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Reform UK councillor promoted collapsed $1.9bn ‘Ponzi scheme’ HyperVerse that left victims suicidal

Susan Lawrence, elected to Wolverhampton city council, sits on committee overseeing financial reporting of multimillion-pound budgetA woman who promoted a notorious cryptocurrency scam has been elected as a Reform UK councillor and now sits on the audit and risk committee of a major city council.Susan Lawrence was one of the main UK promoters of the

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The eyes have it: Reform politician’s ‘smart glasses’ prompt calls for ban in Westminster

Jason O’Connell’s suspected use of the specs to aid his speech in the Senedd reignites debate over the AI-enabled devicesIt was a flowing speech packed full of precise statistics – but Jason O’Connell, a Reform UK Senedd member, was not quite the gifted orator he had first appeared. The periodic flashing in his spectacles seemed

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Reform UK politician appears to use smart glasses as teleprompter during Senedd debate – video

Jason O’Connell is suspected of having used smart glasses that turned his lenses into tiny teleprompters. Periodic flashing in his spectacles could be seen as the Senedd member for Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr spoke for five minutes without a glance at his notes on 30 September.In the following days, other Welsh assembly members said the issue

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Burnham accepts Brexit result ‘legitimate’ despite Russian interference, says No 10 – UK politics live

PM ‘absolutely accepts referendum result’, says spokespersonBurnham to urge MPs to embrace closer ties with EUZia Yusuf, Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson, is speaking now. He started his speech with an account of a 73-year-old woman dying in North Wales after having to wait 23 hours for an ambulance, and he sought to link this

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Farage says a Reform UK government would stop unions funding Labour if they block £72m donations – UK politics live

Party leader claims proposed new retrospective laws are unfair and Reform would retaliate with a crackdown on union funding if elected Wes Streeting enjoys attention, likes a good joke and does not mind ruffling feathers. At the Spectator awards ceremony two years ago, Angela Rayner was the target as he gave a speech. He said:The

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Bitcoin firm advertised by Nigel Farage loses 15% of asset value

Exclusive: Finance experts warn against investing in bitcoin treasury companies after Stack BTC assets plungeA bitcoin company that Nigel Farage has advertised lost more than 15% of its asset value, prompting finance experts to warn investors against those types of firms.The Reform UK leader has invested £215,000 in a bitcoin treasury company named Stack BTC.

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Farage trying to block ‘Britcoin’ plans that could be costly for billionaire donor

Reform UK leader used private meeting at Bank of England to urge governor to drop plans for state-run cryptocurrencyNigel Farage has been trying to block a Bank of England cryptocurrency plan that could be costly for the billionaire bankrolling his party.The Reform UK leader has said Christopher Harborne wants nothing in exchange for the millions

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‘Nigel is mad to accept his money’: who is Christopher Harborne, the mystery billionaire bankrolling Reform?

A crypto tycoon is giving record-breaking amounts to Farage’s party. But little is known about his motivesShortly before Christmas 2022, Chakrit Sakunkrit, owner of the Kamalaya Wellness Sanctuary on the Thai island of Koh Samui, invited 200 guests to spend a few days celebrating his 60th birthday. One sultry afternoon, Sakunkrit and a small group gathered

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Is Richard Tice’s picture AI-manipulated? Here are five giveaways

Experts and social media detectives take a closer look at Reform deputy leader’s image of an apparent campaign event***After Richard Tice posted a picture of an apparent Reform campaign event on Sunday, experts and social media detectives took a closer look – and concluded from a variety of telltale signs that the image had either

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Reform’s Richard Tice posts picture with telltale signs of AI manipulation, say experts

Tice’s image on X was almost certainly generated or altered using AI, according to Peryton IntelligenceIn a picture of a blue-skyed day in Birmingham, a diverse group of Reform supporters gathered with placards and cheesy grins to knock on doors for their party. Richard Tice, the party’s deputy leader, posted the picture as evidence of

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