Website linked to fraudster Reform donor mysteriously shuts down

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George Cottrell – a.k.a. ‘Posh George’ – is a convicted fraudster and close friend of Nigel Farage. Their closeness became a source of controversy recently because Cottrell made undeclared donations to Reform UK and provided Farage with undeclared benefits. It also emerged that Cottrell may have been more involved with Reform than previously believed, making the donations potentially even more scandalous. As with every other ongoing scandal, Farage no doubt hopes the controversy around Posh George will blow over. The problem for him is that things like this keep happening to things like his Tether gambling site: Not. Going. Away. (Although…

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Ditching donor dinners for dancefloors and putting the party into Green Party

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Showing that political fundraising doesn’t have to be all fancy dinners and shady crypto-related windfalls, the Green Party is instead heading for the dancefloor. Green Space is taking its “party with purpose” model to Bristol this month, as the community and culture project builds what organisers describe as a repeatable, transparent and people-powered fundraising model for Green politics. The Bristol event, taking place at Sawmills on Sunday 26 July 2026, will be the fourth Green Space party in the series, following two events in London and one in Leeds. Putting the party into Green Party Together, the first three events have…

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Farage ‘routinely’ introduced criminal donor Cottrell as ‘chief of staff’

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Scandal-riddled Nigel Farage “routinely” introduced criminal crypto-financier ‘Posh’ George Cottrell as his “chief of staff”, according to new revelations in the Guardian. Cottrell is one of two donors at the centre of the scandal of Farage’s massive undeclared donations, which he was legally obliged to report on becoming an MP. Farage is now trying to staunch the bleeding by resigning his Clacton parliamentary seat and standing for re-election. However, his claim that the donations have been a purely personal matter among friends is shattered by the latest exposure. Farage panic As well as his own donations and the alleged provision of…

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