Paula (Pickford) Lunnon

@donmcgowan @SimonHawkins And .. 👇👇

Except that Nigel 'no questions please' Farage decided he didn't want to answer for his £5m 'gift' from Harborne. Anyone who thinks this charlatan would be able to run a country ... 🙄. I assume he's busy selling JCB diggers today anyway.

Nigel Farage suddenly pulled out of @bbclaurak today, immediately following the revelation about an undeclared £5m donation from a Crypto King living in Thailand. Apparently he simply “changed his mind” about appearing. No scrutiny. No declaration. No accountability. One rule for Reform, another for everyone else.

Politicians are making some pretty bold claims about the cuts they will make in Wales to save money. The problem is, their maths doesn’t add up. Here are 3 things that, even if you cut them, will make very little difference to the amount of cash Wales has: --- The Nation of Sanctuary. A scheme to help (mainly Ukrainian refugees) contribute to Welsh society. Cost = £10m/year = 0.037% of the Welsh budget. --- The planting in Uganda. A scheme that offsets 25% of Wales’ transport emissions (not bad for the cost of one 3-bed house). Cost = £270k/year = 0.001% of budget. --- Scrap 20mph. This would actually COST £40m in changing the signs back. It also would cost the taxpayer more through increased casualties and higher insurance (about £90m a year). It is fine to want to scrap any of these policies if you think the money can be better spent elsewhere. But politicians need to stop pretending it will make any meaningful difference to the ability of the Welsh Government to deliver public services. They are rounding errors on a spreadsheet.

Latest data on small boat arrivals from Home Office as of 1 May, 2026 1 January 2026 to 30 April 2026 = 6,416 people That’s 42% down on same period in 2025 gov.uk/government/pub…

Nigel Farage has cancelled his appearance on #BBCLauraK I can reader this grifting f*cker like a book. Nigel Farage is a political fraud. A CON MAN. #PoliticalFraud

GB News lets Kemi Badenoch claim the Tories are "ready now" and the "only credible alternative" — after 14 years of chaos, 5 prime ministers, and a crashed economy. Credible? You trashed the country and left. The arrogance is staggering

@RhonddaBryant He certainly does … no integrity, accountability or morals 👇 they will also use #Wales as guinea pig for their right wing ideas… after listening to Dan Thomas at the leaders debates… they will start to dismantle the Senedd… I’ve read their manifesto too… we deserve better

He hates scrutiny.

@MittensOff @docrussjackson @bbclaurak Nothing to see here 👇completely unaccountable, no integrity or morals … what on earth is going on in politics …

Farage issues statement on why he 'changed his mind' about appearing on @bbclaurak this morning. #BBCLauraK #Farage #ReformUK

@monicapattison1 @Tush27J Exactly… what awful times we are going through in politics

@LunnonP @Tush27J This will be brushed under the carpet like every other thing he does and gets away with

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. Highest- earning MP. In less than two years as the MP for Clacton, Farage has racked up over £2 million in personal income and gifts, on top of his parliamentary salary He once said "there's no money in politics." #BBCBreakfast #r4today

@SophyRidgeSky @DPJHodges Yet 👇

@DPJHodges I found the same in Ashton (Tameside)

In the former pit villages of Sunderland the shine is coming off Nigel Farage. But antipathy towards Keir Starmer presents voters there with little choice > Mail On Sunday > dailymail.com/columnists/art…

Labour has already delivered more manifesto pledges than Reform UK has total policies! Labour has achieved more than Reform UK has even proposed. According to Full Fact’s Government Tracker, Labour have delivered 20 of the manifesto pledges they made at the 2024 general election. This includes removing the right for hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords, abolishing non-dom status, creating the publicly owned Great British Energy, scrapping the VAT exemption for private schools and recognising the Palestinian state. By contrast, Farage's party aiming to run the country in a few years time have just 19 policies. Source: The London Economic

Farage’s £5M gift — of which £800k was, by all indications, funnelled through his foreign national girlfriend to fund his Clacton house.

@OperaSocialist @gibbsy66 Exactly….and 👇

A vote for Reform on 7th May will not "get rid of Starmer" or the Labour government. It will get you a shit council who will destroy your local services. Never Vote Reform.

Don’t let #Reform use #Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 as a guinea pig for their broader right wing ideas… read their manifesto … and see what their plans are …I believe they will start on dismantling the Senedd.. judging by responses from Dan Thomas at the leaders debates 👇

If you’re wondering why the Zack Polanski outrage has dominated the news… instead of Farage and his crypto money - read this 👇 BBC News Director John McAndrew previously held senior roles at GB News, a channel closely linked to Farage. thedailybritain.co.uk/john-mcandrew-…

@I_amMukhtar @welshroots @BBCPolitics

Reform received £200,000 from JCB, and their senior politicians began promoting JCB’s new Pothole Pro, which is designed to repair potholes. The party even featured it in its campaign leaflet.

If Reform win next week they’ll end Sport Wales’ £2.1M fund helping clubs cut energy costs and help the environment by funding solar panels etc. Clubs in Caernarfon alone have had £35k from it. Tax cuts for the rich on the back of grassroots sport clubs. sport.wales/stories/energy…

Congratulations to Westminster Council for their acceptance of Banksy’s brilliant statue near Pall Mall. Let’s hope it stays — a welcome note of calmness and humour at a time of growing extremism.