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I call house on slippery Eeeelers bingo

 

Latest: Huge boost for Boris Johnson as Nigel Farage stands down Brexit party candidates.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/pol...istoric-crimes-as-labours-keith-a4283571.html

From the remain 'sub Standard'

 

According to the news, apparently the Limps were 'very gloomy' when they heard the news about Farage.

 

Maybe Nige could start a career in stand up he was getting lots of laughs in his latest speech especially when he said it was time to put the country first.

 

Morning Eelers, charming as ever I see

 

Sadly Staines You get the odd one or two on here who say... "right I will go against everything Ellers says, no matter what". Like they have some agenda. I have made my point perfectly clear. If people want to somehow hijack my posts for their own agenda then good luck to them as i will be as charming as ever.

 

But by being insulting to other posters you turn into the stereotypical ‘panto villian’......it’s not a good look mate.

 

God you are tedious.

 

Boris Johnson's Conservative party has received cash from 9 Russian donors named in a suppressed intelligence report
Adam Bienkov
Nov 10, 2019, 7:49 PM

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  • Boris Johnson’s Conservative party has received donations from nine Russian donors, with suspected links to the Kremlin, according to an official report which has been suppressed by the prime minister.
  • Johnson chose to block publication of the report amid reported fears it could cost him the upcoming general election.
  • Leaked details from the report tie Johnson’s party to London-based Russian oligarchs, some of whom have known ties to the Russian security services.
  • There has been a surge in donations from prominent Russians to the Conservative party over the past year.
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  Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has received a surge in cash from nine Russian donors, who have been named in a suppressed investigation into Russia’s attempts to undermine democracy in the UK.
  The report by Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee identifies close links between major donors to the Conservative party and the Russian government, the Sunday Times reports.
  The report was due for publication this week but was blocked by Johnson, due to reported fears that the information would damage his chances of winning the upcoming UK general election.
  Among those donors named in the suppressed report are Alexander Temerko, who worked for the Russian defence ministry and has previously boasted that the prime minister is his “friend”.
  Temerko donated more than £1.2m to the Conservatives over the past seven years.
  Other Russian donors to the Conservative party include Lubov Chernukhin, who is married to Vladimir Chernukhin, a former ally of Putin.
  Chernukhin previously paid £160,000 for a tennis match with Johnson and former prime minister David Cameron and has donated more than £450,000 in the past year.
  The inquiry also heard concerns about the former Russian spy Alexander Lebedev, who owns the Evening Standard and Independent newspapers.
  Lebedev’s son Evgeny is a close friend of the prime minister and has repeatedly hosted him for parties at his castle in Perugia Italy, while Johnson was mayor of London and Foreign Secretary
  Concerns were raised about Johnson’s decision to attend the events, in which guests have reported that “nothing is off the menu from the moment you are greeted to the moment you leave.”
  Fears have previously been raised that Johnson’s private life may make him a “security risk” due to the possibility he could be blackmailed.
  “There’s the danger that people leak what they have over him or blackmail him with it,” a Cabinet minister in Theresa May’s government told the Sunday Times earlier this year.
  “Billionaires fund the Conservative Party, so this sordid cover up shouldn’t be surprising.
  The opposition Labour party accused Johnson of seeking to cover up the story.
  “The Tories blocked this report and oppose tax transparency so their billionaire backers can continue to rip us off unchallenged,” Labour’s election co-ordinator Andrew Gwynne said. “Labour is on the side of the many, not the few, so we’ll get dirty money out of politics, introduce an oligarch levy and take on the vested interests selling out our people and public services.”
  ‘What makes it interesting is how close these people are to the FSB’
  
