Re: Reform Party
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2025 6:54 pm
Far as I recall, the only European leaders to have tried this in recent decades were Hitler and Ceaucescu.
Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2025 6:59 pm Keith Joseph thought too many poor people were having thick kids and threatening "our human stock".Sandbrook talks about him a fair bit in one of his books.
The former leader of Reform UK in Wales, Nathan Gill, is due to appear in court on Monday on charges of bribery.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3ywlwlqzzo
It follows an investigation led by detectives from the counter-terrorism command at Metropolitan Police.
He was an MEP for almost six years and briefly represented north Wales in the Welsh Parliament.
The police force said Mr Gill was charged with eight counts of bribery and one count of conspiracy to commit bribery.
To be clear
Rather than going straight to social media we sat on our hands and did absolutely nothing until it became clear which way the wind is blowing. Had public opinion been against Zelenskyy we would now be calling him a dictator - just like our god and hero Mr
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The former leader of Reform UK in Wales, Nathan Gill, is facing bribery charges after an investigation by the counter-terrorism command of the Metropolitan Police.https://nation.cymru/news/ex-reform-uk- ... h-bribery/
Mr Gill represented Wales in the European Parliament from 2014 until 2020, initially as a UKIP MEP and later as an Independent..
A statement issued by the Metropolitan Police said: “A man has been charged with a number of bribery offences following an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing.
“Nathan Gill, 51 (date of birth July 6 1973) of North Wales, was charged via postal requisition with one count of conspiracy to commit bribery, under the Criminal Law Act 1977, and with eight counts of bribery, under the Bribery Act, 2010.
“He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 24 February.
“The investigation has been led by detectives from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command and a man was previously interviewed under caution on March 3 2022 in connection with bribery allegations.
“Further enquiries were carried out by officers and after authorisation by the Crown Prosecution Service Counter Terrorism Division, the man was subsequently charged as above.”
davidjay wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 9:27 pm How the hell do you get from terrorism to bribery?
The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has appeared in court accused of accepting bribes in exchange for making favourable statements about Russia in the European Parliament.https://nation.cymru/news/ex-reform-uk- ... tatements/
Nathan Gill is charged with eight counts of bribery and one count of conspiracy to commit bribery.
Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard Gill allegedly made statements in the European Parliament and in opinion pieces to news outlets, such as 112 Ukraine, which were “supportive of a particular narrative” which would “benefit Russia regarding events in Ukraine”.
Killer Whale wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2025 1:01 pmYep. They had some wrong ins in the European Parliament, I think. That almost seems to help them. They're all the same, might as well vote Reform.
Reform gets away with fuck all scrutiny, so they'll just disown him and that will be that.
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