Nigel Farage BOMBSHELL: Driver claims Brexit Party leader ‘fled’ scene of car crash BREXIT Party leader Nigel Farage has been accused of fleeing the scene of a car crash, involving his chauffeur driven Range Rover, which left another driver requiring hospital treatment and feeling “dumbfounded”.
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Jeremy Hosking: Former Conservative donor revealed as major backer of Brexit Party
Jeremy Hosking previously donated hundreds of thousands of pounds to Brexit-backing Tory MP candidates at the 2017 election. A businessman who has previously donated hundreds of thousands of pounds to the Conservative Party has been confirmed as a major financial backer of the Brexit Party.
Jeremy Hosking was one of a number of donors who have donated large sums of money to Nigel Farage's new party, a spokesman for the Brexit Party told Sky News.
Last weekend, leader Mr Farage told Sky's Sophy Ridge on Sunday that a single donor had given more than £100,000 to the party, but did not reveal his identity, saying it would happen after the EU parliament elections later this month. The party spokesman would not confirm however that Mr Hosking was the mystery donor who gave that huge single donation.
The millionaire businessman donated £1.5m to Vote Leave in 2016, and donated hundreds of thousands of pounds to Brexit-backing Conservative MP candidates in the 2017 general election Speaking to The Telegraph, Mr Hosking said he decided to start donating to the Brexit Party because he was getting sick of being "taken in" by the Conservatives who were failing to deliver on Brexit.
He added he knew of more Conservative donors who have given similar sorts of sums to the Brexit Party. Mr Hosking said he had given £200,000 over the last few weeks, with the last sum being donated on Wednesday, after confirmation the UK would be taking part in EU elections. Talking about the Brexit Party leader, he told The Telegraph: "I look at Nigel Farage and I see a political leader who is the only person in a leadership position who has been telling us the truth for 25 years."
Back in December, Mr Hosking told Sky News he thought that remaining in the EU would be better than Theresa May's deal.
He added that "with Mrs May's deal we will have lost Article 50, we'll be in a customised straitjacket with the EU, whereas if we were to remain we could look at the whole thing from a fresh standpoint".
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‘The EU is KILLING Europe’ - Brexit backer launches FIERY attack on Brussels over trade
THE ECONOMIC record of the European Union has come under fierce attack by leading Brexit advocate Douglas Carswell, who argued Brussels is “killing Europe” The former MP for Clacton made the argument on Thursday at an event hosted by pro-free market publication 1828. Mr Carswell took particular aim at the Euro currency, which he claimed had produced “nothing but poverty and debt”. He argued Brexit is an opportunity for the UK to push a ‘Heyekian’ policy based on boosting free trade. The prominent Brexiteer commented: “For generations the mantra of our ruling elites in every European country, was that European integration was the key to the strength and success and prosperity of Europe.
“Absolute twaddle. Since 2009 the output of China has grown by 139 percent. Of India by 96 percent.
“The output of the Eurozone since 2009 is down minus two percent.”
Mr Carswell was first elected as MP for Clacton in 2005 on a Conservative ticket.
In 2014 he sensationally defected to UKIP, retaining his seat in both a by-election and the subsequent 2015 General Election.
The Brexiteer later quit UKIP and served out his term as an independent.
Mr Carswell argued overregulation from Brussels has strangled economies across Europe.
He asserted: “Look at the EU’s attempt to order Europe by design.
“It’s got a currency created by experts that has created nothing but poverty and debt.
“Since 1992 Europe’s trade has grown much more slowly than the rest of the world
“It creates uniform rules so a 35 hour working week, data rules, the belief that someone in Brussels knows what data can and can’t do in the future.
“It’s killing Europe, it’s killing European innovation. It’s a disaster I would say.”
The UK had been set to depart the EU on March 29.
This has since been delayed twice, to October 31, unless Theresa May’s Brexit deal is approved by Parliament.
As polls show a sustained lead for remain, the Lib Dems have schooled Change UK with their direct, unambiguous message
Here’s how we can halt Brexit in its tracks. Uefa, the governing body of European football, should announce that from now on participation in the Champions League and the Europa League will be limited to members of the European Union. If Britain leaves the EU, the Premier League’s finest will be barred from taking part. The response would be immediate: support for Brexit would plummet, with the plunge most visible in Liverpool, Chelsea and concentrated parts of north London.
With “**** to Brexit”, the Lib Dems have replied to Farage’s simple, and simplistic, messaging in the same coin. And it’s worked. People are speaking about the stance of a party that, until last week’s English council elections, had been given up for dead. Now it seems as if the Lib Dems were merely sleeping, that they had not lost the campaigning nous that made them a formidable force locally and in successive general elections, regularly polling a fifth or more of the vote.
The ground might just be shifting on Brexit. The polls are saying it, with a steady and sustained lead for remain over leave. The cause of remain was counted out, but if there’s one thing this week has shown – when it comes to a high-stakes fight for staying in Europe, even the most dramatic comebacks are possible.
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Brexit: Court date for campaign to get Johnson prosecuted for referendum 'lies' about paying EU £350m a week 'This would be the beginning of the end of lying in politics in the UK,' private prosecutor says
A crowdfunding campaign attempting to have Boris Johnson prosecuted for his “lies” about Brexit will receive a hearing in court later this month. The Brexit Justice campaign alleges Mr Johnson abused public trust by “intentionally misleading” voters over his claim Britain pays £350m a week to the European Union.
The former foreign secretary has previously been warned by the UK’s official statistics watchdog the figure, which was infamously emblazoned on the side of a Brexit campaign bus, is a “misuse of public statistics”.
Mr Johnson’s case will receive its first private hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 14 May, where the campaign hopes it will proceed to trial on criminal charges for misconduct in public office – an offence carrying a potential prison sentence.