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  Sources who have seen the report told the Times they believe the report has been suppressed because it highlights extensive connections between Conservative donors and Russia’s Federal Security Bureau.
  “What makes it interesting is just how close some of these people are to the FSB are or have been,” one source told the paper.
  An investigation by Open Democracy this week found that the Conservative Party received at least £498,850, or about $US642,000, from Russian business executives and their associates between November 2018 and last month.
  This was a significant increase from the previous year when such donations amounted to less than £350,000.
  The increase came despite increased pressure on the party to cut its ties to Russian oligarchs since the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury last year.
  The news also comes with Johnson’s chief strategist, Dominic Cummings, under the spotlight after the Sunday Times reported claims from a whistleblower about “serious concerns” about the time he spent in Russia in the 1990s.
  Cummings has reportedly had his access to intelligence restricted by UK authorities, despite his senior position.
  Labour MP Ben Bradshaw told the Sydney Morning Herald this week that this “unprecedented arrangement” was a concern for Britain’s security relations with other countries.
  “If I we’re one of the UK’s Five Eyes allies I would be extremely concerned about this unprecedented arrangement,” Bradshaw said.
  “Boris Johnson’s chief of staff, whose account of his time in Russia is apparently full of gaps and inaccuracies, is granted inexplicably the highest level of security clearance yet is not given full access to secret intelligence.”

 

This thread is entertaining. It's like watching a load of pissheads trying to fight each other and everyone missing. Carry on.

 

Hope none of you paid Farage £100 to try and become a BNP sorry Brexit Party MP.

 

The Sun have done their best to balance out the reporting of Remembrance Day... oh dear me

https://tompride.wordpress.com/2016...-ww2-veteran-from-remembrance-sunday-service/

 

Move along, nothing to see here (according to some.....)

 

But, but, but Corbyn!!!!

 

