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Just Laurie retweeted
We are horrified by the Al Jazeera footage showing a prominent member of UKIP, Jack Ross, coordinating payments from a foreign government to a man associated with the Ulster Volunteer Force, which is a banned terrorist organisation.
We will continue to fight against UKIP.
Just Laurie retweeted
Lets by honest here Reform fans
you have won 1 out 7 by elections
failed to win last 24 council elections and lost multiple seats you held
have slipped to 3rd in some polls
thats not ITV fault :)
Just Laurie retweeted
This will end up like Trump versus the BBC
It is a blatant attempt to intimidate the media but....
As Reform have now reported ITV to the Police maybe they should have considered the following
- disclosure will mean the Police seeing every scrap of footage
- from that there may well be 'offences' that are determined as this is now in the Police domain - offences that have not yet been reported
- the defence will demand vetting records to ascertain what processes individuals in the footage were subject to
Reform just created themselves one massive mess before they withdraw
Just Laurie retweeted
George Cottrell also forged a passport but @reformparty_uk did not report him - in fact, they even put his former boss Mehrtash A'zami, who knew about the identity fraud, as their treasurer.
Just Laurie retweeted
Piers Morgan - Is it true that 4000 people have died in care homes, yes or no?... why are you laughing?.. what's the matter with you?
Helen Whately(care minister) - I'm not laughing
Piers Morgan - I just asked you if 4000 elderly people have died & all you can do is laugh
#GMB
Just Laurie retweeted
Senior Reform official cast doubt over legality of £72m donations 3 months before they were given.
Reform took the money.
He appeared to discuss ways to get around funding laws to allow donations from a US-based donor with money laundering conviction.
theguardian.com/politics/202…
Just Laurie retweeted
Reform UK keep peddling the 'few bad apples' line, but there are two problems:
1) They took no action against those identified
2) There are 100s more examples still active in Reform UK that they have taken no action against or welcomed in despitre their records
@danny__kruger
“They found some bad apples and they had to go……there’s no place for people like that in this party”, Danny Kruger says at open of Reform rally in Plymouth (of ITV undercover investigation).Gets applause. Join us @GBNEWS
Just Laurie retweeted
Janis Berzemnieks, another Reform UK Councillor in Sunderland that hasn't declared employment.
Reform UK's Janis Berzemnieks, a Sunderland councillor elected in May 2026, declared "None" under employment on his official Register of Interests.
Yet his LinkedIn profile reportedly identifies him as a Team Leader at GXO Logistics (he also has another LinkedIn profile also saying he works for GXO).
linkedin.com/in/janis-berzem…
Sunderland Council's rules require councillors to declare paid employment and identify their employer.
Failure to register a disclosable pecuniary interest without reasonable excuse can constitute a criminal offence under the Localism Act 2011.
Was Berzemnieks employed by GXO when he submitted his declaration, and if so, why wasn't it disclosed?
@SunderlandUK's Monitoring Officer should be asking @ReformUkWear and @CllrChrisEynon, why they are failing to declare employment?
This is the 4th councillor we've identified that has conceiled business interests.
Heather Finlay still hasn't updated her ROI with the 3rd business interest.
Just Laurie retweeted
"Jack Anderton doesn't work for us"
That is going as well as the "George Cottrell doesn't work for us" line followed by pics of his Reform business card on the @thetimes. Below, just days ago, 📸 Anderton joins Farage's crew in Hyndburn, Lancashire, 8th October.
With @Ofcom lying to MPs and refusing to step in on GB News and @BBCNews pro-Reform bias and lack of impartiality - it's high time @lisanandy reformed them with a new board, strong mandate and had them enforce the laws properly, or just replaced them entirely.
Just Laurie retweeted
Unemployment...DOWN
Inflation...DOWN
Immigration...DOWN
Small Boats...DOWN
Growth...UP
Labour is WORKING
Reform and the media..."yeah but France..."
Just Laurie retweeted
I know we Remainers can be a bit tedious.
Ten years of saying “I told you so” is a long time.
But in our defence, we haven’t finished being right yet.
