Farage claim that £5m was reward for Brexit was ‘not press office line’, close aide says
Summary
Nigel Farage received £5 million from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne, which Farage has said was for his security and a reward for campaigning for Brexit. Undercover footage suggests Farage’s aides believed the money was a political reward and not just for security, raising legal and parliamentary questions about the donation.Key Facts
- Nigel Farage got £5 million from Christopher Harborne, a cryptocurrency billionaire.
- Farage said the money was unconditional and partly a reward for supporting Brexit for many years.
- An undercover recording shows Farage’s aide saying that Farage was not supposed to call the money a political reward publicly.
- The donation’s timing and purpose are disputed; some of the money arrived just before Farage announced his plan to run for parliament.
- There is an ongoing investigation into whether the donation broke rules about declaring political money and foreign funding.
- Harborne claims the money was to support Farage’s security “for the rest of his life” and that he did not expect anything in return.
- A Reform UK internal review found no clear lawbreaking, but a police investigation is still happening.
- Farage told party figures he would need £1 million a year to compensate for lost income if elected to Parliament.
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