Since its launch last year, thousands of backers have donated more than £370,000, while celebrities such as Sir Alan Sugar and Paloma Faith have tweeted their support.
Marcus Ball, a private prosecutor who brought the case against the Conservative MP, said: “If a company director lies to shareholders about financial matters they can be prosecuted. If a self-employed person lies to HMRC about their spending or income they can be prosecuted. If a member of the public lies to the police about an ongoing investigation they can be prosecuted.
“This is because society and public trust cannot function based upon false information. So, why shouldn’t a politician be prosecuted for abusing public trust by lying about public spending figures?”
The 29-year-old, who revealed he has been working on the prosecution for three years, said the “world first” case was an attempt to make it illegal for MPs to “lie to the public about financial matters”.
“This would be the beginning of the end of lying in politics in the UK,” he added. Mr Johnson has previously been rebuked over the £350m-a-week claim. In 2017, Sir David Norgrove, head of the UK Statistics Authority, wrote to him saying: “I am surprised and disappointed that you have chosen to repeat the figure of £350m per week, in connection with the amount that might be available for extra public spending when we leave the European Union.
“This confuses gross and net contributions. It also assumes that payments currently made to the UK by the EU, including for example for the support of agriculture and scientific research, will not be paid by the UK government when we leave. It is a clear misuse of official statistics.”
Mr Johnson has previously defended his use of the figure. Earlier this year he told The Guardian: “There was an error on the side of the bus. We grossly underestimated the sum over which we would be able to take back control.
“As and when the cash becomes available – and it won’t until we leave – the NHS should be at the very top of the list.” Mr Johnson has been contacted for comment.
I find it all " very convenient " ....that the remainers constantly spout their vitriole about facts and figures , but whenever the financial failings of the EU are brought up , they are very keen to swerve it . $10 billion in EU funds lost to fraud between 2002 and 2017 just one example.
‘The EU is KILLING Europe’ - Brexit backer launches FIERY attack on Brussels over trade
THE ECONOMIC record of the European Union has come under fierce attack by leading Brexit advocate Douglas Carswell, who argued Brussels is “killing Europe” The former MP for Clacton made the argument on Thursday at an event hosted by pro-free market publication 1828. Mr Carswell took particular aim at the Euro currency, which he claimed had produced “nothing but poverty and debt”. He argued Brexit is an opportunity for the UK to push a ‘Heyekian’ policy based on boosting free trade. The prominent Brexiteer commented: “For generations the mantra of our ruling elites in every European country, was that European integration was the key to the strength and success and prosperity of Europe.
“Absolute twaddle. Since 2009 the output of China has grown by 139 percent. Of India by 96 percent.
“The output of the Eurozone since 2009 is down minus two percent.”
Mr Carswell was first elected as MP for Clacton in 2005 on a Conservative ticket.
In 2014 he sensationally defected to UKIP, retaining his seat in both a by-election and the subsequent 2015 General Election.
The Brexiteer later quit UKIP and served out his term as an independent.
Mr Carswell argued overregulation from Brussels has strangled economies across Europe.
He asserted: “Look at the EU’s attempt to order Europe by design.
“It’s got a currency created by experts that has created nothing but poverty and debt.
“Since 1992 Europe’s trade has grown much more slowly than the rest of the world
“It creates uniform rules so a 35 hour working week, data rules, the belief that someone in Brussels knows what data can and can’t do in the future.
“It’s killing Europe, it’s killing European innovation. It’s a disaster I would say.”
The UK had been set to depart the EU on March 29.
This has since been delayed twice, to October 31, unless Theresa May’s Brexit deal is approved by Parliament.
2/45 Brexit campaign Boris Johnson MP, Labour MP Gisela Stuart and UKIP MP Douglas Carswell address the people of Stafford in Market Square during the Vote Leave Brexit Battle Bus tour on 17 May 2016. Their lead line on the tour was: “We send the EU £350 million a week, let's fund our NHS instead.”
In their annoyance at the people for rejecting their beloved EU, yesterday’s men claimed that the people had been bamboozled by lies, Russian propaganda and their stupidity in not understanding the huge benefits of the EU. Particularly to our establishment. Their real concern was that their own lies and manufactured fears were rejected by the people after forty years’ experience of the rambling shambles that is the EU. Defeated, they’ve now launched an even bigger programme of lies to put the people back into their box and con them to stay in it and the EU. They’re top grade lies, mostly propagated by the author of the Iraq Dossier as Tony Blair’s representative on earth, one A Campbell. Here are the lies: DEMOCRACY REQUIRES THE PEOPLE TO VOTE AGAIN This is really a confidence trick based on the assumption that apathy and fed-upness at being buggered about will reduce the Brexit vote to allow some of the people to reverse the vote of more of them. It can’t be a vote on Mrs May’s solution because Parliament won’t pass it and the politicians can’t agree on any alternative. So the ballot will be “Stay in? Yes or Yes”. The EU will reject any alternative, as it did with Greece’s referendum. BRITAIN BELONGS AT THE HEART OF EUROPE Although it’s already relegated to the periphery. Unless it accepts the euro, Schengen, the EU army and the dominance of Germany, it must stay there and unlike most members we won’t get any aid. Only our own money back with their costs taken out. THE EU IS OUR BEST MARKET In fact it’s a protective bloc set up to protect French agriculture and German manufacturing. Its share of world trade is declining, the euro wont work and has led to deflation and unemployment. We run a £95 billion deficit which means the export of jobs, money and demand. Membership is a drain not a boost.
