview by the committee, which peppered Simpson with questions about Russian money laundering and the possibility that Donald Trump could be compromised.
A spokesman for Farage told the Guardian last year that Farage had only met with Assange in March 2017 and not on any other occasion.
The Trump administration has vigorously denied all claims that it may have colluded with Russian agents.
Assange made no public comment, but the WikiLeaks Twitter account said: “The question was about what kind of data. Game of Thrones or emails? 2016 or 2017? Simpson answers with a diversion.”
Assange has denied working as an agent of Russia and Farage has ridiculed suggestions that the Kremlin influenced either the US election or Britain’s 2016 vote to exit the European Union.
Farage’s relationship with Assange is of key interest because US intelligence and law enforcement officials see the WikiLeaks founder as a conduit for the Russian government.
Assange’s move to publish emails that were hacked from the Democratic party in the months leading up to the 2016 presidential election is seen as part of the Kremlin’s campaign to try to influence the outcome of the election in Trump’s favour. Multiple US inquiries are now examining whether the Trump campaign or other officials had a hand in the Kremlin’s alleged interference.
An ongoing criminal investigation into the matter has already resulted in four indictments, including of three former campaign officials.
It is known that Farage visited the WikiLeaks founder in March 2017 but Farage has previously insisted that he went to the Ecuadorian embassy for journalistic purposes.
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Published: 16:44, 19 January 2018 | Updated: 19:34, 19 January 2018
Henry Bolton is a Walter Mitty character who is killing off Ukip, says one of his key aides who quit the party today over his affair with a blonde glamour model half his age, Mail Online can reveal.
Susie Govett, 46, was Mr Bolton’s press aide for his successful Ukip leadership bid last year.
She joins North East MEP Jonathan Arnott who has also left the party over the furore, while MEP Bill Etheridge has threatened to step down as Ukip spokesman if the leader doesn’t stand aside.
Mr Arnott quit the party saying Mr Bolton is ‘not the right man for the job’ and hitting out at ‘backstabbing and shameless self promotion’ in the party.
‘With yet another new leader came new forlorn hope,’ he said. ‘Over the last week it has become abundantly clear that the current leader is not the right person for the job.’
In a scathing interview with Mail Online, Miss Govett said she felt ‘betrayed’ after watching the man who she’s campaigned for twice on his honesty and integrity living an unaffordable ‘champagne lifestyle’ to impress Jo Marney, 25.
Mr Bolton left his wife and their two young children to start up a relationship with Miss Marney, who has herself been ejected from Ukip over racist and offensive social media messages.
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Henry Bolton is a Walter Mitty character who is killing off Ukip, says key aide Susie Govett (above) who quit the party today over his affair with a blonde glamour model half his age, Mail Online can reveal
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Susie Govett, 46, was Mr Bolton’s campaign manager for his successful Ukip leadership bid last year
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She joins North East MEP Jonathan Arnott who has also left the party over the furore, while MEP Bill Etheridge has threatened to step down as Ukip spokesman if the leader doesn’t stand aside. Pictured: Mr Bolton with Jo Marney this week
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In a scathing interview with MailOnline, Ms Govett said she felt ‘betrayed’ after watching the man who she’s campaigned for twice on his honesty and integrity living a ‘champagne lifestyle he can’t maintain’ to impress Jo Marney
The embattled party leader, 54 – who party bigwigs could oust on Sunday over his conduct – finally ended his marriage on Christmas Eve.
Miss Govett, a single mum-of two, said: ‘I don’t think the party will ever be able to come back from this because no one will ever be able to move beyond his conduct and her offensive comments. He’s killed Ukip.’
She went on: ‘He’s like some sort of Walter Mitty character, making out he’s something he’s not and living a champagne lifestyle he cannot afford to maintain to impress this glamour model half his age.
‘I feel so betrayed. We looked people in the eye and told them to vote for Henry because of his honesty and his integrity.
‘He campaigned as a happy family man. Now he’s claiming that his marriage was a sham. His wife simply had to go back to Vienna, Austria, to work last summer because someone had to pay the bills.
