Jenrick claims Reform UK ‘entirely confident’ it followed all electoral rules when accepting donations – UK politics live

Jenrick questioned about latest George Cottrell revelations Q: What did you want the police to do about Zack Polanski and the anti-Farage message. Do you think he should have been arrested or jailed? Jenrick said it was “not for me to tell the police how to do their jobs”. But there have been many examples of people being arrested for social media posts, he said. He went on: It does seem curious that in this case the police have chosen not to take action. We’ll see whether they take action against the individual who posted the original tweet, who wore the T-shirt. I’m hearing today that the police may have closed that investigation as well. [See 9.20am .] This has been going on for for a long time, but we are entirely confident that Reform followed all electoral rules at the time when the donations were made. Of course, we’ll participate with any inquiries. Continue reading...