Just Laurie retweeted
UPDATE: Already out of date as it has been confirmed that Cllr Danny Carr has quit Reform UK on Tameside Council - another one gone!
How many more are looking to leave @Ben_Bradley_32 ?
Reform UK have lost most councillors who were elected in 2026 May local elections than all of the other parties combined
Congrats to their Head of Local Government @Ben_Bradley_32
Who ft is lending them the money?!
At this point, I hope when they do go bust, no loans will be repair - it's clear they're just flowing money to shareholders and not investing the infrastructure or services, and have done that since day 1
Just Laurie retweeted
Imagine a life where we just listened to FACTS
Immigration down
Inflation down
Unemployment down
You would be happy wouldn’t you?
So what’s making you not happy?
The right wing trolls on here?
GB News?
The Daily Mail?
Maybe it’s time some people decided if they’d prefer to listen to right wing propaganda or maybe just listen to facts?
Just Laurie retweeted
Reform UK Councillors Gone: Updated
Danny Carr (Tameside MBC) is now an Independent.
➡️ Kicked Out
Brian Black (Kent CC)
Oliver Bradshaw (Kent CC)
Paul Thomas (Kent CC)
Bob Ford (Kent CC)
Bill Barratt (Kent CC)
Ed Hill (Devon CC)
James Regan (Essex CC)
Mark Broadhurst (Doncaster CC)
Paul Bean (Durham CC)
Adam Smith (West Northants C)
Daniel Taylor (Kent CC)
Nicole Brooke (Northumberland CC)
Patrick Lambert (Northumberland CC)
Maxine Fothergill (Kent CC)
Ian Cooper (Staffordshire CC)
Edward Harris (Warwickshire CC)
Isabella Kemp (Kent CC)
Aaron Roy (Hartlepool BC)
Jay Cooper (Sefton MBC)
Caroline Gladwin (Isle of Wight C)
Robert Hanson (Sheffield)
Danielle Cavanagh (Gateshead C)
Daniel Astley (Newcastle C)
Daniel Rollinson (Walsall C)
➡️ Resigned Independent
Nicola Brown (Doncaster CC) Ind
Christopher Marriott (Doncaster CC) Ind
Chris Large (Staffordshire CC) Ind
Lynn Dean (Staffordshire CC) Ind
Robin Perry (Walsall C) Ind
Alan Dennison (Pembrokeshire CC) Ind
Kathryn Shaw (West Northants C) Ind
Joanne Blythe (West Northants C) Ind
Andrew Barry (Torfaen CBC) Ind
Todd Ferguson (North Ayrshire C) Ind
Roger Tarrant (Cornwall CC) Ind
Susanne Desmonde (Cornwall CC) Ind
Nick Farmer (Wakefield C) Ind
Jo Monk (Worcestershire CC) Ind
Ashley Monk (Worcestershire CC) Ind
Matthew Jones (Worcestershire CC) Ind
Jamie Hanlon (Cornwall CC) Ind
Jasmine Fox (Durham CC) Ind
Steven Lewis (Wakefield C) Ind
Rosemary Trollope-Bellew (South Kesteven DC) Ind
Susan Maxfield (Kirklees C) Ind
Rebecca Waters (Birmingham C) Ind
Steven Deakin (Cannock Chase C) Ind
Joe Garner (North Northants), Ind
Bella Simon (Walsall), Ind
James Fletcher (Luton), Ind
Glenn Gibbins (Sunderland), Ind
Alex Barr (South Tyneside), Ind
Billy Burke (Trafford C), Ind
Lawrence Davies (Swindon C), Ind
Carol Ney (Plymouth C), Ind
Tanya Brasted (NE Lincolnshire C), Ind
Robbie Withey (Aberdeenshire), Ind
Mark Hill (Chorley), Ind
Grace Stickland (Plymouth), Ind
Jonathan Millard (Blaenau Gwent), Ind
Dawn Saunders (Durham), Ind
Mark Hill (Chorley DC), Ind
Lyndsey Fox (Durham CC), Ind
Paul Sexton (Durham CC), Ind
Nicole Brown (Durham CC), Ind
Chris Perera (Essex CC), Ind