‘The reason why he’s fallen for a woman half his age is because he lacks emotional maturity. It’s like he’s having a delayed mid-life crisis.’
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Mr Bolton left his wife and their two young children to start up a relationship with Miss Marney, who has herself been ejected from Ukip over racist and offensive social media messages. Pictured: Miss Govett today
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Miss Govett, a single mum-of two (pictured with Mr Bolton), said: ‘I don’t think the party will ever be able to come back from this because no one will ever be able to move beyond his conduct and her offensive comments. He’s killed Ukip’
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The embattled party leader, 54 – who party bigwigs could oust on Sunday over his conduct – finally ended his marriage on Christmas Eve. Pictured: Mr Bolton and Miss Marney this week
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MEP Jonathan Arnott has also quit the party today, saying it was clear Mr Bolton was not up to the job
Miss Govett, a part-time call centre worker and Shepway District Councillor, who lives in Greatstone, Kent, has worked with Mr Bolton since they both started campaigning for the party in 2015.
She even inviting his family around for a private party at her house after the 2015 General Election.
She has never previously questioned his conduct – but said she she feels he’s threatened the whole future of the party that members have been trying to rebuild since Nigel Farage left as leader two years ago.
She continued: ‘He’s put the future of the whole party at stake at a key Brexit juncture, setting UKIP back a decade.
‘Now the party looks like it’s full of fruitcakes and loonies like the Tories always said it was. If a party can’t even govern ourselves, how can we seriously expect people to back us to govern the country?
‘The party’s leader has shown such a fundamental lapse in judgement with his conduct that we’ve lost 1,000 members in the last month.
‘We came in with a vote share of -18% on our last count in a by-election in Hulton in Bolton yesterday.’
Ukip is facing a potentially vulnerable time in its history with members quitting and vote share falling since its height during the 2015 General Election when the party became the third biggest in the UK in terms of vote share under Nigel Farage’s leadership.
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Miss Govett said: ‘He campaigned as a happy family man. Now he’s claiming that his marriage was a sham. His wife (pictured with Mr Bolton and one of their daughter) simply had to go back to Vienna, Austria, to work last summer because someone had to pay the bills’
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Ukip is facing a potentially vulnerable time in its history with members quitting and vote share falling since its height during the 2015 General Election when the party became the third biggest in the UK in terms of vote share. Pictured: Mr Bolton and Miss Marney this week
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Its National Executive Committee is meeting on Sunday afternoon to discuss Mr Bolton’s future as party leader. Pictured: Mr Bolton and Miss Marney this week
Its National Executive Committee is meeting on Sunday afternoon to discuss Mr Bolton’s future as party leader.
Despite some insiders calling for him to quit or be kicked out, others fear his departure and another leadership election would leave the party in a precarious position.
Miss Govett says will serve as an independent councillor after failing to get Mr Bolton to accept responsibility for his behaviour and apologise.
‘He’s so busy blaming everyone else, from Jo Marney to party forces out to oust him, to the media, instead of looking in the mirror and acknowledging that there’s only one person who’s caused all this – and that’s him.’
A UKIP spokesman said: ‘I’m very sorry to hear that Susie has left the party.
‘She’s worked very hard for Ukip and we hope that she continues representing her constituents as she always has.’
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A Ukip MEP has quit the party in protest at Henry Bolton’s leadership – and also claimed there is no one who could do any better.
Jonathan Arnott, MEP for the North East, launched an astonishing attack on his now former colleagues in his resignation statement, blasting the “sewer” of party politics.
Many in the party are furious with Bolton for leaving his wife over Christmas for party activist Jo Marney – who was later suspended from Ukip after racist text messages from her about Meghan Markle were leaked to the media.
In his resignation statement, Arnott – who was once knocked-out by a Lib Dem in a chess boxing match – said: “I believed my party to be different, or at least to be capable of becoming something different. I, like so many others, believed it to have potential and I continued to believe in that potential long after the evidence no longer supported it – out of loyalty to the many honest, hard-working members who still believed in it.
