Donations from British businessman Ben Delo and cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne combined are greater than the total received by all United Kingdom parties last year.
A by-election victory will not mean Reform UK’s mastermind is out of the woods. The post Farage’s Great Gamble appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics Farage’s Great Gamble A by-election victory will not mean Reform UK’s mastermind is out of the woods. UK Special Coverage Nigel Farage has just taken the biggest gamble of his decades-long political career. To try to draw a line on the financial scandals that have dogged him for the past few months, the Reform UK leader has asked the voters to decide his fate. He has resigned as the member of Parliament for Clacton and will face a by-election in August to try to win his job back. The big gamble here is not really whether Farage will be returned to parliament. Barring some freak event, he can be reasonably…Open
State of the Union: The Reform UK leader will appeal to the court of public opinion over questions of his finances. The post Farage Resigns As MP, Triggering By-Election appeared first on The American Conservative .
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, resigned his seat in parliament Tuesday, triggering a special election in which he intends to run amid allegations of failure to disclose financial gifts. In a Tuesday speech, Farage responded to the allegations stating that he had received inappropriate gifts from the cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne, arguing that increasing threats to his safety necessitated help in providing security for himself. He attacked the media for revealing the location of his daughter’s home, citing the incident as reason for his resignation. “Today I will resign as a member of parliament for Clacton-on-the-sea,” he announced in a video statement on X, “thereby forcing a by-election.” He also…Open
Answering questions about the Reform UK leader’s finances will take time and attention, but are unlikely to result in his ouster. The post Crypto Scandal Will Dent, but Not Destroy Farage appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage Crypto Scandal Will Dent, but Not Destroy Farage Answering questions about the Reform UK leader’s finances will take time and attention, but are unlikely to result in his ouster. UK Special Coverage The Deep State is getting desperate, say Reform UK, and is doing everything it can to halt the advance of Nigel Farage’s anti-immigration party, which has been leading the UK opinion polls for most of the last eighteen months. Having denounced him unjustly as a racist and libellously as a fascist, the liberal elite has had to resort to a litany of smears to knock that famous smile off his face. So goes the…Open
Populism is not going to rise or fall on the particulars of a £5 million donation. The post Farage’s Financial Foul-Up Should Not Frighten Reform appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage Farage’s Financial Foul-Up Should Not Frighten Reform Populism is not going to rise or fall on the particulars of a £5 million donation. UK Special Coverage (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Will the scandal over an undeclared donation to Nigel Farage finally put an end to his prime ministerial ambitions? That certainly seems to be the hope of Britain’s liberal media class, who have reported relentlessly and breathlessly on a multimillion-pound gift from the cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne to the Reform UK leader before he took up his seat in parliament in the July 2024…Open
Farage, leader of the poll-topping Reform UK, faces a parliamentary investigation triggered by his political opponents in the centrist "Conservative" party.
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, is under investigation for a £5 million donation he received for personal security, in a similar manner to how political opposition attempted to ban President Trump and Marine Le Pen from office. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Nigel Farage is being investigated by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards over a £5 million donation he received for personal security, which he did not declare. The donation was made by Christopher Harborne, a Thailand-based billionaire and crypto investor. The investigation was triggered by political opponents in Britain’s centrist “Conservative” party, and is a similar tactic to the ones used against President Donald J. Trump, as well as French leader Marine Le…Open
Reform Party leader Nigel Farage has initiated legal proceedings against former Reform member Ben Habib for making unfounded claims about improper donations and election rigging.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform Party, has taken legal action against Ben Habib, a disgruntled former party member, demanding an apology and retraction for allegations of improper election dealings involving Farage, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and Reform donor Christopher Harborne . KEY QUOTE: “I do not take legal action often. But I will not accept slander & politically motivated smears after winning a national election.” – Nigel Farage DETAIL: Pakistan-born Habib left Reform after he failed to secure a seat in Parliament in the 2024 general election, resulting in his replacement as co-deputy leader by Richard Tice. Habib ultimately formed his own splinter party, Advance UK, to compete with…Open
he British government announced a £100,000 (~$135,000) annual cap on political donations from British citizens living abroad and a temporary ban on cryptocurrency donations, which will apply retroactively. The move is plainly aimed at Nigel Farage's Reform Party, which has received substantial funding from Thailand-based British donor Christopher Harborne, and other contributors based in Monaco. The post The British Government is Rushing Through a RETROACTIVE Law Specifically Targeting Large Donors to Farage’s Reform Party. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The British government announced a £100,000 (~$135,000) annual cap on political donations from British citizens living abroad and a temporary ban on cryptocurrency donations, which will apply retroactively. WHO WAS INVOLVED: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s Communities Secretary, Steve Reed, former civil servant Philip Rycroft, Reform Party donor Christopher Harborne, and Reform Party leader Nigel Farage. WHEN & WHERE: The measures will take effect from Wednesday, pending parliamentary approval. KEY QUOTE: “I am not prepared to allow any window of opportunity for malign actors to interfere in the UK’s electoral system.” – Steve Reed IMPACT: The decision affects major Reform Party donors like…Open