LEAVING WOULD BE TO CRASH OVER THE CLIFF EDGE INTO DISASTER Oddly the rest of the world trades with the EU on WTO terms more successfully than we do as members. They can hardly punish us without damaging themselves and the scare stories of the Treasury and the Bank of England both assume that Brexit would mean deflation. In fact it would compel a Keynesian expansion, the opening of new markets and cheaper food. WE’D BE ALONE AND IGNORED Yet small nations are the most successful; independent nations are growing faster because they can manage their economies to suit their own purposes. Outside a bloc designed to suit France and Germany, so can we. BREXIT WOULD BE DISASTROUS FOR BUSINESS Small business doesn’t trade with the EU. The assumption is that British business has no guts, no resilience, can’t compete in other markets and is totally dependent on trade agreements negotiated by the EU in its interest not ours. British complacency might benefit from a shock, as Australia and New Zealand did when Britain betrayed them to join the EU. There is however one element of truth – though it’s one they don’t tell. Our leaders love the EU because it gives them a bigger stage to strut on, an excuse for their failures and the illusion that they’re still important – the only satisfaction left to them, after screwing up Britain.
SIR Vince Cable was accused of "desperate" tactics last night after publishing the Lib Dem European Parliament election manifesto under the title: "B******* to Brexit." The foul-mouthed slogan was emblazoned across the front of the document as part of the party's fierce opposition to the UK's departure from the EU. Sir Vince, due to retire as Lib Dem leader later this year, admitted some people might be offended but insisted the party's message about Brexit was "honest". He said: "OK, maybe as a country we have lost our sense of humour but it is an attempt to put, in a more pungent way, what an awful lot of people think. It is clear, it is honest. Some people will be offended, some people are easily offended." "Other people will think, these guys are absolutely straight forward about what they believe."
Sir Vince said that the manifesto amounted to a "blueprint for what the UK could achieve if Brexit was stopped".
He added: "Brexit is a failed project, which must now be stopped so our country and the whole of Europe can get on with dealing with the big challenges we face."
But critics saw the move as an attention grabbing stunt.
Tory MP Andrew Bridgen said: "This is desperate stuff. The Lib Dems should drop the word 'Democrats' from their name because they appear to be intent on abusing democracy."
1/45 Brexit campaign Boris Johnson led the VoteLeave campaign
2/45 Brexit campaign Boris Johnson MP, Labour MP Gisela Stuart and UKIP MP Douglas Carswell address the people of Stafford in Market Square during the Vote Leave Brexit Battle Bus tour on 17 May 2016. Their lead line on the tour was: “We send the EU £350 million a week, let's fund our NHS instead.”
3/45 Voting day A man shelters from the rain as he arrives at a polling station in London on 23 June 2016. Millions of Britons voted in the referendum on whether to stay in or leave the European Union
4/45 Referendum results Leader of Ukip, Nigel Farage, reacts at the Leave EU referendum party at Millbank Tower in central London as results indicated that it was likely the UK would leave the European Union
5/45 Protesting the result A young couple painted as EU flags and a man with a sign reading “I’m not leaving” protest outside Downing Street against the voters decision to leave the EU on 24 June 2016
6/45 David Cameron resigns British Prime Minister David Cameron resigns on the steps of 10 Downing Street on 24 June 2016 after the results of the EU referendum were declared and the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union
8/45 Lancaster House keynote speech on Brexit British Prime Minister Theresa May delivers her keynote speech on Brexit at Lancaster House in London on 17 January 2017. Where she spoke about her offer to introduce a transition period after the UK formally leaves the European Union in March 2019. Despite repeating the pro-Brexit mantra of “no deal is better than a bad deal”, the Prime Minister claimed she wanted a “tone of trust” between the negotiators and said Britain was leaving the EU but not Europe. She said there should be a clear double lock needed for the transitional period to make sure businesses had time to prepare for changes to their trading relationships with the EU
9/45 Triggering of Article 50 British Prime Minister Theresa May in the cabinet, sitting below a painting of Britain's first Prime Minister Robert Walpole, signs the official letter to European Council President Donald Tusk invoking Article 50 and the United Kingdom's intention to leave the EU on 29 March 2017
10/45 Gibraltar nonsense Tensions have risen over Brexit negotiations for the Rock of Gibraltar. The European Council has said Gibraltar would be included in a trade deal between London and Brussels only with the agreement of Spain. While former Conservative leader Michael Howard claimed that Theresa May would be prepared to go to war to protect the territory. Spain's foreign minister stepped in only to assert that there was no need for the dispute
11/45 Shock snap election Soon after triggering Article 50, Theresa May called on 18 April 2017 for a snap general election. The election would be on 8 June and it came as a shock move to many, with her reasoning to try to bolster her position before tough talks on leaving the EU
12/45 Dissolution of Parliament for General Election Campaign Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement in Downing Street after returning from Buckingham Palace on 3 May 2017. The Prime Minister visited the Queen to ask for the dissolution of Parliament signalling the official start to the general election campaign
13/45 Conservatives lose parliamentary majority An arrangement of British daily newspapers showing front page stories about the exit poll results of the snap general election. British Prime Minister Theresa May faced pressure to resign on 9 June 2017 after losing her parliamentary majority, plunging the country into uncertainty as Brexit talks loomed. The pound fell sharply amid fears the Conservative leader would be unable to form a government
14/45 Labour gains Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn gives a tumbs up as he arrives at Labour headquarters in central London on 9 June 2017 after the snap general election results showed a hung parliament with Labour gains and the Conservatives losing their majority
15/45 Brexit negotiations begin Brexit Minister David Davis and European Commission member in charge of Brexit negotiations Michel Barnier address a press conference at the end of the first day of Brexit negotiations in Brussels on 19 June 2017
16/45 May speaks in Florence British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks on 22 September 2017, in Florence. May sought to unlock Brexit talks after Brussels demanded more clarity on the crunch issues of budget payments and EU citizens' rights
17/45 EU council summit – insufficient progress German Chancellor Angela Merkel joins other EU leaders for a breakfast meeting during an EU summit in Brussels on 20 October 2017. The EU spoke about Brexit and announced that insufficient progress had been made
18/45 DUP derails settlement on the withdrawal part of Brexit DUP Deputy Leader Nigel Dodds walks off after speaking to members of the media as a protester holding flags shouts after him outside the Houses of Parliament on 5 December 2017. British Prime Minister Theresa May was forced to pull out of a deal with Brussels after the DUP said it would not accept terms which see Northern Ireland treated differently from the rest of the UK