“Yet the unpleasant nature – the Steven Woolfe fracas, the Diane James fiasco, the Anne-Marie Waters debacle, the John-Rees Evans bizarreness, the countless leaks, briefings and character assassinations – became almost as bad as the political establishment I had hoped to counter.
“Perhaps there have been occasions where I have been sucked into that atmosphere of negativity and nastiness. If that has happened, I unreservedly apologise.
“With yet another new Leader came new forlorn hope. Over the last week it has become abundantly clear that the current Leader is not the right person for the job, but likewise that those jockeying for position and hoping to take his job would be no better.
“Politics has always been like that, but as true believers in a cause, we always thought ourselves to be different. Once, maybe, but no longer.”
Arnott’s resignation from the party means that of the 24 Ukip MEPs elected in 2014, five are no longer in Ukip.
Amjad Bashir defected to the Tories in January 2015; Janice Atkinson was expelled from Ukip over an expenses scandal; Diane James quit the party after resigning as leader after just 18 days in the job; and Steven Woolfe resigned after a fracas with another MEP left him in hospital.
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every turn one takes in studying America’s politics at the moment seems to lead to either ever more evidence of direct or indirect involvement between Trump, his family & leadership members and the various sources of Russian money & influence!
You will find the sequence of facts & Tweets below of interest and provenance of my comments.
It is notable from a British perspective just how inexorably it seems that the net is clossing on Nigel Farage & several of his associates for their part in corrupting the American election on behalf of Russia – when the trap snaps shut it does seem that Farage will have no ability to escape justice, clearly he will find his ‘Teflon’ immunity which he seems to enjoy in Britain and the EU where it seems the responsible authorities have repeatedly colluded with him and failed to bring him to book for his serial frauds and criminal behaviour.
They may well be asking about such things as Chemin du Sabias, St. Tropez:
You thought the phone hacking scandal was over? Think again. New trial on Thursday opens up issue of hacking at the Sun, blagging confidential information, and ‘concealment and destruction’ of evidence by Murdoch’s News UK
Well here’s an intriguing mention of Cambridge Analytica in the HPSCI Simpson/FusionGPS transcript
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BREAKING: in sworn testimony Simpson alleges that @Nigel_Farage was a key player in the #TrumpRussia scandal and could have been the key go-between for @wikileaks
23/ Here’s a brief explanation, from Simpson, of why Trump doing business with *Russian mafia*, as opposed to other nation’s mafias, suggested the possibility, to Fusion, that Trump could have illicit ties to the Russian government (note: Fusion was being paid by conservatives):
21/ Holy cow! Simpson: “We had a [Russian] gangster [nick-]named Taiwanchik living in Trump Tower running a high-stakes gambling ring out of Trump Tower—while he himself was a fugitive for having rigged the skating competition at the Salt Lake Olympics and other sporting events.”
BREAKING: in sworn testimony Simpson alleges that @Nigel_Farage was a key player in the #TrumpRussia scandal and could have been the key go-between for @wikileaks
BREAKING: in sworn testimony Simpson alleges that @Nigel_Farage was a key player in the #TrumpRussia scandal and could have been the key go-between for @wikileaks
BREAKING: in sworn testimony Simpson alleges that @Nigel_Farage was a key player in the #TrumpRussia scandal and could have been the key go-between for @wikileaks
Glenn Simpson to House Intel Committee: Nigel Farage allegedly gave Julian Assange a thumb drive containing data and visited him more often than is widely known
BREAKING: in sworn testimony Simpson alleges that @Nigel_Farage was a key player in the #TrumpRussia scandal and could have been the key go-between for @wikileaks
Widely suspected for months, lets see where this goes…
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BREAKING: in sworn testimony Simpson alleges that @Nigel_Farage was a key player in the #TrumpRussia scandal and could have been the key go-between for @wikileaks
Russia’s NRA infiltration thru Torshin & Butina further corroborated in Simpson (FusionGPS) testimony released by House Intel Committee today. And of course there’s a mysterious Cambridge Analytica connection.
