Supposedly released for deportation but wasn't collected? But was only sentenced last month, so seems a bit early even with time served pre trial as he was only arrested in July?
The checkout process also automatically adds extras like a worthless lifetime warranty for £50. They have been doing this for years and there appears to be no way of stopping them. Where is the UK and EU consumer fraud protection here? Govts aware but do nothing!
for a heater, advertised with claims that it's new technology that can save you 90% on your heating bills. It's just a cheap £10 Chinese space heater. Aimed at vulnerable, elderly, less tech savvy people. Sold at 500% markup, drop shipped from China and almost impossible to return or get a refund.
There is also a Lithuanian company (UAB Commercecore) who advertise various products which are cheap generic Chinese items sold at a huge mark up. They use fake advertorial about the product being revolutionary and invented by a NASA scientist or similar rubbish. The most notorious of their ads is
Some of the companies in question claim to be official advertising partners/ business partners of Google and Meta (Facebook). Multiple companies are based in Cyprus and have Russian nationals as directors and staff. Makes you wonder where the proceeds of these scams go and who is behind them...
I get scam ads using his image for fake endorsements in my Google news feed every single day. Some of the ads even have deep-fake videos of him 'promoting' the scam. He has lobbied the current and previous government on this and largely been ignored...
Ironically the government and Keir Starmer in particular are frequently used in these scam ads. Only Martin Lewis appears more frequently. Some ads even link to a fake/ cloned .gov UK website with a deepfake video of Keir Starmer. Ads frequently claim the (scam) investment platform is govt backed.
The tech companies don't even enforce their own terms & conditions: for example Google ads says just one incidence of running scam ads is grounds for immediate & permanent suspension of your ad account.
However I have reported dozens of ads from single accounts and these accounts are still active!
The 'Fortune & Freedom' "investment" newsletter he wrote (although the actual writing was apparently outsourced to an intern because Farage was too busy) mostly promoted high risk "investments" like crypto & gold. (This article from 2020 has a good summary)
Obviously it was more explicitly /openly racist by targeting anyone who wasn't white (even British citizens!) but it was supposedly voluntary (and also they had absolutely zero chance of becoming the party of government, so at least it was never actually going to happen).
Even the definitely racist, definitely far right BNP, being a member of which was a badge of shame & could result in you losing your job (leaked membership list) didn't have such an extreme policy (they suggested it being voluntary with a 50 grand 'incentive').
It's bizarre. Also means that most people who are being threatened with deportation are probably not yet even aware of this, along with their friends, families, work colleagues etc...
Although they are Scottish (born here) I know someone who lives on Isle of Bute & works part-time by choice. Earns enough to live on (property relatively inexpensive there & they are not into material possessions) - says quality of life (he loves the island) more important than earning lots of £.
Almost all would be deported anyway, as to meet the annual earnings requirement you would need a private pension pot of £650,000 or more (assuming 4% annual withdrawals) to add to a full state pension (which requires 35 years of qualifying ni contributions, or more if you had fewer qualifying years)
I have been here 36 years with ILR & since biometric residence cards expired last year, have had problems opening a bank account - card rejected as expired by automated software & pointing this out to the bank did nothing to help. Digital one ok for renting/ job application in person but not online.
a space in a hostel where all the benefits received went towards accommodation and food costs (2 meals a day Mon to Fri, breakfast only at weekends). Only alternative to claiming benefits would have been rough sleeping. Obviously I had no idea then that claiming benefits I was legally entitled to..
company (household name) + owned a large flat in posh part of London and a yacht he sailed around the Med in. Boyfriend of landlady physically assaulted me (punched me in the face) because I was unable to pay the rent because I couldn't claim benefits due to her fraudulently doing so. CAB found me..
I claimed state benefits over 30 years ago because I lost my job in early 90's recession and became homeless because my (British) live in landlady was working part time cash in hand & renting 3 rooms while claiming benefits herself and declaring none of her income. Her father was FD of a London...