19/45 May suffers defeat over EU (Withdrawal) Bill Theresa May suffers defeat in parliament over EU (Withdrawal) Bill on 13 December 2017. The Government was defeated by Conservative rebels and Labour MPs in a vote on its key piece of Brexit legislation. MPs amended the EU (Withdrawal) Bill against Theresa May's will, guaranteeing Parliament a “meaningful” vote on any Brexit deal she agrees with Brussels. Ms May's whips applied pressure on Conservative rebels who remained defiant in the Commons throughout the day and in the end the Government was defeated by 309 votes to 305
20/45 EU council summit – sufficient progress Britain's Prime minister Theresa May arrives to attend the first day of a European union summit in Brussels on 14 December 2017. European leaders discussed Brexit and announced there was finally sufficient progress at the end of the two days
21/45 The game moves to transition Brexit Secretary David Davis gives evidence on developments in European Union divorce talks to the Commons Exiting the EU Committee in Portcullis House, London, on 24 January 2018
22/45 Trade deal is what May wants French President Emmanuel Macron gestures to Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May after they hold a press conference at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, on 18 January 2018. May and Macron agreed a new border security deal, through which the UK will pay more to France to stop migrants trying to reach British shores on 18 January 2018
23/45 Transition period agreed The UK and EU agree terms for Brexit transition period on 19 March, 2018
24/45 No agreement on Irish border The EU and UK however failed to reach an agreement on the Irish border during the successful talks on other Brexit issues
25/45 EU attacks May’s ‘fantasy’ strategy For months after the March deal is struck there is little significant progress in talks. One senior EU official tears into Britain’s ‘fantasy’ negotiating strategy and accuses Theresa May of not even having a position on a variety of important issue
26/45 UK releases Ireland plan Britain releases a new customs plan to solve the Northern Ireland border but Michel Barnier says it leaves ‘unanswered’ questions and would not prevent a hard border
27/45 Chequers plan agreed The cabinet agrees on a plan known as the "Chequers deal" on July 6 2018. The plan seeks regulatory alignment on goods and food, divergence on services, freedom from the European Courts of Justice and an end to free movement. Many were surprised that the hard Brexiteers of the cabinet would agree to this plan
28/45 Chequers plan sparks resignations Brexit Secretary David Davis and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and numerous ministers resign in the days following the Chequers agreement
29/45 Davis out, Raab in On 9 July, Dominic Raab replaces David Davis as Brexit Secretary. Raab is a keen Brexiteer and was a housing minister before taking over from Davis
30/45 Barnier's "deal like no other" EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier claims on August 29 2018 that they are prepared to offer Britain a trade deal like no other, though he stressed that they will not divide or change the single market to accommodate Britain
31/45 "My deal or no deal" In an interview on Panorama on September 17, the Prime Minister insists that any Brexit deal will be offered to the EU on her terms. She asserts this amongst continued attacks on her approach to Brexit by Boris Johnson and the European Research Group, headed by Jacob Rees Mogg
32/45 EU leaders reject Chequers Quite the blow was dealt to the Prime Minister at a EU leaders summit in Salzburg on September 20. European Council President Donald Tusk stated that the Chequers deal "will not work"
33/45 May demands respect Following the rejection of her Chequers plan the day before, the Prime Minister voiced her anger that the EU had dismissed it without offering an alternative. She stated that “throughout this process, I have treated the EU with nothing but respect. The UK expects the same. A good relationship at the end of this process depends on it."
34/45 People's Vote march As the People's Vote campaign and The Independent's Final Say campaign gain traction, 700,000 people turn out in London to demand a final say on the UK's Brexit deal on October 20 2018
35/45 More resignations As the Prime Minister settles on a Brexit deal, Brexit secretary Dominic Raab resigns along with Work and Pensions secretary Esther McVey and many other ministers
36/45 Final Say petitions delivered to Downing Street People's Vote supporting MPs Chukka Umunna, Justine Greening and Caroline Lucas and The Independent editor Christian Broughton deliver over a million signatures in favour of a People's Vote to the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street on December 3 2018
37/45 May delays vote On December 10, the Prime Minister delayed the vote on her Brexit deal as it was near certain not to pass through the Commons due to Tory rebels and lack of DUP support
38/45 No confidence motion Tory MPs triggered a confidence vote in the Prime Minister on December 12. She won by 200 votes to 117
39/45 Commons rejects the deal Following the delay, the Prime Minister's deal was rejected in the Commons by a historic 230 votes
40/45 Corbyn tables a no confidence motion Following the rejection of the Prime Minister's deal, opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn tabled a motion of no confidence in the government, which the government won by a margin of 19
41/45 Plan B The Prime Minister won the support of the commons to return to Brussels to renegotiate the backstop on January 29. In the same sitting, MPs also voted against a no-deal Brexit in a non-legally binding motion
42/45 EU council president savages Brexit campaigners who failed to plan for departure: ‘Special place in ****’ There is a “special place in ****” for pro-Brexit campaigners who demanded Britain leave the EU without explaining how it should happen, Donald Tusk has said. The European Council president launched the scathing attack as he accused anti-EU campaigners of pushing for Brexit “without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it out safely.” Mr Tusk also dismissed suggestions that the EU could reopen negotiations over the controversial Northern Ireland backstop, dealing a blow to Theresa May‘s hopes of securing fresh concessions as she tries to get her exit deal through parliament. Speaking in Brussels alongside Irish taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Mr Tusk said: “I’ve been wondering what a special place in **** looks like for people who promoted Brexit without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it out safely.” He also tweeted the accusation moments later
43/45 EU and UK announce talks to restart after Theresa May visits Brussels Both have agreed to restart Brexit talks to find “a way through” the deadlock in Westminster, following a visit by Theresa May to Brussels. In a joint statement the British government and European Commission said Ms May had had a “robust but constructive” meeting with president Jean-Claude Juncker, and that the pair would meet again before the end of the month. But the EU again refused to reopen the withdrawal agreement and its controversial backstop – with any negotiations expected to focus on the future relationship between the UK and EU instead
44/45 Brexit strategy lost MPs voted down May's Brext plans, with a majority of 45. The prime minister did not appear in parliament to see another defeat
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BREXIT Party leader Nigel Farage has been accused of fleeing the scene of a car crash, involving his chauffeur driven Range Rover, which left another driver requiring hospital treatment and feeling “dumbfounded”.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1125678/Brexit-News-Nigel-Farage-Brexit-Party-leader-car-crash-European-elections-EU-exit
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Jeremy Hosking previously donated hundreds of thousands of pounds to Brexit-backing Tory MP candidates at the 2017 election.