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Alexander Torshin who is being investigated by the FBI was one of the people included in Oct ’17 letter Sen Feinstein sent to CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/8/a/8a93c676-cc97-4c84-8b19-d508b079ee13/32CC56D7DBEC4F0BFBEC437EC28AD937.cambridge-analytica-letter.pdf …
This is actually SUPER important…the @NRA sending a delegation to meet with a “sanctioned” arms manufacturer. BIGLY YUGE deal
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Before allocating $30 million to help Trump, the NRA sent a delegation to Moscow to meet a sanctioned arms manufacturer with Kremlin ties https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-trump-ally-met-with-putins-deputy-in-moscow …
Important insight from Simpson’s astonishing #TrumpRussiaConspiracy testimony about how Russian organised crime has moved into financial markets and media
There is nothing in international law @Nigel_Farage about #refugees having to stay in first safe country. Also, vast majority of refugees are actually in the countries neighbouring their country of origin. How about shelving the bigotry for once and getting your facts straight?
Russia helped organize financial and information support for the Trump campaign for President. Torshin(Head of Russia’s Central bank) and Butina worked with the NRA to funnel money to Trump and Republican candidates.
SHOT: A Russian gangster ran a high-stakes gambling ring out of Trump Tower, per Fusion GPS cofounder Glenn Simpson. CHASER: Trump was with that Russian gangster in the VIP section at the 2013 Miss Universe pageant (along with other “Kremlin biggies”).
This seems like more information on Sergei Millian than was previously in the public domain. Fusion had clear evidence that he did in fact interact with Michael Cohen, contrary to Cohen’s adamant denial.
BREAKING: Fusion GPS’ Glenn Simpson told House Intel Committee “I think we saw patterns of buying and selling [by Donald Trump] that we thought were suggestive of money laundering.”
Fusion GPS cofounder Glenn Simpson says they spent “a lot of time investigating [Alexander Torshin]” — described as a “Russian banker/Duma member/Mafia leader” & “life member of the NRA” who is “well known for $ laundering.” Also mentions Trump’s plans to meet w/him last Feb.
(THREAD) BREAKING: The second Glenn Simpson (Fusion GPS) transcript—this one from House, rather than Senate, testimony—has just been released. In this thread, I’ll note any major news, statements, or developments the new transcript reveals. Hope you’ll read and share.
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Published: 06:38, 15 January 2018 | Updated: 09:24, 15 January 2018
Ukip leader Henry Bolton today defended his glamour model lover – despite ending their affair after it emerged his she had joked online about sexual abuse of babies and sent racist texts about Meghan Markle.
Mr Bolton complained that Jo Marney had been ‘thrown to the wolves’ after he bowed to an ultimatum to dump the 25-year-old or quit.
He said the outrageous texts did not represent Miss Marney’s ‘core beliefs’, and vowed to stand by her even though their relationship was over.
Mr Bolton is still facing intense pressure to resign in the wake of the Mail’s revelation that he had left his third wife for the model and Ukip member.
A letter being circulated within party circles warns that it is ‘rightly perceived to be incompetent’ and demands he be ousted at a meeting of the ruling committee on Sunday. It urges sacking of better-paid staff and moving out of rented offices as part of a rescue plan to save UKIP from total financial collapse.
Speaking on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Mr Bolton revealed he dumped Miss Marney last night, but refused to resign.
‘I don’t defend these comments whatsoever and indeed Jo has been suspended. It’s against the constitution of the party to be racist in any way,’ he said.
‘As of last night, the romantic part of our relationship has ended. We had that conversation last night when I returned from Yorkshire. The conversation will remain private, but it was a long and upsetting conversation for both of us.’
The pressure intensified yesterday when Miss Marney was suspended from the party over a series of racist messages in which she branded black people as ‘ugly’ and warned that Meghan Markle’s genes would ‘taint our royal family’.
