One of Nigel Farage’s closest aides faces jail after fraud conviction
George Cottrell, who was running Nigel Farage’s private office, has been convicted of fraud. … Read the full post »
Read about what the regulator for elections and political finance in the UK, the Electoral Commission, has got up to. It was created in 2000 by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act (PPERA).
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George Cottrell, who was running Nigel Farage’s private office, has been convicted of fraud. … Read the full post »
The former head of MI6 has warned against adopting electronic voting systems owing to fears about international cyber warfare. … Read the full post »
In a letter sent to the Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe grouping – of which UKIP is the dominant member – European Parliament leaders said €500,615 had been misspent. … Read the full post »
The Electoral Commission has fined Mr Laurence Taylor £4,000 for failing to include the proper identification details (called ‘an imprint’) on a newspaper advertisement. … Read the full post »
More financial trouble from Ukip. For all its disdain over the management of European Union finances, Ukip itself is in trouble over allegations of abuse of EU funds by a think tank linked to it. … Read the full post »
Here are six Parliamentary by-elections which may happen in the next few months, even leaving aside what the police may do over those Conservative election expenses. … Read the full post »
On Saturday, the English Council voted to abandon the ban on new members voting in party selection contests. The controversial ban had been suspended temporarily in the face of the huge surge of new members since the May 2015 general election. But only temporarily – until yesterday. … Read the full post »
Following the news that Labour has been fined £20,000 for failing to include some spending items in its general election expense return comes the news that the Liberal Democrats have been similarly fined. … Read the full post »
A stark illustration of the slide in Ukip’s fortunes: in the third quarter of 2016 Ukip raised less than half what even the BNP managed in declarable donations to the Electoral Commission. … Read the full post »
Ukip has already been in the news for being investigated by European authorities of allegations of abuse of European funding for electioneering. Now the Electoral Commission is looking at the funds too. … Read the full post »