News just in: the former leader of Reform UK in Wales has been handed a prison sentence of 10 and a half years for bribery. Nathan Gill admitted to taking pro-Russia bribes and was paid thousands to give TV interviews that favoured a key ally of Vladimir Putin. He also made pro-Russia speeches in the European parliament where he was an MEP for six years. Crikey!

Gill – who was also previously the leader of UKIP in Wales from 2014 to 2016 before becoming Reform leader in 2021 – admitted eight counts of bribery between 2018 and 2019. Today, judge Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb told Gill his actions conflicted with his duties to respect parliamentary processes and ‘abused a position of significant authority and trust’. She added that the ‘harm inflicted is profound’, going on:

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