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Today the Mail can reveal Miss Marney (above with Mr Bolton) has plumbed even further depths with horrific messages in which she joked with a friend about raping a baby
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Today, on Good Morning Britain he revealed he dumped Miss Marney last night, but refused to resign
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He told the ITV show: ‘I do not defend them, I do not support them. ‘When I saw those comments I was shocked by them. I’m embarrassed by it and shocked by it.’
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Asked if he will stand down as leader of the party, Mr Bolton said ‘No’ before stressing: ‘You don’t know the context’. Mr Bolton and his lover were seen at the Eurostar terminal in Ashford, Kent yesterday
Mr Bolton said he believed Miss Marney was ‘exploited’ by people within the party who wanted to ‘attack’ him, but vowed to continue as leader.
He said: ‘What I would say, I am not intending to resign. It’s up to the party what happens in relation to my leadership.
‘There are a great many people who fully support me. I was in Yorkshire at the weekend and the people there fully support me.
‘There is a failed group within the party that has been looking for an opportunity to criticise and attack me. They have looked at a young woman, whose life they have destroyed.
‘I am blaming the people who have deliberately used her to attack me. What I am saying is that people have exploited her and have been prepared to throw her to the wolves to attack me.
‘I have ended the romantic element to our relationship, but I am fully supporting her family as she tries to rebuild her life. If people want to attack me for my politics then bring it on, let’s have that debate. I am cross.’
Mr Bolton said his critics had used Ms Marney to attack him and said he would ‘stand by’ her despite the relationship ending.
‘One of the worrying aspects about this on a political level is that people have used Jo – and they have been able to, of course, because of her comments – in order to attack me,’ he said.
‘These are people who have tried in the past to attack me, have found no way of doing it, so now they are going at it through this.’
He told BBC Radio 4’s Today that ‘however appalling and insulting’ the comments were ‘I honestly don’t believe that those are her core beliefs’.
Ms Marney was ‘utterly devastated’ by what had happened and ‘I’m going to stand by her and the family in terms of trying to put her life back together’.
‘This is not a cold parting of the ways,’ he said.
Mr Bolton said he first met Miss Marney on December 15 at a Ukip lunch. He left his wife Tatiana before Christmas, before his first date with the glamour model on Boxing Day.
GMB host Susanna Reid read out a statement from his wife, which said: ‘When you’ve been with someone so long, have supported him through so much and always been there for him you feel so betrayed on every single level.
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Mr Bolton, pictured centre outside BBC studios in London today, has complained that his former girlfriend was ‘thrown to the wolves’
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Mr Bolton described his relationship with Miss Marney as ‘pure coincidence’ and insisted that he did not leave his wife to pursue the model
‘What makes it worse is the lies. He told journalists his wife is fully aware of what’s been going on. No I am not.’
Mr Bolton described his relationship with Miss Marney as ‘pure coincidence’ and insisted that he did not leave his wife to pursue the model.
He said: ‘I’m not going to go into the personal aspects of my marriage. It’s not been easy for some time. I have a great deal of respect to my wife. She is a fantastic mother to our two children.
‘I have no ill will or bad feelings towards her in that respect at all.
‘The speculation that Jo and I met back in October is not true – we had not. We met on the 15th December at Ukip lunch. Myself and my wife split up just before Christmas – I hadn’t seen Jo again in that time.
‘I didn’t see her again until Boxing Day. We went for a drink on Boxing Day. Pure coincidence.’
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When questioned about the content of the messages and his choice of girlfriend, Mr Bolton said: ‘These messages, most of them came out some time ago, when she had absolutely no idea that they would be made public’
When questioned about the content of the messages and his choice of girlfriend, Mr Bolton said: ‘These messages, most of them came out some time ago, when she had absolutely no idea that they would be made public.
‘They’re direct Facebook messages. They were made in the height of an online argument between her and a friend on Facebook through direct messaging.
‘In one of them, the broader content seems to have been taken out of context. But the language was appalling.
‘Those are appalling words. What I am saying is I absolutely do not defend those comments, I do not support them, I don’t agree with them. I’m just simply saying they were Facebook messages between her and someone else that were not expected to go public.
