Thread by @StillDelvingH

Heard about Brexit Express? (Pro-Brexit Think tank staff and politicians driking champagne in an old, polluting train going backward -h/t @fascinatorfun)
Let's take a closer look, shall we?
@carolecadwalla @peterjukes @BylineTimes @PeterKGeoghegan @brexit_sham @cockneycampaign

(Oh, right, I did fix this profile for them -just a tad)
Of course, my first question is going to be: Who pays for the train, the champagne aso of "Brexit Express independent, not-for-profit, pressure group supporting Britain's withdrawal from the EU"?

Oh, wait: Who pays for the train, the champagne -and the billboards?

Oh wait, there are two of them.
OK, so basically 'Brexit Express' is 'Hosking's Brexit Express'
Guess that answers the question: Who pays?

Indeed. So Hosking and Hosking only.
WHat was @darrengrimes_ saying again? 'We need to show those buggers in London that they can’t ignore Hosking's Will for ever!'?
(Not exactly grassroot, Darren)

Now how much did Hosking give?
(Holy f***!)

I note though only half the money was spent.
Roughly £630,000 weren't used.
Because, er...

Oh, here is something fun:
No accounts.
I assume that's just fine as it wasn't compulsory?

In case you wonder what Hopking's Brexit Express did during the EU Ref: the answer is billboards.
(No train back then. Just a lot of billboards.)

Wow, wait -It's not "Hosking's Brexit Express!"
It's "Jeremy Hosking's Brexit Express".
(Also apologising for the above typing mistake 'Hopking' -probably mixing it with Hopkins for whatever reason)

I note that, at the time, Mr Hosking was not making a mystery of it.
Today, he does sign the Home page introduction, but took his name of the picture.
Why is that?

Oh -right...
Hey @BrexitE you need to correct your profile, it uncorrectly states "Brexit Express is an independent, not-for-profit, pressure group supporting Britain's withdrawal from the EU" when you are Hosking's *political party*!
(Come on, even wikipedia noticed...)

Ok, enough for tonight with Hosking's political party not saying its name supported by "let's-break-the-law" Baker &IEA/former Legatum Institute staff -I'll end this thread on this article by Andrea Leadsom that aged superextrawell.
cityam.com/241739/why-bre…

https://twitter.com/BrexitE/status/745528423993401345

Hey guys it just hit me...
£700k cap?
*Why would Hosking keep donating money to Brexit Express after the threshold was reached?*
(Could excess, unspent money -roughly £630- have been given to another campaign?)
(In June?)

*£630k*

Quick question: Can anyone tell me why Hosking gave the same amounts as cash and non-cash donations? Bad data presentation or did he actually paid the bill for the billboards while giving Brexit express the money it would have needed to pay for it?
(not just all amounts doubled.)

If double donation is what happened (and here it looks like the bills were directly paid by Mr Hosking), that's giving Brexit Express an excess £630k to foot an already paid bill.
Why?

Apparently, there were cash and non-cash donations -on the same day.
@carolecadwalla @peterjukes @BylineTimes @PeterKGeoghegan @brexit_sham @cockneycampaign @shady_inf0 @RealBristolNews

https://twitter.com/StillDelvingH/status/1112625188431192069

https://twitter.com/StillDelvingH/status/1112626826655031296

If you look at this Leave EU spending invoice (to one of Banks' companies -pumping money into Leave EU then pumping it back in his pocket? "Nice"), you can see the entity that paid was the campaign entity.

So the billboards were paid by Hosking -directly.
Uncorrectly reported donation corrected afterwards?
But then why is it still there?
(It's a little weird)