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I'm up for the puke challenge Matt!! Though read the end before putting your head in the toilet bowl!


It is comparable to the case of Conway only if as with Conway there is no evidence of the work being paid for taking place. The comments about "full-time education" and "full-time university student" says more to be about Foggo than Farage. Nowadays most Uni students have to work. I don't have the figures in front of me but who is going to deny that vast numbers of full-time students work during term time and/or during holidays. So the explicit implication that because Farage's son is in full-time eductation he cannot actually be working for the money he is being paid is both offensive and ludicrous.

"He is being investigated by Olaf" - clearly phrased by Foggo to imply to the cursory reader that his wife and son are the source of the suggested investigation when he produces not a shred of evidence for this & instantly goes on to mention another matter apparently under investigation. The Brookes verdict mentioned by Nikki Sinclaire may be relevant here. I am no expert on this (or anything for that matter) but note again the delight by opponents of the UKIP leadership on this forum at the possiblity that UKIP MEPs using EU allocated monies who have used it to help UKIP in the UK might be in breach of EU rules. On that I congratulate those MEPs and do not condemn them.

On the leaked emails. I presume a full investigation will be taking place a la Tillack. If not the EU stands condemned by their own hypocrisy.

The claim contradicted by a former UKIP regional organiser couldn't be Brookes could it? He would not having lost his case against Nattrass have gone to Foggo to denounce Farage would he? I do not believe he would do such a thing.

I see the email quoted is from the commission. I wonder who was on the cc list for that email. Presumably Farage knows and as Snijders is named I also presume he/she was not the source.

Expenditure on what? Paperwork on what? Foggo is deliberately vague on the matter, again letting the cursory reader think it relates to his son without saying any such thing. Since Farage is reported, though not quoted, that the paperwork would eventually be supplied but is earlier quoted about 'ridiculous questions' about his son and bearing in mind the earlier obscure nature of Foggo's writing I think there is a strong likelihood that the expenditure referred to is nothing about his son and everything about the use of allocated EU funds for MEPs.

The end bit:

If his son is not being paid taxpayers money Farage has to publicly demonstrate that.

If his son is being paid taxpayers money Farage has to publicly demonstrate that he is doing the work he is being paid for and anything like receiving £100 an hour (figure chosen at random by me) for straightforward constituency work is not acceptable to me.

Being fed up with answering "ridiculous questions" is not acceptable unless this issue is indeed ridiculous.

If Farage cannot respond rapidly & satisfactorily to the issue of the employment of his son then he should resign as leader and I will have lost confidence in his leadership of the party. ie, QUIT NOW.

I therefore hope he will respond rapidly and satisfactorily.