Marcus Barr (Somerset), Ind
Brian Smith (North Tyneside), Ind
Dan Bradley (East Sussex CC), Ind
Jim McIlroy (West Surrey CC), Ind
Alan Feeney (Birmingham City C), Ind
Chris Whelan (Solihull Council), Ind
William Shaw (Doncaster Council), Ind
David Dresser (Leeds Council), Ind
Paula-Jane Thackray (Leeds Council), Ind
Dean Miller (LB Bromley), Ind
Raymond Dunning (Tameside MBC), Ind
Jon Barras (Bradford Council), Ind
Daniel Devaney (Bradford Council), Ind
Danny Carr (Tameside MBC), Ind
➡️ Defected
Amelia Randall (Kent CC) Rest
John Roddy (Warrington BC) Con
Peter Colley (Hertfordshire CC) Rest
Dean Burns (Kent CC) Rest
Jack Goncalvez (North Northants C) Rest
Charles Whitford (Leicestershire CC) Rest
Luke Cooper (Warwickshire CC) Rest
Scott Cameron (Warwickshire CC) Rest
Kieran Mishchuck (Kent CC) Rest
Alistair Hendry (Somerset CC) Con
Graham Eardley (Walsall C) Rest
Owain Clatworthy (Bridgend CBC) Rest
Cain Parkinson (Lincolnshire CC) Con
Brandon Dodd (Glamorgan C) Rest
Charlotte Kelly (Staffordshire CC) Con
Robbie Lammas (Medway C) Con
Dan Glover (Warwickshire CC) Rest
Rob Aitkenhead (Warwickshire CC) Rest
Leon Graham (Lancashire CC) Con
Cameron Emery (West Northants C) Rest
David Hoey (Solihull MBC) Con
Karl Perks (Worcestershire CC), Con
Bruce Craze (Cornwall), Res
Rhys Carr (Wakefield C), SDP
Mark Hadfield (Plymouth CC), Res
Andrew Crumplin (Plymouth CC), Res
Nigel Swales (Lancashire CC), Lab
Robert Hanson (Sheffield), Chartist Reform
Mick Lee (Sheffield), Chartist Reform
Andrew Southall (Dudley MBC), Res
Michael Rees (Gloucestershire CC), Res
Cathy Gibbon (Buckinghamshire CC), Con
➡️ Suspended
Dave Rowan (Kirklees C)
Jacob Padget (Wakefield C)
Matthew Wallens (Staffordshire CC)
Dean Robertson (Litchfield City)
Bradley Thompson (Essex CC)
Just Laurie retweeted
📊 The 2016 Brexit electorate no longer exists.
Peter Kellner has updated the sums using YouGov and ONS data.
Since 2016:
🔹 Around 3.8m Leave voters have died, against 2.1m Remain voters.
🔹 Around 7m new voters have reached voting age, overwhelmingly pro-European.
🔹 Around 5m voters have changed their minds 👉roughly three-quarters of them moving from Leave to Rejoin.
His estimate of how Britain would vote now:
🇪🇺 REJOIN: 20.0m 👉 63%
🇬🇧 STAY OUT: 11.8m 👉 37%
A majority of almost 9 million.
Brexit happened. Britain has lived with it for a decade.
But democracy does not freeze the electorate in 2016 forever.
The question is what Britain wants now not what it indicated in 2016.
📊 The Brexit majority hasn’t just slipped 👉it’s vanished. Completely.
This chart from Peter Kellner/YouGov shows:
• 5 million 2016 voters have died
• New young voters back Rejoin by 5:1
• 29% of Leave voters now want to rejoin
• Net result: Rejoin 19.8m vs Stay Out 11.7m
➡️ An 8 MILLION majority for Rejoin.
Britain is now a pro-EU country.
The only people keeping Brexit alive are politicians who benefit from the damage.
Unemployment is down (-47k), employment numbers are up (+102k) - and somehow the Tories read only a negative that vacancies are down (-21k)
It'd be nice to get higher vacancies to further reduce unemployment, but the numbers aren't bad
xitter.cf/SkyNews/status/2112428…
