Gary Godfrey

Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum

Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…

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

Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.

Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.

That, right there, is the problem.

Dyson's worst invention?

The Sarah Champion quote in that article is from December 2022.

www.parallelparliament.co.uk/mp/sarah-cha...

@garyseconomics.bsky.social

Keep up the good work guys.

What I find disturbing is that they are allowed to use the term "Gaming", but I don't see the UK Parliament getting a grip of them while they have links into Parliament like this.
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What I find disturbing is that they are allowed to use the term "Gaming", but I don't see the UK Parliament getting a grip of them while they have links into Parliament like this.
www.transparencyfirst.org/entity_view/...

New feature on Transparency First!

Registered users can now activate a weekly notification summarising all changes to politicians, e.g. Labour MPs standing against the party leader or Reform MPs embroiled in corruption allegations.

www.transparencyfirst.org/site_news_ar...

Is an electrician turning off the leccy in your building tomorrow?

Why not pop in to Jelly Liverpool and say hello?

They have juice at The Science Park, both kinds.

I'm roaming down to Liverpool Library for Makefest. It's all about land at Ignite today..

igniteliverpool.com/2025/06/igni...

It’s time for app stores to ban fake age ratings Google and Apple must stop making cash out of conning kids and their parents through fake app store age ratings. Join our fight!

Over 7,000 people have asked Google and Apple to stop putting profit before children's safety.

Will you join them?
goodlawproject.org/petition/tim...

A huge latch-hooked rug featuring a nighttime view of Liverpool Waterfront with fireworks

We're at Liverpool Central Library today (Saturday 5th July 9am - 5pm), as part of Liverpool MakeFest. Come and have a chat.

And don't miss Mike G's newly finished, completely hand latch-hooked, Very Large Rug (3.12m x 4.05m) on the first floor!

#LpoolMakeFest #Makers

🧵 Just finished reading Upgrading Democracy by @pollycurtis.bsky.social at @demos-uk.bsky.social .
It’s a sharp, hopeful intervention in the face of democratic breakdown, and it aligns in profound ways with the epistemic collapse I’ve been tracking in my own work.
demos.co.uk/wp-content/u...

WhoFundsThem Update: July 2025 Recently declared freebies, cash for questions paper trails, paid membership of APPGs, and how we can help the public set the rules of the game.

New blog post on recent news in MP register of interests land www.mysociety.org/2025/07/02/w...

Makers, get down to MakeFest and party.

We have just implemented some long overdue filtering options on Transparency First. Read about them and sign-up here...
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Sticker design, I donate heart django

Sticker design, powered by django

🤫 new stickers in the works for our Django Software Foundation donors www.djangoproject.com/fundraising/ Come get them at #EuroPython / #DjangoConAfrica / #DjangoConUS!

Bored of sitting in the house working on your own?

Get to Jelly Liverpool tomorrow, 19th June, at The Liverpool Science Park.

It's by "Paddy's Wigwam" (I'm Scouse, of Catholic heritage, and a friend of The First Nations) for some IRL social networking in the sunshine.

Jelly, it's good for you.

Call for Speakers: Who Owns the Land?
5th July

We’re inviting speakers to contribute to an event exploring the history and future of land ownership in the UK — a subject that touches on everything from power and privilege to housing, environment, and justice

igniteliverpool.com/2025/06/igni...

Free training course! 📣

Learn about the 3 STEP approach for #STEM educators working to promote social justice and equity, developed by UCL experts @makingspaces.bsky.social‬

Join us and help more underserved communities access #STEM.

Email claire@djangogirls.org to apply

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Our next🔧Hack the Space day🪛and Community meeting is this Sunday 1st June. Please come along for either or both if you can!
Space hacking from 10am & community meeting from 1-3pm. Join the meeting remotely via this link: ca.meet.coop/b/adr-ctr-trg
Agenda and minutes here:
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Lord Hart has declarations on the system from his time as an MP, log in to see the details.

This week we have 2 new member of the Lords;
Lord Hart of Tenby, formerly Simon Hart of Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire.
www.transparencyfirst.org/politician_v...
-and-
Baroness Shawcross–Wolfson, or Eleanor Shawcross (former advisor to Rishi Sunak.)
www.transparencyfirst.org/politician_v...

Doing today at DoES with Jelly Liverpool coworking group.

Fifth Thursday in May, it's Jelly does #DoubleDoES.

The Lords' declaration feed is back this weekend.

www.transparencyfirst.org/site_news_ar...

Subscribers to any Lords' members will see lots of changes in their subscription report tomorrow. This is due to the removal of three categories of declaration in the V14 House of Lords Code of Conduct.

Conservative defence minister joins Peter Thiel’s Palantir Calls for action as trio of ex-defence ministers take up lucrative private sector jobs, including with US spy tech firm that’s helping Trump deport migrants

Westminster's business appointments watchdog Acoba has *no power* to sanction forward ministers who break its rules. Even Acoba's former chair has described it as "toothless".

So where is the ethics and integrity commission that Keir Starmer promised?

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/conservati...

Free Coworking and Business Networking at Does Liverpool So what is Jelly about?  For those who work independently or remotely, Jelly is an environment where they can broaden your network

Looking for inspiration as a sole trader, independent small business, or just want to get creative? Come to Jelly Liverpool this Thursday 8th May, at @doesliverpool.com

We're well-connected, enthusiastic, tech-savvy and have very strong coffee. ☕️

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We're making adjustments at Transparency First to cope with the Code of Conduct changes in the House of Lords.

First phase; switch off the old code and reprocess the data we captured before the changes filtered into their API.

For more details...
www.transparencyfirst.org/site_news_ar...

Can't stand the heat? Join us for a chilled coworking day at Jelly Liverpool. We're at the Novotel today.

"It is clear that Westminster has narrow and ineffective
lobbying regulations, making it the international outlier.
This regime undermines trust in our political system and leaves it open to scandal."

Read the full report here...