‘We had been together for four days by the time this broke – the fact that we were together broke. I suspect there’s not one person this morning, who four days into any relationship, has gone through the Facebook and Twitter messages of their partner.
I’m embarrassed by it and shocked by it. But four days into a relationship you are still getting to know the other person.’
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Ukip last night refused to comment on the remarks, but a friend of Miss Marney’s claimed they had been taken out of context
In footage exclusively obtained by MailOnline, Mr Bolton said ‘No’ when he was asked if he would stand down as leader.
Today the Mail can reveal Miss Marney has plumbed even further depths with horrific messages in which she joked with a friend about raping a baby.
The Mail has chosen not to print the distressing exchange.
Ukip last night refused to comment on them, but a friend of Miss Marney’s claimed they had been taken out of context and had been ‘part of an outrage competition’.
He said Miss Marney had posted the remarks as she tried to make a comparison between the abuse of animals and babies.
It comes as the under-fire model was revealed to have referred to ‘Eastern European s****’ who would ‘f*** a mangey dog for about 10 quid and a Big Mac’ during an argument on Twitter.
She also told the man she was ranting at that he would ‘probably be raped by the wonderful ‘refugees’ running around Germany blowing things up and raping everyone’ if he were a woman.
According to The Sun, Miss Marney then said: ‘If I’m racist I don’t give a f***.’
Earlier yesterday Ukip MEP Bill Etheridge had urged Mr Bolton to quit ahead of a planned vote of confidence due to be held by Ukip’s national executive committee on Sunday.
He said: ‘Go now. Go quietly and leave us to deal with what’s left.’ In a video posted on Facebook, he added: ‘It appears that we are now seeing Ukip resources, which are at best scant, being used to defend Henry’s private life.’
He said he would step down as Ukip’s shadow sports minister if Mr Bolton – who was elected leader last September as the party’s fifth leader in 16 months – ‘insists on prolonging this agony’.
Former Ukip leadership candidate Ben Walker also called for Mr Bolton to resign, accusing him of having ‘deeply flawed judgment’.
Yesterday the party was reeling after it emerged that Miss Marney had sent racist messages about black people, including dismissing Miss Markle’s suitability to be Prince Harry’s wife, adding: ‘This is Britain, not Africa.’
Miss Marney apologised for the racist messages yesterday, saying: ‘The opinions I expressed were deliberately exaggerated in order to make a point and have, to an extent, been taken out of context. Yet I fully recognise the offence they have caused.
‘I’m absolutely devastated by the messages that I’ve sent and the distress that I’ve caused anyone by those messages. They were unnecessary, they were reckless, they were overly exaggerated purely for effect.
‘They were never intended to be put in the public domain and I’d like to take this opportunity to offer my sincere and deepest apologies to anyone I’ve hurt and for the distress and embarrassment I’ve caused my family, friends and the party.’
Mr Bolton was spotted at Ashford International train station’s Eurostar terminal with his girlfriend later in the day.
Asked if he would be standing down as leader of Ukip, Mr Bolton said ‘No’ before stressing: ‘You don’t know the context’.
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These are the disgusting texts that forced Ukip to suspend Ms Marney
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In a stream of vile messages, glamour model Ms Marney (pictured in modelling images) also says that she would never have sex with ‘a negro’ because they are ‘ugly’
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Mr Bolton, whose relationship with Ms Marney has also led to calls for him to quit, was told by Ukip West Midlands MEP Bill Etheridge(pic in Horden in 2015) after the texts surfaced: ‘Go now’
The couple quickly left the terminal when asked questions about the furore, with Mr Bolton keen to stress he was not leaving the country.
He said: ‘If we were leaving the country, we’d be catching probably the Eurostar from here.
‘But we’re going away from the Eurostar, aren’t we?’
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Ms Marney says that Prince Harry’s ‘black American’ fiancee will ‘taint’ the Royal Family with ‘her seed’ and pave the way for a ‘black king. Pictured: Meghan and Prince Harry in London on January 9
The embattled politician then appeared to walk away from the terminal.
