Tag: Priti Patel

It's August 2018 and not only is Brexit still a thing, it's actually looking worse and worse as the days go by. We hate to tell you this Jacob, but it's possible that a lot of trust in British politics might have already evaporated with Brexit or no Brexit. Hasn't anyone told you? https://t.co/BJF2NrzRMI — Steve Emm #FBPE (@StevieEmmm) August 29, 2018 Trust has gone because of liars like you & Patel & Jenkyns & Farage & Johnson & Gove & Duncan-Smith & Baker & Dorries & Leadsom & Hoey & Grayling & May & Raab & Field & Trevelyan & Stringer & Paterson & Villiers and Whittingdale and Fox and Redwood and Mordaunt & Davis & Kwarteng https://t.co/Lbli3pY0qY — The Great Remain #FBPE (@TheGreatRemain) August 28, 2018 If you think there is an iota of trust in politics, then you, Jacob, are a fool Thanks to dishonest, self-motivated, manipulative leaders such as yourself, the people have no faith in the UK political system to deliver a better quality of life#Brexit is symptomatic of distrust https://t.co/zr8AoZneK8 — Madeleina Kay ???? #EUsupergirl (@albawhitewolf) August 28, 2018 — Matt Kelly (@mk1969) August 28, 2018 In 2018, what does 'trust' mean, anyway? Trust in karma will disappear if you don't choke to death on a pint of Guinness. — Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) August 28, 2018 Some took exception to his unusual grammar. His grammatical understanding is deplorable. He thinks he needs to use the subjunctive because of that "if". But in that case he should write "... if Brexit be not delivered". Here at The Independent, we believe that the British public deserves a final say on the Brexit deal.

Her complaint follows claims relating to a video featuring the actor Keira Knightley urging people to vote. Britain Stronger in Europe said Patel’s complaint showed a “complete lack of understanding of electoral law” and noted that a previous complaint of Patel’s had been dismissed. The clip featuring Knightley was produced by an advertising agency, along with a series also featuring the designer Dame Vivienne Westwood and the model Lily Cole, at a total cost of more than £76,000. The Don’t F*** My Future videos were reported to have been commissioned by other campaign groups but Patel said she had “deep concerns” about collusion between remain-supporting organisations that may have allowed the official Britain Stronger in Europe campaign to breach the strict £7m spending limit. This month the Electoral Commission fined the campaign body Leave.EU £70,000 and referred its chief executive, Liz Bilney, to the police after it found it had breached multiple counts of electoral law during the referendum. The commission also found that Leave.EU inaccurately reported three loans it had received from companies controlled by its co-founder Arron Banks, who described the fine as “a politically motivated attack on Brexit”. “There is evidence that many campaigns appear to have acted as a mere continuity of the official remain campaign as it approached its spending limit, the most egregious example of this being the regrettably named ‘Don’t F*** My Future’ campaign, which many different remain organisations appear to have involved themselves in.” A previous call for an investigation by Patel was rejected by the Electoral Commission, but the leading Vote Leave figure said that “serious questions about the impartiality” of the watchdog had been raised. In her letter to the watchdog’s head of regulation, Louise Edwards, Patel said: “I believe that the Electoral Commission has an important role to play in our democracy, but that role comes with an important responsibility: to be politically neutral at all times. “If you want to restore confidence in the commission, you should either start a formal investigation into Britain Stronger in Europe, or show equity and end the investigation in Vote Leave.” A spokesman for Britain Stronger in Europe said: “Following hot on the heels of the dismissal of her previous complaint in December 2017, this demonstrates Priti Patel’s complete lack of understanding of electoral law. An Electoral Commission spokeswoman said: “We have not received the allegation formally yet but when we do we will consider it in line with our enforcement policy.”