Mastodawn

France just jailed its former president for illegally funding his 2007 presidential campaign.
https://news.sky.com/story/too-late-to-investigate-farage-election-expenses-essex-police-say-13485447

Too late to investigate Farage election expenses, Essex Police say

Allegations that Nigel Farage broke spending rules happened more than a year ago and can't be probed, the force has said. Election financing crimes must be reported within a year

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AntJBro

@alanferrier so, if it had been say, a Green candidate what are the chances the story would be that investigation by Essex police found the allegations to be true but because of the one year time limit no further action - a very different spin

I’m just saying….