A businessman who has previously donated hundreds of thousands of pounds to the Conservative Party has been confirmed as a major financial backer of the Brexit Party.
Jeremy Hosking was one of a number of donors who have donated large sums of money to Nigel Farage's new party, a spokesman for the Brexit Party told Sky News.
Last weekend, leader Mr Farage told Sky's Sophy Ridge on Sunday that a single donor had given more than £100,000 to the party, but did not reveal his identity, saying it would happen after the EU parliament elections later this month.
The party spokesman would not confirm however that Mr Hosking was the mystery donor who gave that huge single donation.
The millionaire businessman donated £1.5m to Vote Leave in 2016, and donated hundreds of thousands of pounds to Brexit-backing Conservative MP candidates in the 2017 general election
Speaking to The Telegraph, Mr Hosking said he decided to start donating to the Brexit Party because he was getting sick of being "taken in" by the Conservatives who were failing to deliver on Brexit.
He added he knew of more Conservative donors who have given similar sorts of sums to the Brexit Party.
Mr Hosking said he had given £200,000 over the last few weeks, with the last sum being donated on Wednesday, after confirmation the UK would be taking part in EU elections.
Talking about the Brexit Party leader, he told The Telegraph: "I look at Nigel Farage and I see a political leader who is the only person in a leadership position who has been telling us the truth for 25 years."
Back in December, Mr Hosking told Sky News he thought that remaining in the EU would be better than Theresa May's deal.
He added that "with Mrs May's deal we will have lost Article 50, we'll be in a customised straitjacket with the EU, whereas if we were to remain we could look at the whole thing from a fresh standpoint".
THE ECONOMIC record of the European Union has come under fierce attack by leading Brexit advocate Douglas Carswell, who argued Brussels is “killing Europe”
The former MP for Clacton made the argument on Thursday at an event hosted by pro-free market publication 1828. Mr Carswell took particular aim at the Euro currency, which he claimed had produced “nothing but poverty and debt”. He argued Brexit is an opportunity for the UK to push a ‘Heyekian’ policy based on boosting free trade.
The prominent Brexiteer commented: “For generations the mantra of our ruling elites in every European country, was that European integration was the key to the strength and success and prosperity of Europe.
“Absolute twaddle. Since 2009 the output of China has grown by 139 percent. Of India by 96 percent.
“The output of the Eurozone since 2009 is down minus two percent.”
Mr Carswell was first elected as MP for Clacton in 2005 on a Conservative ticket.
In 2014 he sensationally defected to UKIP, retaining his seat in both a by-election and the subsequent 2015 General Election.
The Brexiteer later quit UKIP and served out his term as an independent.
Mr Carswell argued overregulation from Brussels has strangled economies across Europe.
He asserted: “Look at the EU’s attempt to order Europe by design.
“It’s got a currency created by experts that has created nothing but poverty and debt.
“Since 1992 Europe’s trade has grown much more slowly than the rest of the world
“It creates uniform rules so a 35 hour working week, data rules, the belief that someone in Brussels knows what data can and can’t do in the future.
“It’s killing Europe, it’s killing European innovation. It’s a disaster I would say.”
The UK had been set to depart the EU on March 29.
This has since been delayed twice, to October 31, unless Theresa May’s Brexit deal is approved by Parliament.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1125682/Brexit-news-EU-exit-backer-Brussels-European-regulation-Douglas-Carswell-UKIP-Brexit-Party
As polls show a sustained lead for remain, the Lib Dems have schooled Change UK with their direct, unambiguous message
Here’s how we can halt Brexit in its tracks. Uefa, the governing body of European football, should announce that from now on participation in the Champions League and the Europa League will be limited to members of the European Union. If Britain leaves the EU, the Premier League’s finest will be barred from taking part. The response would be immediate: support for Brexit would plummet, with the plunge most visible in Liverpool, Chelsea and concentrated parts of north London.
With “**** to Brexit”, the Lib Dems have replied to Farage’s simple, and simplistic, messaging in the same coin. And it’s worked. People are speaking about the stance of a party that, until last week’s English council elections, had been given up for dead. Now it seems as if the Lib Dems were merely sleeping, that they had not lost the campaigning nous that made them a formidable force locally and in successive general elections, regularly polling a fifth or more of the vote.
