Tim Atkin

They’re looking into Farage’s £5m “gift” from Christopher Harborne... and so are we 🔍

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I know there’s a lot going on with the Labour Party, but it is all in the bounds of democratic politics. This however, paid collusion between the leaders of two political parties in the run up to election, if true, is a scandal of staggering propositions

Eventually….

Private Eye, December 2019.

@HughEdw31897368 @huge2ya @BBCNews Quite. @bbcnickrobinson too busy talking at the Labour leadership.

This should be one of the top stories. Not a peep on @BBCNews early evening bulletin. Even more sinister there’s no mention anywhere on the BBC News App #GetHarborneOut

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@williamnhutton @nearlyCornish

This is a brilliant investigative piece on Farage, the dark millions behind him and the double standards of so much British journalism. Read and retweet! Nigel Farage pocketing £5m from a donor shows he’s unfit for power app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/73421/co…

Zooming in hard on the @ElectionMapsUK interactive map. Here are two ward results to really build on in Wandsworth @PutneyLibDems @SueWixLD @JoshHughesLD #LE2026

@FraserNelson Keep up the good work.

Farage may struggle to close this down, especially when so many questions remain. Who else in Reform has received a 'personal gift' from crypto kings? My column on the link: thetimes.com/comment/column…

"Are there any other multi-million pound gifts to Nigel Farage that we don't know about?" Reform's refusal to report what Farage calls "personal gifts" means journalistic inquiry is the only method of transparency on funding....

Nigel Farage pocketing £5m from a donor shows he’s unfit for power prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/73421…

After losing over 400 seats (and counting) in the local elections, Kemi Badenoch has declared the Conservative Party "back", to levels of delusion not seen since the days of Liz Truss

@nickreeves9876 In Southfields yesterday, the @libdems would have beaten the Tories if @UKLabour supporters had voted tactically. 20% increase in our vote. The latter didn’t and Labour lost control of the council. Deeply regrettable. And self-defeating.

When are people going to seriously address the problem of competition for seats between Labour and the Greens helping Reform? Labour and the LibDems can quietly cooperate because they share very few target seats, which makes tactical voting very easy. However, Labour and the Greens share many target seats meaning that there will be bitter arguments as to whose candidate is best placed to win. This problem needs to be resolved, because if it isn't our first past the post system could put Farage into Number 10 with less then 30% of the vote.

The @LibDems fought an amazing campaign. Bravo @SueWixLD and @FergusFoord. Increased our vote by 20% in Southfields and established themselves as the main challenger to the Tories. Next time, we’ll beat them. In the mean time, we’ll hold their two councillors to account.

@ChezBruce I interviewed him once. Lovely bloke.

@timatkin Have never met him, but am a fan. Was always my favourite Python.

That Life of Brian scene is one of the funniest things I have ever seen and Palin storms it! Utterly brilliant.

@damienquirk @HeTalksRugby I’m with you. I’m sure he’s a lovely bloke, but he’s an awful referee.

@timatkin @HeTalksRugby This. Time and again he makes terrible decisions, usually when the crowd is on his back. Importantly, he doesn't listen to the players and doesnt seem to trust his team.

Just rewatched both the Exeter & Bath games & think both can feel more than a little aggrieved by officials/local directors for how they’ve not been able to reach the final in their respective competitions this weekend. Firstly, how on earth was Stockdale only given a yellow for his assault on Feyi-Waboso? What followed with him not being allowed to rejoin the game after passing his HIA is even more bizzare! I’m all for player safety & the welfare of the players has to be paramount, but if he’s passed the very test that’s used to determine if a player can return, what’s gone so wrong to stop him? Secondly & sadly this isn’t anything new but quite simply, something has to be done about how the French TV Directors interfere with the game & use the footage to help their teams, van Graan has rightly pointed out 3 blatant head shots on Alfie Barbeary, that went unpunished, the scoreline may suggest otherwise but they could have been pivotal in the overall outcome if picked up & sanctioned properly. The Champions Cup in particular needs a revamp, the semi finals need looking at, if you want to continue to grow the game, get a venue booked for the weekend & have both semi finals back to back on consecutive days & really celebrate the game & have a huge build up around it. Gutting for both teams for different reasons, but the English teams are showing they really can compete on both domestic & European fronts which is really encouraging.

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@colm81 @BrianODriscoll And the France vs England game. Refereed by the same guy who was in charge of BB vs Bath. Not a Bath fan at all, but thought they were on the wrong end of several key decisions. But hard to tell when French TV doesn’t show replays that might affect its team.

@BrianODriscoll This what the French do, if they score a try that looks dodgy, we get no replays... when the opposition score we get 45 angles in super slow motion to see if there is any way in overturning it. They did it ar the IRL v France game in 6 nations too

The boys are right in comms, the lack of replays at times is farcical! #borvbath