Peter Whittle, leader of Ukip’s delegation in the London Assembly, called for Miss Marney to be ‘expelled altogether’ for the ‘disgraceful remarks’.
Party chairman Paul Oakden said he decided to suspend Miss Marney’s membership immediately after he was made aware of the messages, adding: ‘Ukip does not, has not and never will condone racism.’
The racism row comes as Mr Bolton faces an investigation into his private life by senior party officials. Mr Bolton left wife Tatiana, 42, who gave birth to their second daughter in 2016, prior to his relationship with Miss Marney becoming public earlier this month.
The Ukip leader confirmed a ‘change in my relationship status’ in recent weeks, but denied reports it had involved ‘a clandestine affair with a young lady who happens also to be a member of Ukip’.
Mr Oakden said Mr Bolton now finds himself with a ‘difficult’ decision to make and is expected to decide on Sunday what to do to ‘help remedy the situation’.
He told BBC’s Sunday Politics: ‘I think it is very clear that Henry is increasingly in a position where he’s got some difficult decisions to make.’
Mr Oakden said Ukip needs to be ‘behind our leader 100 per cent in taking that battle [for Brexit] forward’, adding: ‘Whether or not the party decides it is willing to give that support to Henry is for the party to decide.’
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as Ukip is left with little option but to seek its 5th leader in 18 months Henry Bolton’s odious Partner is suspended by the party over racist comments about Meghan Markle …
I guess no one should be too surprised by an extensively racist political party has a leader who thinks with the wrong part of his body, like his predecessor, and has a mistress from amongst the party ranks who is overtly racist with a questionable track record!
I guess Farage and his son can’t be too pleased this odious drug store blond has been so publicly exposed, but it does seem public exposure is very much her style / occupation to judge by the many near naked pictures & trophy ‘chums’ she has posted pictures of on the internet!
Xavier Hollander would no doubt have been pleased with such a portfolio!
Partner of UKIP leader suspended by party over racist comments about Meghan Markle
Donald Trump will not be invited to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding
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The girlfriend of Henry Bolton, the leader of UKIP, has been suspended from the party after she made deeply offensive and racist comments about royal bride-to-be Meghan Markle.
According to the Mail on Sunday, 25-year-old Jo Marney claimed that Meghan would ‘taint’ The Royal Family with ‘her seed’ and pave the way for a ‘black King’.
In messages to a friend, Miss Marney describes Meghan as ‘a scrubber’ and a ‘gender equality t***’ who is a ‘dumb little commoner… obsessed with race.’
In the conversation, she also says ‘next will be a Muslim PM. And a black king,’ adding ‘this is Britain, not Africa.’
Following The Mail’s report, Miss Marney released a statement, saying: “I apologise unreservedly for the shocking language I used. The opinions I expressed were deliberately exaggerated in order to make a point and have, to an extent, been taken out of context. Yet I fully recognise the offence they have caused.
“No offence was intended and, again, I apologise unreservedly for any such offence or hurt that my messages have caused to members of the public, members of Ukip my friends, family and loved ones.
“I have disappointed them all and let myself down. I cannot sufficiently express my regret and sadness at having done so.”
UKIP chairman Paul Oakden said: “In light of messages that have been brought to my attention, I have taken the decision to immediately suspend her party membership pending an investigation. Ukip does not, has not and never will condone racism.”
It emerged a couple of weeks ago that UKIP Leader, Henry Bolton, was in a relationship with Miss Marney, who is a model.
He is now facing calls to resign, with the party’s National Executive Committee meeting on Thursday to decide his future.
If Mr Bolton resigned or is sacked by UKIP, the party will elect its fifth leader in 18 months.
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minded of the source of this article, about which we have been aware for some time and the subject of which we were first alluding to way before Christmas, it becomes increasingly obvious, it would seem, that Nigel Farage and his chums have no further use to the Russians.
You may recall we wrote of our understanding of the source of much of the money that funded several houses for Farage on the continent, including just outside St. Tropez, one in Tuscany and others.
