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7 Years Ago FFS! Farage has been on the make , and on the take for years

As ever these stories are all known. As a subscriber to both @PrivateEyeNews and @BylineTimes it's so frustrating to see how long it takes good journalism to emerge into the mainstream.

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🟡 From Last Month’s Magazine ‘The Odyssey’ Backlash: A Journey Between Strangeness and Familiarity The ‘culture war’ around the casting choices of Christopher Nolan’s new adaptation of the Greek epic gets to the very themes Homer was writing about, writes @JakeArnott READ ON: subscribe.bylinetimes.com/ed…

So many people had this story for years before the Times picked it up. @BylineTimes and @carolecadwalla were writing about George Cottrell over five years ago. The difference is that the Murdochs have made an executive decision that they've finally had enough of Farage.

He should join the Vatican, then he can become a Paypal Nuncio

Byline Times is why I know his name.

This is true @BylineTimes have been reporting on the Brexit /Farage controversies for many years, barely picked up by MSM usually ignored and here we are.

You all should have been reading @BylineTimes

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Just to remind ourselves, here are our initial @BylineTimes investigations into Cottrell's role in helping Farage become a true 'Man of the Paypal' er.... checks notes... 7 years ago

📚 CULTURE & IDEAS (Culture) ‘The Odyssey’ Backlash: A Journey Between Strangeness and Familiarity The ‘culture war’ around the casting choices of Christopher Nolan’s new adaptation of the Greek epic gets to the very themes Homer was writing about, writes Jake Arnott READ ON: subscribe.bylinetimes.com/ed…

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Along with @thenerve_news @BylineTimes has been looking at Cottrell’s Montenegro crypto connections for quite some time, with some stiff letters from Carter Ruck. Kudos to @Gabriel_Pogrund and team for getting this over the line and focusing on Farage’s undeclared gifts in kind