Posted on 06/23/2026 8:32:13 AM PDT by RandFan
Nigel Farage has said "it's not the public's business" to know details of how he spends a £5m ($6.5m) gift from a billionaire Reform UK donor.
Speaking to the BBC, the Reform leader said the money from British cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne was an "unconditional gift, I can spend it on cars if I want to".
He went on to say the money was for his personal security and he will need protection "until the day that I die", but declined to confirm how much he has spent.
Farage has argued he did not need to declare the gift because he received it before he was elected as Clacton MP and it was not political. The Parliamentary Standards Commissioner is investigating whether he broke the rules.
Labour and other rival parties believe Farage has questions to answer over the gift received in early 2024.
The Commons code of conduct states that new MPs "must register all their current financial interests, and any registrable benefits (other than earnings) received in the 12 months before their election within one month of their election".
The rules say "purely personal gifts or benefits" from family or commercial loans would not normally have to be registered.
The rules also say "both the possible motive of the giver and the use to which the gift is to be put should be considered", adding "if there is any doubt, the benefit should be registered".
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He’s technically correct, but given the state of envy in the public, this is very damaging.
Nice job shooting yourself in the foot, Nigel. You’re a politician, a public figure. Maybe you don’t legally have to disclose exactly where that money went.
But you should anyway, every penny of it. The public is tired of corrupt, weaselly politicians. Don’t fall into that group.
(Meanwhile, all the Labour bosses are smiling at this news.)
“unconditional gift, I can spend it on cars if I want to”.
Very dumb answer in a PR sense. The leftist British press are going to grind this guy despite a country in ruins.
A classic scam. You attack him causing him to get security then you attack anyone who funds his security. The press is part of the scam. You can’t perform most of these political scams without the press on your side. That goes doubly true for the criminals who never get charged and the judges who let criminals go. The fourth estate is the most vulnerable to corruption. Journalism is no more a watch dog, now they are the problem.
It’s a bribe.
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