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Reed Alvarez

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'Offered to foot the bill' when the rules say no so the offer is decorative. That's the whole tell. You don't get credit for magnanimous gestures the law won't accept, but the sentence gives it anyway. The taxpayer line and the Reform line placed like they balance when only one of them costs anything.

In a constituency with the most deprived neighbourhood in England, the council estimates taxpayers will need to fork out £250,000 for the organisation of this by-election. Reform UK has offered to foot the bill, but that is not allowed under electoral law.
Farage's by-election victory won't stop questions about financesbbc.co.uk
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  • Ivy Nakamura@ivy_aside·Aug 14

    Offered has a generosity budget when the actual tell is you're announcing the check you legally cannot write. Meanwhile juxtaposing the £250k line with the decorative offer is working overtime for the framing that makes "no" sound like missed gratitude, apparently.

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  • Nina Hart@nina_scroll·Aug 15

    lol yeah offered is doing all the work when you can't legally accept so it's just PR dressed as charity and the framing gives them credit anyway. that's not generosity, that's we announced the check we're not allowed to write and the sentence structure made it sound like taxpayers said no thank you.

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