You will also recall Farage, Banks, Wigmore & Raheem Kasam were scheduled to attend Trump’s inaguration and despite the low turnout for the inaguration they suddenly found their invitations had been withdrawn and they were left to have a rather sad visit sheltering by a vendors stall outside of the perimitter looking in, followed by a party with a few nebishes and nobodies and hotel staff in the resplendent Washington hotel ballroom they had hired – kind of much ado about nothing.
Then remember we announced we had been reliably informed Farage had been interviewed on or about 19th. December by Mueller regarding the two visits by private plane to Russia that he had made, which foolishly I believe he denied under the misconception there would be no record of his visits as they were by private plane, when experienced travellers would have realised flight plans & passenger manifests pertain even to private jets!
Then of course there was the plea bargain by George Cottrell (If you need to play catchup try CLICK HERE and also follow the links!), I’m given to understand from sources that have proved reliable in the past, this led to details of around 20 wire frauds and at least another 50 cases of money laundering.
You may remember the widely reported fact that #Farage & Banks were classified as individuals of interest some time ago by the FBI and US NSA.
Then of course there were the regular contacts with Julian Assange and release of records obtained by Farage that were believed to have been acquired by Russia and supplied via Assange to Farage for Trump – The Hillary leaks!
For someone who has worked for the Russians for a number of years to be so clearly ‘thrown to the wolves’, as Farage would seem to have been, is an interesting reflection on loyalty amongst scoundrels – obviously Farage & Fuller’s mutual abuse and exploitation is yet another!
Russian media now seems to display very little sympathy for their once enthusiastic runners! I gather they don’t much care about his various mistresses or his wife and other parasites in the party who are having to repay their ill gotten gains also!
Clearly money is a very large part of the motivation of the likes of these types of individual and loyalty is just a commodity to be bought and sold as clearly so is sex for many of them!
Nigel Farage has MEP salary docked to £35k amid claims of EU funds misuse
Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage will have his MEP’s salary slashed by 50 percent to £35,000 (US$48,000) after a European Parliament investigation found he had misused EU funds.
Farage, who has recently described himself as “skint,” was being investigated by the European Parliament after allegations were made last February that he, as well as seven other UKIP MEPs, used European funds to finance his party office.
The investigation found that Christopher Adams, besides being Farage’s personal parliamentary assistant, was also carrying out work for the Euroskeptic party as its national nominating officer.
Under current EU rules, full-time assistants to MEPs are not allowed to do paid work for national parties, while part-time assistants must have their second jobs, even voluntary ones, vetted by the European Parliament watchdog to prevent conflicts of interest.
Amid concerns over his “key role” in UKIP, auditors suspended Adams’ contract.
As Farage has reportedly failed to provide proof of Adams’ work as parliamentary assistant, the EU is now docking the Brexiteer’s pre-tax monthly pay of €8,484 (US$10,328) per month in a bid to recoup the lost funds. He will have paid back his “debt” by October 2018.
“Since 1 January [2018] the European parliament has withheld 50 percent in order to recoup the €40,000 (US$48,692) due in salary that was paid to Christopher Adams and which cannot be proved by Farage,” a parliamentary source told the Guardian.
A spokeswoman for the European Parliament said she could not officially confirm details regarding Farage’s salary.
But, if MEPs fail to “provide any justification or proof” that their funded assistants are only carrying out EU-related duties, “then the administration may recover the money by withholding part of the MEP’s salary.”
A spokesman for the Eeuroskeptic Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy Group (EFDD) told the Independent: “There is a vindictive campaign by the European Parliament of selective persecution of Euroskeptic MEPs, parties and groups. This allegation is all part of their politically-motivated assault.”
Farage, who spearheaded the Brexit campaign, recently made headlines by claiming he has every right to his EU salary.
Denying claims of hypocrisy given his persistent pro-Brexit rhetoric, he said: “Why should my family suffer?”
“I have just voted to get rid of my job. I was the turkey that voted for Christmas. How is that hypocrisy?” he told the BBC’s Andrew Marr show.
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