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Farage and how he profited from Brexit
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/featu...beat-the-crash
Remember when Farage conceded the Brexit vote not long after polls closed? Well, it looks like he may have had an ulterior motive. One that made millions for the hedge funds he was involved with by selling sterling just before the crash having given it a boost with his statement (knowing it was false as they had access to polls that shouldn't have been available to them).
Is anyone surprised? Maybe those who bought his 'anti-elite' cover story.
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lardy
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/featu...beat-the-crash
Remember when Farage conceded the Brexit vote not long after polls closed? Well, it looks like he may have had an ulterior motive. One that made millions for the hedge funds he was involved with by selling sterling just before the crash having given it a boost with his statement (knowing it was false as they had access to polls that shouldn't have been available to them).
Is anyone surprised? Maybe those who bought his 'anti-elite' cover story.
As much as I despise the t***, I'm not seeing a "smoking gun" here.
Hopefully there's more to come out
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More idle bollocks with no evidence, as usual! A leave poll was released at 10.01am which was 0.1% out on 33m votes, Nigel was negative all evening until the first results started coming. In fact, it was written about it the bad boys of Brexit.
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Think there's worse smoking guns and alledged profiteering ,than Fartage alledged dabble ,if he'd ever had one .
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life on mars
Think there's worse smoking guns and alledged profiteering ,than Fartage alledged dabble ,if he'd ever had one .
Well, if dyed in the wool socialists like you and Gluey can't find anything wrong, Farage must be in the clear.
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life on mars
Think there's worse smoking guns and alledged profiteering ,than Fartage alledged dabble ,if he'd ever had one .
Not quite sure what you mean. Do you mean people profiteering from the referendum?
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Veg1960
Not quite sure what you mean. Do you mean people profiteering from the referendum?
Can't possibly say , there listening and watching, ssssh.
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the other bob wilson
Well, if dyed in the wool socialists like you and Gluey can't find anything wrong, Farage must be in the clear.
Oh there's plenty wrong , even socialist can be tempted over to the dark side ,honest.
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life on mars
Can't possibly say , there listening and watching, ssssh.
Very helpful, thanks
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This does seem dodgy to me. people are on record having said that they told Farage that their polling was predicting a leave vote before he "conceded defeat" on live television.
I doubt they'll be able to prove anything though.
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Rjk
This does seem dodgy to me. people are on record having said that they told Farage that their polling was predicting a leave vote before he "conceded defeat" on live television.
I doubt they'll be able to prove anything though.
I'm sure if they had a desire to investigate and prove, they could and would , trouble is ,how many others may have been invloved
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I cant think it was just the Farage who allegedly had the nounce to explore these lucrative market swings.
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Nigel sure looks pretty chuffed with the drop in sterling
https://twitter.com/mk1969/status/1012086482314711042
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lardy
I'm not sure a photo of Farage smiling on the night Leave won is conclusive proof of anything dodgy, but I can entirely believe that such a merchant banker would also be looking for ways to line his pockets on Referendum night.
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the other bob wilson
I'm not sure a photo of Farage smiling on the night Leave won is conclusive proof of anything dodgy, but I can entirely believe that such a merchant banker would also be looking for ways to line his pockets on Referendum night.
Smiling and pointing at the sterling crash...
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lardy
The leave poll was released at 10.01am. You could have wagered a few bob using the same information!
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Wales-Bales
The leave poll was released at 10.01am. You could have wagered a few bob using the same information!
Which leave poll?
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Veg1960
Which leave poll?
The poll that Farage got his info from to rig the markets :biggrin:
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Wales-Bales
The poll that Farage got his info from to rig the markets :biggrin:
It was my understanding that the privately commissioned poll results that you refer to were not made public - which is kind of the point.
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Veg1960
It was my understanding that the privately commissioned poll results that you refer to were not made public - which is kind of the point.
It's covered in the Bad Boys of Brexit.
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Wales-Bales
It's covered in the Bad Boys of Brexit.
I really really do not want to go spend hours on google looking for the correct quote.
Maybe you could just quote a few lines from the book confirming that the privately commissioned Survation exit poll was released to the public at 10.01 as you have unequivocally stated twice in this thread.
Should only take a minute or two, and I really would be most grateful
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Veg1960
I really really do not want to go spend hours on google looking for the correct quote.