The ground might just be shifting on Brexit. The polls are saying it, with a steady and sustained lead for remain over leave. The cause of remain was counted out, but if there’s one thing this week has shown – when it comes to a high-stakes fight for staying in Europe, even the most dramatic comebacks are possible.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/10/secret-stop-brexit-keep-simple
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'This would be the beginning of the end of lying in politics in the UK,' private prosecutor says
A crowdfunding campaign attempting to have Boris Johnson prosecuted for his “lies” about Brexit will receive a hearing in court later this month.
The Brexit Justice campaign alleges Mr Johnson abused public trust by “intentionally misleading” voters over his claim Britain pays £350m a week to the European Union.
The former foreign secretary has previously been warned by the UK’s official statistics watchdog the figure, which was infamously emblazoned on the side of a Brexit campaign bus, is a “misuse of public statistics”.
Mr Johnson’s case will receive its first private hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 14 May, where the campaign hopes it will proceed to trial on criminal charges for misconduct in public office – an offence carrying a potential prison sentence.
Since its launch last year, thousands of backers have donated more than £370,000, while celebrities such as Sir Alan Sugar and Paloma Faith have tweeted their support.
Marcus Ball, a private prosecutor who brought the case against the Conservative MP, said: “If a company director lies to shareholders about financial matters they can be prosecuted. If a self-employed person lies to HMRC about their spending or income they can be prosecuted. If a member of the public lies to the police about an ongoing investigation they can be prosecuted.
“This is because society and public trust cannot function based upon false information. So, why shouldn’t a politician be prosecuted for abusing public trust by lying about public spending figures?”
The 29-year-old, who revealed he has been working on the prosecution for three years, said the “world first” case was an attempt to make it illegal for MPs to “lie to the public about financial matters”.
“This would be the beginning of the end of lying in politics in the UK,” he added.
Mr Johnson has previously been rebuked over the £350m-a-week claim.
In 2017, Sir David Norgrove, head of the UK Statistics Authority, wrote to him saying: “I am surprised and disappointed that you have chosen to repeat the figure of £350m per week, in connection with the amount that might be available for extra public spending when we leave the European Union.
“This confuses gross and net contributions. It also assumes that payments currently made to the UK by the EU, including for example for the support of agriculture and scientific research, will not be paid by the UK government when we leave. It is a clear misuse of official statistics.”
Mr Johnson has previously defended his use of the figure.
Earlier this year he told The Guardian: “There was an error on the side of the bus. We grossly underestimated the sum over which we would be able to take back control.
“As and when the cash becomes available – and it won’t until we leave – the NHS should be at the very top of the list.”
Mr Johnson has been contacted for comment.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-boris-johnson-court-prosecution-vote-leave-bus-westminster-magistrates-a8904286.html
$10 billion in EU funds lost to fraud between 2002 and 2017 just one example.
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Boris Johnson MP, Labour MP Gisela Stuart and UKIP MP Douglas Carswell address the people of Stafford in Market Square during the Vote Leave Brexit Battle Bus tour on 17 May 2016. Their lead line on the tour was: “We send the EU £350 million a week, let's fund our NHS instead.”
In their annoyance at the people for rejecting their beloved EU, yesterday’s men claimed that the people had been bamboozled by lies, Russian propaganda and their stupidity in not understanding the huge benefits of the EU. Particularly to our establishment. Their real concern was that their own lies and manufactured fears were rejected by the people after forty years’ experience of the rambling shambles that is the EU. Defeated, they’ve now launched an even bigger programme of lies to put the people back into their box and con them to stay in it and the EU. They’re top grade lies, mostly propagated by the author of the Iraq Dossier as Tony Blair’s representative on earth, one A Campbell. Here are the lies: DEMOCRACY REQUIRES THE PEOPLE TO VOTE AGAIN This is really a confidence trick based on the assumption that apathy and fed-upness at being buggered about will reduce the Brexit vote to allow some of the people to reverse the vote of more of them. It can’t be a vote on Mrs May’s solution because Parliament won’t pass it and the politicians can’t agree on any alternative. So the ballot will be “Stay in? Yes or Yes”. The EU will reject any alternative, as it did with Greece’s referendum. BRITAIN BELONGS AT THE HEART OF EUROPE Although it’s already relegated to the periphery. Unless it accepts the euro, Schengen, the EU army and the dominance of Germany, it must stay there and unlike most members we won’t get any aid. Only our own money back with their costs taken out. THE EU IS OUR BEST MARKET In fact it’s a protective bloc set up to protect French agriculture and German manufacturing. Its share of world trade is declining, the euro wont work and has led to deflation and unemployment. We run a £95 billion deficit which means the export of jobs, money and demand. Membership is a drain not a boost.
LEAVING WOULD BE TO CRASH OVER THE CLIFF EDGE INTO DISASTER Oddly the rest of the world trades with the EU on WTO terms more successfully than we do as members. They can hardly punish us without damaging themselves and the scare stories of the Treasury and the Bank of England both assume that Brexit would mean deflation. In fact it would compel a Keynesian expansion, the opening of new markets and cheaper food. WE’D BE ALONE AND IGNORED Yet small nations are the most successful; independent nations are growing faster because they can manage their economies to suit their own purposes. Outside a bloc designed to suit France and Germany, so can we. BREXIT WOULD BE DISASTROUS FOR BUSINESS Small business doesn’t trade with the EU. The assumption is that British business has no guts, no resilience, can’t compete in other markets and is totally dependent on trade agreements negotiated by the EU in its interest not ours. British complacency might benefit from a shock, as Australia and New Zealand did when Britain betrayed them to join the EU. There is however one element of truth – though it’s one they don’t tell. Our leaders love the EU because it gives them a bigger stage to strut on, an excuse for their failures and the illusion that they’re still important – the only satisfaction left to them, after screwing up Britain.
https://brexitcentral.com/remainers-shocking-litany-lies/
SIR Vince Cable was accused of "desperate" tactics last night after publishing the Lib Dem European Parliament election manifesto under the title: "B******* to Brexit." The foul-mouthed slogan was emblazoned across the front of the document as part of the party's fierce opposition to the UK's departure from the EU. Sir Vince, due to retire as Lib Dem leader later this year, admitted some people might be offended but insisted the party's message about Brexit was "honest". He said: "OK, maybe as a country we have lost our sense of humour but it is an attempt to put, in a more pungent way, what an awful lot of people think. It is clear, it is honest. Some people will be offended, some people are easily offended."
