The Farage/Reform response has become a panicked tour of grievance, victimhood, and procedural illiteracy, with one very large question still sitting slap bang in the middle of the room.
I'm not sure the by-election is quite the plebiscite Farage thinks it is: in a YouGov (I know!)poll yesterday 60% of people thought he hadn't been honest with his finances, 12% thought he had and the rest were don't knows. Even 22% of Reform voters thought he was dodgy so if some of that translates in Clacton he might still win but with a smaller majority - Oh Schadenfreude lass es so sein!
I keep doing the Yougov surveys - with a peg on my nose- for the £50 from Mr Zahawi, and, more importantly, to be a voice against the Conservative establishment.
So every justification given is specifically for the benefit of Farage alone. Why then do the taxpayer's have to pay the costs of staging the referendum? He should be liable for the full cost as well as Count Binface's costs. Technically he may have resigned, but as he was already the elected MP for Clacton why should anyone pay for his chosen device to circumvent legal process of enquiry by asking the Clacton electorate for his job back? It is a pity that anyone is standing against him. It seems to be no more than a grift.
🎶 Nine bins of stupid
Sitting on a wall
Nine bins of stupid
Sitting on a wall
And if some stupid bins
Should accidentally fall
We’ll still be here laughing
At the stupidity of them all 🎶
🙄
Phew! A precious couple of hours and you want to spend them on the biggest waste of space in Britain next to Tommeh ten names? Ok then.
I might just wait till the end of the process and blast the idiot for doing this to lengthen the time it will take.
Btw your turn of phrase is exquisite xx
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 crying laughing here! A brilliant summary! Thank you dear Bear, I hope Count Binface wins!!🥇🏆
I'm not sure the by-election is quite the plebiscite Farage thinks it is: in a YouGov (I know!)poll yesterday 60% of people thought he hadn't been honest with his finances, 12% thought he had and the rest were don't knows. Even 22% of Reform voters thought he was dodgy so if some of that translates in Clacton he might still win but with a smaller majority - Oh Schadenfreude lass es so sein!
I keep doing the Yougov surveys - with a peg on my nose- for the £50 from Mr Zahawi, and, more importantly, to be a voice against the Conservative establishment.
How you can write so eloquently and amusingly in this heat, and whilst sleep deprived, is beyond me.
Excellent as always Bear 👏
To be fair to the Monkey Hangers - a first for me- the mayor was someone dressed in a monkey suit; and, as a local, he didn't do a bad job, I believe.
The story about how they got their name, though, is worthy of current events in Clacton.
So every justification given is specifically for the benefit of Farage alone. Why then do the taxpayer's have to pay the costs of staging the referendum? He should be liable for the full cost as well as Count Binface's costs. Technically he may have resigned, but as he was already the elected MP for Clacton why should anyone pay for his chosen device to circumvent legal process of enquiry by asking the Clacton electorate for his job back? It is a pity that anyone is standing against him. It seems to be no more than a grift.
A couple of hours well spent Besr
Wonderful stuff - thank you for getting up early to write this. I’m now looking forward to each instalment!
Farage and his Reformiacs are past masters of the art of false accusations and screaming hysterically at every sin committed by other politicians.
Yet when their own messiah is caught in flagrant abuse of the rules they can’t stand the boot being on the other foot.
We now have weeks of this circus. Every time they attack the press they make further enemies.
As for Binface. Farage is proof that if the public space is filled with enough noise all sorts of things are possible.
Farage is generally reviled. Make enough incessant noice about the Count and it is quite possible he will win.
Coffee & spite. Sounds like somewhere I used to work
Me thinks he doth protest too much!
Brilliant, Bear 👏🏼