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Hugh Gorton
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LibDem Councillor for Ingatestone, Fryerning & Mountnessing
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Case in point.
Farage is not just racist. He also reeks of corruption and betrayal.
An active threat to our democracy and country.

(Times)
Foreign influence investigation after Reform bribes case Extract: Steve Reed called the crimes of Nathan Gill, below, "a stain on our democracy" photo of Gill Gill took bribes from Oleh Voloshyn, believed to be a Kremlin agent. Police found text messages to and from Voloshyn in which Gill agreed to make statements supportive of Russia in the European parliament in exchange for cash, which were referred to in the messages as "Xmas gifts" and "postcards" Reform has sought to distance itself from Gill after his admission of guilt. Zia Yusuf, "most people in the senior leadership team have never really heard of the guy, dismissing him as "one of tens of thousands of people" that Farage "meets on an annual basis". Gill defected from the Tories to Ukip in 2005. He followed Farage to the Brexit Party in 2019 and led Reform in Wales for four months in 2021. Ukraine-Russia relations were a long-running interest of Gill's and the theme of his maiden speech in 2014.He appeared on Russian state television in 2016 criticising EU sanctions on Russia in response to its annexation of Crimea. Baroness Hodge of Barking, the government's "anti-corruption champion", has said the elections bill will make it easier to pursue corrupt politicians She said it would give "powers to the Electoral Commission around corruption and around party political finance, which were really badly looked at under the previous government", adding: "We can rectify that, put those powers back.”
December 17, 2025 at 7:39 AM