"Other people will think, these guys are absolutely straight forward about what they believe."
Sir Vince said that the manifesto amounted to a "blueprint for what the UK could achieve if Brexit was stopped".
He added: "Brexit is a failed project, which must now be stopped so our country and the whole of Europe can get on with dealing with the big challenges we face."
But critics saw the move as an attention grabbing stunt.
Tory MP Andrew Bridgen said: "This is desperate stuff. The Lib Dems should drop the word 'Democrats' from their name because they appear to be intent on abusing democracy."
1/45 Brexit campaign
Boris Johnson led the VoteLeave campaign
2/45 Brexit campaign
Boris Johnson MP, Labour MP Gisela Stuart and UKIP MP Douglas Carswell address the people of Stafford in Market Square during the Vote Leave Brexit Battle Bus tour on 17 May 2016. Their lead line on the tour was: “We send the EU £350 million a week, let's fund our NHS instead.”
3/45 Voting day
A man shelters from the rain as he arrives at a polling station in London on 23 June 2016. Millions of Britons voted in the referendum on whether to stay in or leave the European Union
4/45 Referendum results
Leader of Ukip, Nigel Farage, reacts at the Leave EU referendum party at Millbank Tower in central London as results indicated that it was likely the UK would leave the European Union
5/45 Protesting the result
A young couple painted as EU flags and a man with a sign reading “I’m not leaving” protest outside Downing Street against the voters decision to leave the EU on 24 June 2016
6/45 David Cameron resigns
British Prime Minister David Cameron resigns on the steps of 10 Downing Street on 24 June 2016 after the results of the EU referendum were declared and the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union
8/45 Lancaster House keynote speech on Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May delivers her keynote speech on Brexit at Lancaster House in London on 17 January 2017. Where she spoke about her offer to introduce a transition period after the UK formally leaves the European Union in March 2019. Despite repeating the pro-Brexit mantra of “no deal is better than a bad deal”, the Prime Minister claimed she wanted a “tone of trust” between the negotiators and said Britain was leaving the EU but not Europe. She said there should be a clear double lock needed for the transitional period to make sure businesses had time to prepare for changes to their trading relationships with the EU
9/45 Triggering of Article 50
British Prime Minister Theresa May in the cabinet, sitting below a painting of Britain's first Prime Minister Robert Walpole, signs the official letter to European Council President Donald Tusk invoking Article 50 and the United Kingdom's intention to leave the EU on 29 March 2017
10/45 Gibraltar nonsense
Tensions have risen over Brexit negotiations for the Rock of Gibraltar. The European Council has said Gibraltar would be included in a trade deal between London and Brussels only with the agreement of Spain. While former Conservative leader Michael Howard claimed that Theresa May would be prepared to go to war to protect the territory. Spain's foreign minister stepped in only to assert that there was no need for the dispute
11/45 Shock snap election
Soon after triggering Article 50, Theresa May called on 18 April 2017 for a snap general election. The election would be on 8 June and it came as a shock move to many, with her reasoning to try to bolster her position before tough talks on leaving the EU
12/45 Dissolution of Parliament for General Election Campaign
Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement in Downing Street after returning from Buckingham Palace on 3 May 2017. The Prime Minister visited the Queen to ask for the dissolution of Parliament signalling the official start to the general election campaign
13/45 Conservatives lose parliamentary majority
An arrangement of British daily newspapers showing front page stories about the exit poll results of the snap general election. British Prime Minister Theresa May faced pressure to resign on 9 June 2017 after losing her parliamentary majority, plunging the country into uncertainty as Brexit talks loomed. The pound fell sharply amid fears the Conservative leader would be unable to form a government
14/45 Labour gains
Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn gives a tumbs up as he arrives at Labour headquarters in central London on 9 June 2017 after the snap general election results showed a hung parliament with Labour gains and the Conservatives losing their majority
15/45 Brexit negotiations begin
Brexit Minister David Davis and European Commission member in charge of Brexit negotiations Michel Barnier address a press conference at the end of the first day of Brexit negotiations in Brussels on 19 June 2017
16/45 May speaks in Florence
British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks on 22 September 2017, in Florence. May sought to unlock Brexit talks after Brussels demanded more clarity on the crunch issues of budget payments and EU citizens' rights
17/45 EU council summit – insufficient progress
German Chancellor Angela Merkel joins other EU leaders for a breakfast meeting during an EU summit in Brussels on 20 October 2017. The EU spoke about Brexit and announced that insufficient progress had been made
18/45 DUP derails settlement on the withdrawal part of Brexit
DUP Deputy Leader Nigel Dodds walks off after speaking to members of the media as a protester holding flags shouts after him outside the Houses of Parliament on 5 December 2017. British Prime Minister Theresa May was forced to pull out of a deal with Brussels after the DUP said it would not accept terms which see Northern Ireland treated differently from the rest of the UK
19/45 May suffers defeat over EU (Withdrawal) Bill
Theresa May suffers defeat in parliament over EU (Withdrawal) Bill on 13 December 2017. The Government was defeated by Conservative rebels and Labour MPs in a vote on its key piece of Brexit legislation. MPs amended the EU (Withdrawal) Bill against Theresa May's will, guaranteeing Parliament a “meaningful” vote on any Brexit deal she agrees with Brussels. Ms May's whips applied pressure on Conservative rebels who remained defiant in the Commons throughout the day and in the end the Government was defeated by 309 votes to 305
20/45 EU council summit – sufficient progress
Britain's Prime minister Theresa May arrives to attend the first day of a European union summit in Brussels on 14 December 2017. European leaders discussed Brexit and announced there was finally sufficient progress at the end of the two days
21/45 The game moves to transition
