Matthew Starr
4K posts
@starrski71
Refugee of financial markets to tech startup, excessively proud father of 3 and amateur wine enthusiastic. Old dog, new tricks.
Before Brexit, there were about 300K net migrants a year, mostly from the EU. After Brexit, immigration shot up to 900K, and EU migration was negative. It’s amazing how stupid Brexit was from every possible perspective. Populism is a low IQ movement.
Watched @BBCNewsnight on Nigel Farage’s £1.4m cash Surrey house purchase, just 36 days after the £5m gift from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne. Reform says the deal was already in motion with proof of funds pre-gift, and points to his I’m a Celeb fee. But company accounts appear to show that money stayed in the business. Standards Commissioner now investigating the undeclared gift. Farage has serious questions to answer on transparency here. This isn’t gotcha journalism, it’s basic scrutiny for a major political figure. #Newsnight #NigelFarage
