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Fraudster sent mum £2m before she made suspect Reform donation

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:30 July 2026
Post last modified:31 July 2026

Reform UK and Nigel Farage are facing questions over multiple, ongoing financial scandals right now. Several of them link to the aristocrat George Cottrell (a.k.a. ‘Posh George’). Somehow, the details keep looking worse and worse for everyone involved: New excl: George Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother days before her donations to Reform Sources say Fiona Cottrell told bankers the transfers, received 24-72 hours before her donations to Reform, came from her sonhttps://t.co/dzzPw0cU10 — Anna Isaac (@Annaisaac) July 29, 2026 Aristo-cash Posh George is a convicted fraudster who’s involved in an offshore crypto gambling platform. The ongoing scandals linking him to…

Fraudster made undeclared donations to Reform UK

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:12 July 2026
Post last modified:12 July 2026

Mainstream outlets have been shining a light on Reform UK and Nigel Farage’s finances over the past month. Last week, this saw the Times covering the criminal aristocrat ‘Posh George’ Cottrell, who was providing Farage with various benefits in the runup to the 2024 election. Now, the Times are reporting Cottrell may also have made undisclosed donations to Reform UK: EXCL by @ManuMidolo ft me @venetiamenzies @GeorgeGreenwood The criminal who funded Nigel Farage made undisclosed donations to Reform in apparent breach of electoral law George Cottrell lawyers at Carter Ruck refuse to say when he became permissible donor https://t.co/yFEalCjDdr — Gabriel Pogrund…

Senior DWP figure made ableist joke outside Access to Work inquiry

Post author:Rachel Charlton-Dailey
Post published:26 June 2026
Post last modified:26 June 2026

A senior civil servant in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) made an ableist joke whilst waiting to give evidence on the department’s failings. Disability News Service reports that Neil Couling, director general of DWP services and fraud, made the joke surrounded by other senior figures in a corridor in Portcullis House. They were all waiting to give evidence to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the National Audit Office’s (NAO) joint inquiry into Access to Work. Couling shows exactly who the DWP are The DWP came under fire because it’s quietly cutting Access to Work whilst forcing more disabled…

Meloni says Trump made up the claim that she begged him for a photo

Post author:The Canary
Post published:19 June 2026
Post last modified:19 June 2026

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has hit back at claims that she begged Trump for a photo, saying, ‘Italy and I never beg.’ Io e l’Italia non imploriamo mai. pic.twitter.com/sTpKlqWB67 — Giorgia Meloni (@GiorgiaMeloni) June 19, 2026 Two right-wingers are fighting. It must be a day ending with “day.” The backstory is that Trump was asked about his encounter with Meloni during the G7 summit in France. Trump claimed that Meloni ‘wanted to have a picture with me so badly’ and that he ‘felt sorry for her. According to POLITICO, the two leaders met several times at the three-day G7 gathering…