Maybe you could just quote a few lines from the book confirming that the privately commissioned Survation exit poll was released to the public at 10.01 as you have unequivocally stated twice in this thread.
Should only take a minute or two, and I really would be most grateful
I got my information directly from the author of The Bad Boys of Brexit :thumbup:
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"It's covered in the Bad Boys of Brexit."
I kind of took this to mean the details of the poll being released were covered in the book"the bad boys of brexit"
Silly me
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Veg1960
"It's covered in the Bad Boys of Brexit."
I kind of took this to mean the details of the poll being released were covered in the book"the bad boys of brexit"
Silly me
Yes, the author specifically debunked the above story directly, and also added that it was covered in the book, hence the reason why I posted it.
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I note that the Remoaners' two-year long sulk show no sign of abating.
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Organ Morgan.
I note that the Remoaners' two-year long sulk show no sign of abating.
Yup, quite right. Thought it was stupid then, still think it's stupid now
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lardy
Smiling and pointing at the sterling crash...
Pound is lower versus the US dollar today than it was on Brexit morning. Your boys, the Political Class, want a weak currency. It's why the base rate is at 0.5%, the same as it was in June 2016. Why is it 0.5% when CPI inflation is at 2.4%? It's to steal from the value of workers' labour and savers' savings.
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Veg1960
Yup, quite right. Thought it was stupid then, still think it's stupid now
Nige's numerous verbal assaults at the EU parliament against the unelected New World Order schemers were the stuff of legends.
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Organ Morgan.
I note that the Remoaners' two-year long sulk show no sign of abating.
Should have bought some currency at the time , might be happy bunnies now .
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I don't want a weak currency. I wouldn't say I'm in the political class - I'm from Trecenydd FFS
I'm just a bloke that does a fair amount of work in Europe and is worried about the future
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Organ Morgan.
Pound is lower versus the US dollar today than it was on Brexit morning. Your boys, the Political Class, want a weak currency. It's why the base rate is at 0.5%, the same as it was in June 2016. Why is it 0.5% when CPI inflation is at 2.4%? It's to steal from the value of workers' labour and savers' savings.
Nah I don't think they would be after the values of workers' labour and savers' savings,they'd be after the real dosh.
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Veg1960
I don't want a weak currency. I wouldn't say I'm in the political class - I'm from Trecenydd FFS
I'm just a bloke that does a fair amount of work in Europe and is worried about the future
I know a lot of European ladies of the night equally worried about the rise and fall !
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life on mars
Should have bought some currency at the time , might be happy bunnies now .
Had I been privvy to some polling data that pointed to a leave result I may well have done so
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Wales-Bales
Yes, the author specifically debunked the above story directly, and also added that it was covered in the book, hence the reason why I posted it.
Nice simple yes or no question for you. I watched the coverage of the Brexit result pretty closely and I would imagine you did too.
Do you recall anyone mentioning the result of a privately commissioned exit poll? I know I don't
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life on mars
Nah I don't think they would be after the values of workers' labour and savers' savings,they'd be after the real dosh.
It is and has been official policy for donkey's years of the Political Class to target an annual 2% devaluation of sterling. The pound is supposed to be a means of exchange and a store of wealth. Inflation is the primary mechanism for transferring wealth upwards. That's how, according to Oxfam's research, 42 people people possess the same net wealth as half the world's population, or 3.7 billion people.
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Organ Morgan.
Pound is lower versus the US dollar today than it was on Brexit morning. Your boys, the Political Class, want a weak currency. It's why the base rate is at 0.5%, the same as it was in June 2016. Why is it 0.5% when CPI inflation is at 2.4%? It's to steal from the value of workers' labour and savers' savings.
"Your boys, the Political Class"
:shrug:
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= unionist, status quo parties.
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Organ Morgan.
= unionist, status quo parties.
I'm not entirely sure why you've said status quo parties are "my boys"
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I presumed you always turn out to vote for one of the status quo parties, and I still do because to me a plant pot would be quicker to discern that those parties are fundamentally the same.
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Organ Morgan.
I presumed you always turn out to vote for one of the status quo parties, and I still do because to me a plant pot would be quicker to discern that those parties are fundamentally the same.
Maybe the man who predicted Obama would still be US president throughout 2017 shouldn't be so quick to compare others to plant pots.
