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So Reform have u-turned on war with Iran.

You beat me to it.

Funny how he waited till he got back from meeting Trump, isn't it? What a brave truth teller he is.

But I think (limited) credit is due. Perhaps this is a prelude to the Mail and co rowing back a bit- they were still talking about Starmer being "humiliated" by Trump when I last checked. I'm sure Kemi is bedded in for the duration though.

Too late, handbrake turning in an international crisis won't restore your credibility.
I believe Jenrick was operating his own more nuanced foreign policy last week. While Tice was ranting about bombing the ragheads on the same day (come at my bird and you'll have me to deal with).

He doesn't have any credibility to lose on international crises. His entire appeal is fewer foreigners over here and sticking it to clever people. I'm optimistic that his association with Trump will be much more of a liability by 2029, but perhaps he'll distance himself sufficiently by then. His u-turn suggests to me that he does have more ambition towards winning elections than I thought he had. This might hurt his ability to hoover up Trumper money.

Lynn, fetch my driving gloves.

It's Farage at the Garage,

I wonder if the garage has a hand car wash. It would be delicious if there were industrious Eastern Europeans just out of shot.

The garage stunt in Derbyshire didn't really play out well with the locals because the Reform leader of Derbyshire county council rocked up to the event in a very expensive Bentley, so much for Reform trying to portray themselves as the party for working people.

Then he loses his rag with Beth Rigby for asking impertinent questions. Now listen, luv

"Quiet, piggy."

Avoidance isn’t evasion or illegal. But does become a reputational issue if its a slippery wheeze not in the spirit of the law. Like Rupert Lowe cosplaying as a farmer and fuelling asset inflation to avoid paying a fat bundle to the HMRC.

True, but then I haven't forgotten that Rayner was forced out over her tax arrangements. Here's what Dubai Dick had to say at the time.

Boiler wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2026 10:46 pm What a surprise.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c043yre6l2ro

The UK's youngest council leader is facing a vote of no confidence after being accused of bringing the authority "into disrepute".

Reform UK's George Finch, who leads Warwickshire County Council, was appointed last summer at the age of 19.

Green Party councillors called for a vote on Finch's position at the next full council meeting on 17 March, suggesting he has "abused the office of leader".

Politics Midlands had more on this.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m ... s-15032026

From the 13 minutes mark, Warning does contain Jonathan Gullis.

Succinct, and to the point.

Again, it won't cost them a single vote. Move along, nothing to see etc.

Bad news, George Finch survived the vote of no confidence.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl5r7271kyo

Reform UK council leader George Finch has survived a no confidence call by one vote.

The vote was carried out at Warwickshire County Council's full council meeting after Green Party councillors suggested he had "abused the office of leader".

Twenty six councillors voted for the motion and 27 against, while two councillors abstained from voting.

Speaking afterwards, Finch, who made headlines last year after becoming the youngest council leader in the UK at 19, said he did not want to "waste any more time" talking about the vote and thanked councillors who had supported him.

Their latest grift is to offer to "pay your energy bills - and those of everyone in your street". All you need to do is enter their prize draw.

Of course, this being them, it's a grift. People have checked the small print and as one might expect, there are plenty of get-out clauses in case the winner has lots of neighbours, doesn't support Fargle enough, or might be insufficiently grateful. What you're left with is a data mining activity, possibly a case of treating, almost certainly illegal. And if anyone 'wins' chances are it'll be a suitably photogenic white British granny without too many neighbours, and who is properly grateful for Fargle's (strictly limited) largesse.

Good ol' 30p....

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng- ... les-breach

The Reform UK MP Lee Anderson has used his parliamentary office to record paid-for personalised messaging videos, in a possible breach of rules that prohibit the commercial use of the Palace of Westminster.

Anderson, who had already been warned about commercial filming in Westminster, sold two videos filmed from what he called the “beating heart of democracy in Westminster” in early February 2025.

Both were Valentine’s Day messages sold for £45 and £56 via the video messaging app Cameo, which enables the public to commission short clips from celebrities and public figures.