100 Times Jeremy Corbyn Sided With Terrorists

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1. Invited two IRA members to parliament two weeks after the Brighton bombing.
2. Attended Bloody Sunday commemoration with bomber Brendan McKenna.
3. Attended meeting with Provisional IRA member Raymond McCartney.
4. Hosted IRA linked Mitchell McLaughlin in parliament.
5. Spoke alongside IRA terrorist Martina Anderson.
6. Attended Sinn Fein dinner with IRA bomber Gerry Kelly.
7. Chaired Irish republican event with IRA bomber Brendan MacFarlane.
8. Attended Bobby Sands commemoration honouring IRA terrorists.
9. Stood in minute’s silence for IRA gunmen shot dead by the SAS.
10. Refused to condemn the IRA in Sky News interview.
11. Refused to condemn the IRA on Question Time.
12. Refused to condemn IRA violence in BBC radio interview.
13. Signed EDM after IRA Poppy massacre massacre blaming Britain for the deaths.
14. Arrested while protesting in support of Brighton bomber’s co-defendants.
15. Lobbied government to improve visiting conditions for IRA killers.
16. Attended Irish republican event calling for armed conflict against Britain.
17. Hired suspected IRA man Ronan Bennett as a parliamentary assistant.
18. Hired another aide closely linked to several convicted IRA terrorists.
19. Heavily involved with IRA sympathising newspaper London Labour Briefing.
20. Put up £20,000 bail money for IRA terror suspect Roisin McAliskey.
21. Didn’t support IRA ceasefire.
22. Said Hamas and Hezbollah are his “friends“.
23. Called for Hamas to be removed from terror banned list.
24. Called Hamas “serious and hard-working“.
25. Attended wreath-laying at grave of Munich massacre terrorist.
26. Attended conference with Hamas and PFLP.
27. Photographed smiling with Hezbollah flag.
28. Attended rally with Hezbollah and Al-Muhajiroun.
29. Repeatedly shared platforms with PFLP plane hijacker.
30. Hired aide who praised Hamas’ “spirit of resistance“.
31. Accepted £20,000 for state TV channel of terror-sponsoring Iranian regime.
32. Opposed banning Britons from travelling to Syria to fight for ISIS.
33. Defended rights of fighters returning from Syria.
34. Said ISIS supporters should not be prosecuted.
35. Compared fighters returning from Syria to Nelson Mandela.
36. Said the death of Osama Bin Laden was a “tragedy“.
37. Wouldn’t sanction drone strike to kill ISIS leader.
38. Voted to allow ISIS fighters to return from Syria.
39. Opposed shoot to kill.
40. Attended event organised by terrorist sympathising IHRC.
41. Signed letter defending Lockerbie bombing suspects.
42. Wrote letter in support of conman accused of fundraising for ISIS.
43. Spoke of “friendship” with Mo Kozbar, who called for destruction of Israel.
44. Attended event with Abdullah Djaballah, who called for holy war against UK.
45. Called drone strikes against terrorists “obscene”.
46. Boasted about “opposing anti-terror legislation”.
47. Said laws banning jihadis from returning to Britain are “strange”.
48. Accepted £5,000 donation from terror supporter Ted Honderich.
49. Accepted £2,800 trip to Gaza from banned Islamist organisation Interpal.
50. Called Ibrahim Hewitt, extremist and chair of Interpal, a “very good friend”.
51. Accepted two more trips from the pro-Hamas group PRC.
52. Speaker at conference hosted by pro-Hamas group MEMO.
53. Met Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh several times.
54. Hosted meeting with Mousa Abu Maria of banned group Islamic Jihad.
55. Patron of Palestine Solidarity Campaign – marches attended by Hezbollah.
56. Compared Israel to ISIS, Hamas, Hezbollah and al-Qaeda.
57. Said we should not make “value judgements” about Britons who fight for ISIS.
58. Received endorsement from Hamas.
59. Attended event with Islamic extremist Suliman Gani.
60. Chaired Stop the War, who praised “internationalism and solidarity” of ISIS.
61. Praised Raed Salah, who was jailed for inciting violence in Israel.
62. Signed letter defending jihadist advocacy group Cage.
63. Met Dyab Jahjah, who praised the killing of British soldiers.
64. Shared platform with representative of extremist cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
65. Compared ISIS to US military in interview on Russia Today.
66. Opposed proscription of Hizb ut-Tahrir.
67. Attended conference which called on Iraqis to kill British soldiers.
68. Attended Al-Quds Day demonstration in support of destruction of Israel.
69. Supported Hamas and ISIS-linked Viva Palestina group.
70. Attended protest with Islamic extremist Moazzam Begg.
71. Made the “case for Iran” at event hosted by Khomeinist group.
72. Photographed smiling with Azzam Tamimi, who backed suicide bombings.
73. Photographed with Abdel Atwan, who sympathised with attacks on US troops.
74. Said Hamas should “have tea with the Queen”.
75. Attended ‘Meet the Resistance’ event with Hezbollah MP Hussein El Haj.
76. Attended event with Haifa Zangana, who praised Palestinian “mujahideen”.
77. Defended the infamous anti-Semitic Hamas supporter Stephen Sizer.
78. Attended event with pro-Hamas and Hezbollah group Naturei Karta.
79. Backed Holocaust denying anti-Zionist extremist Paul Eisen.
80. Photographed with Abdul Raoof Al Shayeb, later jailed for terror offences.
81. Mocked “anti-terror hysteria” while opposing powers for security services.
82. Named on speakers list for conference with Hamas sympathiser Ismail Patel.
83. Criticised drone strike that killed Jihadi John.
84. Said the 7/7 bombers had been denied “hope and opportunity”.
85. Said 9/11 was “manipulated” to make it look like bin Laden was responsible.
86. Failed to unequivocally condemn the 9/11 attacks.
87. Called Columbian terror group M-19 “comrades”.
88. Blamed beheading of Alan Henning on Britain.
89. Gave speech in support of Gaddafi regime.
90. Signed EDM spinning for Slobodan Milosevic.
91. Blamed Tunisia terror attack on “austerity”.
92. Voted against banning support for the IRA.
93. Voted against the Prevention of Terrorism Act three times during the Troubles.
94. Voted against emergency counter-terror laws after 9/11.
95. Voted against stricter punishments for being a member of a terror group.
96. Voted against criminalising the encouragement of terrorism.
97. Voted against banning al-Qaeda.
98. Voted against outlawing the glorification of terror.
99. Voted against control orders.
100. Voted against increased funding for the security services to combat terrorism.

Quite something when you put it all down in one place…

 

OMG AND HE WANTS US TO BE NUCLEAR BOMBED TOO OMG HES UNELECTABLE OMG

 

But you'd have to be a complete mug to agree he was wrong on all counts.

 

101 watched the commitments

 

Of course it isn’t Nige corrupt as ****

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farages-shock-peerage-claim-20860581