‘Nigel Farage is raking it in – even selling a gold bullion model – with outdoors earnings’
Nigel Farage made £270,000 for just 12 hours’ work as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion – a rate of £22,500 an hour, more than 1,700 times the national living wage of £12.71
Voice of the Mirror has its say…
Nigel Farage’s political brand rests on one claim: that he is an anti-establishment outsider who understands how ordinary working people think.
It was the message voters in Clacton believed in so much that they sent him to Westminster after years of trying. But since becoming an MP, the Reform UK leader has declared outside earnings running into seven figures.
Public office has helped Mr Farage turn media work, speeches, online videos and, most glaringly, promoting a gold bullion brand, into platforms for private gain. His constituents are entitled to ask where they sit in this arrangement.
Are they being represented by a full-time parliamentarian, or a part-time politician with very profitable sidelines?
Today, MPs will debate whether second jobs belong in Parliament. Mr Farage has been asked to attend. Don’t hold your breath.
Means-testedsystem must protect refugees
Britain has a proud tradition of offering sanctuary to people fleeing war, persecution and tyranny. Many who arrive here have endured fear, loss and upheaval most of us can barely imagine. They deserve to be treated with dignity, compassion and fairness, not suspicion.
But the asylum system must also command public confidence, and right now, too many people feel it doesn’t. The cost of housing people while claims are processed has soared, placing real pressure on taxpayers at a time when many families are themselves struggling to make ends meet.
It is reasonable, in that context, to ask those granted the right to settle permanently in Britain to contribute towards costs, but only once they are genuinely able to.
A means-tested system must protect refugees rebuilding their lives from being saddled with impossible debt before they’ve even found their feet.
Come on, England
As England face DR Congo, the World Cup’s grip on the nation tightens. From pubs to living rooms, millions will gather in shared hope, nerves and pride.
Knockout football is cruel, thrilling and unforgiving. But these are the moments that bring people together. Good luck, lads. Give the country something to celebrate.
