6 d. ago Former Scots UKIP leader denies taking Russian propaganda cash – days after ally jailed over bribes

NIGEL Farage’s ex Scottish leader has denied taking money from a pro-Russia propaganda campaign after being named in a court case. David Coburn was named in WhatsApp messages involving a disgraced MEP convicted of taking bribes to boost Putin’s message. The ex-Scottish leader of UKIP and Brexit Party MEP served in the European Parliament alongside...

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6 d. ago Former UKIP leader in Scotland denies taking payments from Russia to make pro

David Coburn, who served as an MEP for five years, was previously forced to apologise after he compared Humza Yousaf to convicted terrorist Abu Hamza.

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9 d. ago Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui

Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly I had thought my Dulwich days were well behind me and that I’d never again have to think about the antisemitic taunts I suffered from Nigel Farage at school. Then at some point in the late 2000s, a friend sent me a YouTube video of the then Ukip leader haranguing EU commissioners.The instant I saw Farage, my blood froze. All I could think of was his 13-year-old self sidling up to me, growling the words “Hitler was right” and other odious remarks (“To the gas chambers”, “Gas them – ssssssssss”) which he now refers to, rather quaintly, as banter. The verb “trigger” is perhaps overused, but it’s the only word I can think of to describe the stomach-churning emotions I felt in that moment I laid eyes on him again on YouTube.Peter Ettedgui is a Bafta- and Emmy-winning director and producer. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Nigel Farage urged to root out Reform links to Russia after jailing of Nathan Gill

Party’s former leader in Wales admitted taking payments to make statements in favour of RussiaNigel Farage is facing calls to investigate and root out links between Reform UK and Russia after one of its former senior politicians was jailed for 10 years for accepting bribes from a pro-Kremlin agent.Keir Starmer said Farage had questions to answer about how this happened in his party. Nathan Gill, a former leader of Reform UK in Wales, admitted taking payments to make statements in favour of Russia. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Dermot Desmond called out of Celtic hiding as AGM 'comedy' spirals into Hotline chaos while Scotland backlash begins

Scott McDermott took your calls as Sir Steve is told to sit doon and McTominay wonder goal denied GOAT Scotland status

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1 week ago Damning interviews show moment Nathan Gill did what he was bribed by pro

The former Reform UK and UKIP leader in Wales was jailed after taking bribes to make pro-Russian statements in the European parliament and on Ukrainian media.

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1 week ago Moment police quiz Nathan Gill about cryptic 'Christmas presents' bribe messages

The former Reform UK and UKIP leader in Wales pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery in relation to making pro-Russian statements on Ukrainian television and the European Parliament

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1 week ago The full story of a senior Reform politician's corruption and how his crimes were exposed

Nathan Gill, the former leader of Reform and UKIP in Wales, was being sentenced today after making pro-Russia statements in exchange for money

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1 week ago Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform UK in Wales, sentenced for taking pro

Former leader of Reform UK and UKIP in Wales, Nathan Gill, pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery after he received payment in return for making statements in favour of pro-Russian media outlets in Ukraine.

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3 w. ago SNP minister Angus Robertson denies misleading Parliament over Historic Environment Scotland scandal

The Tories previously said Angus Robertson, the senior SNP minister, had ‘serious questions to answer’

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4 w. ago Economic policy is one thing Nigel Farage can’t crib from the Donald Trump playbook | Rafael Behr

The Maga model, based on the US’s exorbitant market privileges, can’t be imported to Britain. That’s going to be a problem for Reform UKNigel Farage loves a gamble. In his 2015 memoir, The Purple Revolution, a whole chapter is dedicated to the then Ukip leader’s appetite for risk, how he indulged it in the City and how that prepared him for a career in politics.He boasts of the time he “lost a seven-figure sum of money in the course of a morning on the zinc market” before breezing off to the pub. He waxes nostalgic about the halcyon days of freewheeling finance, before “ghastly regulators” spoiled the fun; when “terrible cock-ups” could be written off because “decimal points and all those zeros can be tricky after a three-hour lunch”. Continue reading...

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