Stefan Stern

TROUBLED BY MEMORY LOSS?

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TROUBLED BY MEMORY LOSS?

The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen

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Farage knows what he said and doesn't believe his own denials.

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This Reform statement seems unaware that he had acknowledged some of these allegations back in 2013.

Of course I said some ridiculous things that upset them.” Crick asked him if these were “racist things”. Farage replied: “Not necessarily racist things. It depends how you define it.”

Farage email to Michael Crick (2021) one of several tacit acknowledgements that he did what his lawyers 'categorically denied' for him last month

“Terms of abuse thrown around between fifteen-year-old boys were limitless; there were no boundaries. I think red-haired boys fared especially badly.”

A lawyer for Nigel Farage (27th Oct 2025) promised "proceedings would be issued forthwith" if the Guardian were to publish "any allegation suggesting that Mr Farage engaged in, condoned, or led racist or antisemitic behaviour"

A bluff?

The paper has done so

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Farage has made a big mistake going for a flat denial of something (deeply unpleasant and disgusting) for which there are loads of on-the-record witnesses. The Reform bubble will burst.

Farage doesn't believe his own denials.

At least after Wednesday we won't have to put up with any more pre-Budget whingeing and we can all get on with the post-Budget whingeing.

At least after Wednesday we won't have to put up with any more pre-Budget whingeing and we can all get on with the post-Budget whingeing.

‘Reset’ with the EU looks more like ‘upset’ as Brexit damage mounts | The Observer

observer.co.uk/news/busines... Bill Keegan fighting fit and writing so well in this column as EU politely shows Johnson Brexit to be incompetent and ill thought out. Buy why are Labour so timorous? @labour4europe.bsky.social

News of my interview with Michael Heseltine has reached the Peterborough column (in yesterday's Daily Telegraph):

Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social

Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a

Reform, eh..?
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Such a boring game, cricket.

As goes Kent so would go the whole country. You may need a government bail-out and in the worst case possibly UN observers!

Stellar!

I suspect this is what Farage knows/fears too. Hence his slightly pathetic attempt to push for an early general election. The decline and fall of Trump won't help him either as a backdrop to 2029.

Still pretty confident the Reform bubble will burst before the next general election. But tipping points are hard to spot or predict.

Grimes. More nominative determinisim.

I sometimes feel like I am going mad.

Owning a £1.5m home is not normal in London or the South East of England.

EXCLUSIVE: DURHAM FILES PROVE LABOUR USES COUNTY AS MIGRANT DUMPING GROUND WHILE HIDING TRUTH IN PARLIAMENT The “fair share” is a fantasy. Wealthy Southern councils sit in their leafy enclaves while County Durham is packed. Now whistleblower files reveal the truth Labour wanted buried!

I've seen claims that Darren Grimes used a faked photograph in this blogpost, so I've decided to take a closer look, see if an elected official would be low enough to use a fake image to promote anti-immigrant sentiment (the answer will shock you!)

www.darrengrimes.com/p/exclusive-...

Millennials in a position of responsibility using Gen Z language: embarrassing.

Starmer’s squandering of a historic election victory is a tragedy nearing its finale | Rafael Behr The tactics that gave Labour its huge majority in 2024 were no preparation for government – and the prime minister has proved he has nothing more to offer, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

On Labour MPs in a dark place. Featuring King Lear. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...