The plot thickens on the Fascist Frog's donations directly & indirectly from George Cottrell, while police investigations continue.<\/p>
There will come a point, as I have already suggested, when the Frog declares he cannot possibly take part in an by-election among such negative publicity & (he will say erroneous) claims about his & ReformUK's financing... and pull out of the Clacton by-election, leaving him free to take up his new job in the USA.<\/p>
#NigelFarage<\/a> #politics<\/a> The plot thickens on the Fascist Frog's donations directly & indirectly from George Cottrell, while police investigations continue.<\/p> There will come a point, as I have already suggested, when the Frog declares he cannot possibly take part in an by-election among such negative publicity & (he will say erroneous) claims about his & ReformUK's financing... and pull out of the Clacton by-election, leaving him free to take up his new job in the USA.<\/p> #NigelFarage<\/a> #politics<\/a> The plot thickens on the Fascist Frog's donations directly & indirectly from George Cottrell, while police investigations continue.<\/p> There will come a point, as I have already suggested, when the Frog declares he cannot possibly take part in an by-election among such negative publicity & (he will say erroneous) claims about his & ReformUK's financing... and pull out of the Clacton by-election, leaving him free to take up his new job in the USA.<\/p> #NigelFarage<\/a> #politics<\/a>
https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2026\/jul\/29\/george-cottrell-transferred-2m-mother-beforer-reform-uk-donations<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.me.uk\/@ChrisMayLA6\/117004487315817310","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-31:objectType=thread:nonce=3d29fac99b8bbbca","notice_info":{"local_id":"12971850","source":"ActivityPub","repeat_of":"12971847"}},"published":"2026-07-31T00:36:42+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"title":"minorusaba repeated a notice by ChrisMayLA6","verb":"share","url":"https:\/\/toad.social\/users\/minorusaba\/statuses\/117011785499639149\/activity"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.me.uk\/ap\/users\/116675067652937535","displayName":"Emeritus Prof. Christopher May","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/404622-original-tmp20260702103742.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/404622-96-20260702103743.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/404622-48-20260702103743.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/404622-24-20260702103743.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"404622"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/404622-96-20260702103743.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Retired Professor of Political Economy; now enjoying the fediverse.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.me.uk\/@ChrisMayLA6","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"ChrisMayLA6","displayName":"Emeritus Prof. Christopher May","note":"Retired Professor of Political Economy; now enjoying the fediverse."}},"content":"
https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2026\/jul\/29\/george-cottrell-transferred-2m-mother-beforer-reform-uk-donations<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-13:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.me.uk\/ap\/users\/116675067652937535\/statuses\/117004487315817310","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.me.uk\/ap\/users\/116675067652937535\/statuses\/117004487315817310","objectType":"note","content":"
https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2026\/jul\/29\/george-cottrell-transferred-2m-mother-beforer-reform-uk-donations<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.me.uk\/@ChrisMayLA6\/117004487315817310","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"politics"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-31:objectType=thread:nonce=3d29fac99b8bbbca","notice_info":{"local_id":"12971847","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-07-31T00:36:29+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.me.uk\/@ChrisMayLA6\/117004487315817310"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/tompearce49","displayName":"Just Tom... \ud83d\udc01","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/144236-original-tmp20260123223824.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/144236-96-20260123231900.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/144236-48-20260123231900.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/144236-24-20260123231900.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"144236"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/144236-96-20260123231900.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"AvPD (according to my therapist), Antifa, Lefty Anarchist, radically Green, and still somehow a believer in the essential goodness of mankind. Baritone and tenor sax, #music, #reading and occasional #blog writing. GM8YUG. A lover of high latitudes, ice and snow. Gardener, woodworker and owned by two affectionate cats. Still trying to make sense of an increasingly senseless world.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@tompearce49","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"tompearce49","displayName":"Just Tom... \ud83d\udc01","note":"AvPD (according to my therapist), Antifa, Lefty Anarchist, radically Green, and still somehow a believer in the essential goodness of mankind. Baritone and tenor sax, #music, #reading and occasional #blog writing. GM8YUG. A lover of high latitudes, ice and snow. Gardener, woodworker and owned by two affectionate cats. Still trying to make sense of an increasingly senseless world."}},"content":"