Brexit Secretary David Davis gives evidence on developments in European Union divorce talks to the Commons Exiting the EU Committee in Portcullis House, London, on 24 January 2018
22/45 Trade deal is what May wants
French President Emmanuel Macron gestures to Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May after they hold a press conference at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, on 18 January 2018. May and Macron agreed a new border security deal, through which the UK will pay more to France to stop migrants trying to reach British shores on 18 January 2018
23/45 Transition period agreed
The UK and EU agree terms for Brexit transition period on 19 March, 2018
24/45 No agreement on Irish border
The EU and UK however failed to reach an agreement on the Irish border during the successful talks on other Brexit issues
25/45 EU attacks May’s ‘fantasy’ strategy
For months after the March deal is struck there is little significant progress in talks. One senior EU official tears into Britain’s ‘fantasy’ negotiating strategy and accuses Theresa May of not even having a position on a variety of important issue
26/45 UK releases Ireland plan
Britain releases a new customs plan to solve the Northern Ireland border but Michel Barnier says it leaves ‘unanswered’ questions and would not prevent a hard border
27/45 Chequers plan agreed
The cabinet agrees on a plan known as the "Chequers deal" on July 6 2018. The plan seeks regulatory alignment on goods and food, divergence on services, freedom from the European Courts of Justice and an end to free movement. Many were surprised that the hard Brexiteers of the cabinet would agree to this plan
28/45 Chequers plan sparks resignations
Brexit Secretary David Davis and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and numerous ministers resign in the days following the Chequers agreement
29/45 Davis out, Raab in
On 9 July, Dominic Raab replaces David Davis as Brexit Secretary. Raab is a keen Brexiteer and was a housing minister before taking over from Davis
30/45 Barnier's "deal like no other"
EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier claims on August 29 2018 that they are prepared to offer Britain a trade deal like no other, though he stressed that they will not divide or change the single market to accommodate Britain
31/45 "My deal or no deal"
In an interview on Panorama on September 17, the Prime Minister insists that any Brexit deal will be offered to the EU on her terms. She asserts this amongst continued attacks on her approach to Brexit by Boris Johnson and the European Research Group, headed by Jacob Rees Mogg
32/45 EU leaders reject Chequers
Quite the blow was dealt to the Prime Minister at a EU leaders summit in Salzburg on September 20. European Council President Donald Tusk stated that the Chequers deal "will not work"
33/45 May demands respect
Following the rejection of her Chequers plan the day before, the Prime Minister voiced her anger that the EU had dismissed it without offering an alternative. She stated that “throughout this process, I have treated the EU with nothing but respect. The UK expects the same. A good relationship at the end of this process depends on it."
34/45 People's Vote march
As the People's Vote campaign and The Independent's Final Say campaign gain traction, 700,000 people turn out in London to demand a final say on the UK's Brexit deal on October 20 2018
35/45 More resignations
As the Prime Minister settles on a Brexit deal, Brexit secretary Dominic Raab resigns along with Work and Pensions secretary Esther McVey and many other ministers
36/45 Final Say petitions delivered to Downing Street
People's Vote supporting MPs Chukka Umunna, Justine Greening and Caroline Lucas and The Independent editor Christian Broughton deliver over a million signatures in favour of a People's Vote to the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street on December 3 2018
37/45 May delays vote
On December 10, the Prime Minister delayed the vote on her Brexit deal as it was near certain not to pass through the Commons due to Tory rebels and lack of DUP support
38/45 No confidence motion
Tory MPs triggered a confidence vote in the Prime Minister on December 12. She won by 200 votes to 117
39/45 Commons rejects the deal
Following the delay, the Prime Minister's deal was rejected in the Commons by a historic 230 votes
40/45 Corbyn tables a no confidence motion
Following the rejection of the Prime Minister's deal, opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn tabled a motion of no confidence in the government, which the government won by a margin of 19
41/45 Plan B
The Prime Minister won the support of the commons to return to Brussels to renegotiate the backstop on January 29. In the same sitting, MPs also voted against a no-deal Brexit in a non-legally binding motion
42/45 EU council president savages Brexit campaigners who failed to plan for departure: ‘Special place in ****’
There is a “special place in ****” for pro-Brexit campaigners who demanded Britain leave the EU without explaining how it should happen, Donald Tusk has said. The European Council president launched the scathing attack as he accused anti-EU campaigners of pushing for Brexit “without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it out safely.” Mr Tusk also dismissed suggestions that the EU could reopen negotiations over the controversial Northern Ireland backstop, dealing a blow to Theresa May‘s hopes of securing fresh concessions as she tries to get her exit deal through parliament. Speaking in Brussels alongside Irish taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Mr Tusk said: “I’ve been wondering what a special place in **** looks like for people who promoted Brexit without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it out safely.” He also tweeted the accusation moments later
43/45 EU and UK announce talks to restart after Theresa May visits Brussels
Both have agreed to restart Brexit talks to find “a way through” the deadlock in Westminster, following a visit by Theresa May to Brussels. In a joint statement the British government and European Commission said Ms May had had a “robust but constructive” meeting with president Jean-Claude Juncker, and that the pair would meet again before the end of the month. But the EU again refused to reopen the withdrawal agreement and its controversial backstop – with any negotiations expected to focus on the future relationship between the UK and EU instead
44/45 Brexit strategy lost
MPs voted down May's Brext plans, with a majority of 45. The prime minister did not appear in parliament to see another defeat
45/45 Labour and Conservative MPs resign