Farage fails to report 5 million gift!

I honestly don't understand why anyone would think that Farage and Reform have any interest in British voters's lives other than trying to secure their vote. They are all clearly a shower of money grubbing opportunists willing to sell their soul to the highest bidder.

I don’t think money grabbers are confined to any one political party though. foxie48.

LemonJam

Farage stopped being an MEP in January 2020 when the UK officially left the EU. He was entitled to a £153,000 severance as he left and took with him an annual pension of £73,000 annually, subject to annual cost of living increase.

He is a wealthy man in his own rights by any reasonable standards.

You’ve omitted to mention the 10 or so additional part time jobs, which also draw in massive salaries. He is indeed a very wealthy man.

No one denies him security as an MP, indeed serving MPs are all entitled to very basic security and to privately fund more, however Farage refuses to run surgeries or, it appears, even meet face to face with his constituents, because of security fears.

He is simply a liar.

Many people tell lies, many MPs tell lies, but I’ve yet to come across an MP who spends as little time in his own constituency and parliament and so much time out of the country and doing “part time jobs”

He is busy though now, out canvassing, he was in my constituency yesterday, spreading his divisive garbage and grinning his froggy grin.

Cossy

LemonJam

Farage stopped being an MEP in January 2020 when the UK officially left the EU. He was entitled to a £153,000 severance as he left and took with him an annual pension of £73,000 annually, subject to annual cost of living increase.

He is a wealthy man in his own rights by any reasonable standards.

You’ve omitted to mention the 10 or so additional part time jobs, which also draw in massive salaries. He is indeed a very wealthy man.

No one denies him security as an MP, indeed serving MPs are all entitled to very basic security and to privately fund more, however Farage refuses to run surgeries or, it appears, even meet face to face with his constituents, because of security fears.

He is simply a liar.

Many people tell lies, many MPs tell lies, but I’ve yet to come across an MP who spends as little time in his own constituency and parliament and so much time out of the country and doing “part time jobs”

He is busy though now, out canvassing, he was in my constituency yesterday, spreading his divisive garbage and grinning his froggy grin.

Do feel free to list any more jobs Cossy- I got tired of typing!

I agree with all that you outline in your post. I would add- I have never seen or been aware of any other person in politics who so cravenly seeks to line £££ his pockets and who seeks so much attention- apart from Trump. They are cut from the same cloth and if Reform are voted into Government I fear the UK may experience some of the same outcomes.

Chocolatelovinggran

I have two questions, which I hope that someone might answer.
1. If Mr Farage says that this was a personal gift, for security purposes only, and unrelated to any part of his political role, is he obligated to supply evidence of this being spent in this activity?
2. Should Mr Farage declare an " interest" in cryptocurrency, in Parliamentary questions and debates,as the recipient of money from a man much involved in this "industry".

1) He is supposed to declare it if he is, or hopes to be, an MP or MSP, whatever the money is to be used for.

2) If he is the recipient of money from someone involved in the crypto "industry", then how can he not have an interest in any legislature that affects that?

Or an MEP.

Thank you Elegran.

ronib

I don’t think money grabbers are confined to any one political party though. foxie48.

I haven't said they are Ronib but don't you wonder why three men are piling so much money into a political party? They all avoid paying their tax in the UK but want to have a say in how our taxes are spent. I wonder why, don't you?

"New research from Democracy for Sale shows that three-quarters of all donations to Reform have come from just three men: Christopher Harborne, Jeremy Hosking and Richard Tice.
Together, the trio have provided £23 million of the £30 million donated since Farage set up the party - then the Brexit Party - in 2019.
On Thursday it emerged that Harborne, a Thailand-based businessman with major cryptocurrency interests, donated £9 million to Reform in September - the largest political donation by a living individual in British history.
We may never know how Reform spends this money. In the UK political spending is only recorded and regulated in a general election year."
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-reform-uks-donations-have-come

ronib

I don’t think money grabbers are confined to any one political party though. foxie48.

No one has said that ronib. However it has to be said that no other UK party leader does as little MP constituency work, spends so little time in Westminster as Farage. There is no other UK party leader that prioritises their time and efforts to secure additional annual income running to millions of £s in the same way as Farage.

Apart for Trump- Farage is in a league of his own when it comes to money grabbing whilst in high political office.

Sorry, Im quoting ronib- but that post was a response to foxie48- who has just posted her response.

LemonJam

Sorry, Im quoting ronib- but that post was a response to foxie48- who has just posted her response.

Bit confused as your response seems to be related to ronib rather than me. However, never mind as we seem to be on the same page!

Sorry Foxie48 - I got a bit confused there.

Farage, Tice and Jenrick are now promoting some JCB digger, whose owner just so happened to give Reform £200,000.

www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/02/reform-uk-funding-promoting-jcb-machine-farage-jenrick-anderson

Yeah! And people still vote for this "man of the people". I give up.

Farage is trying to follow the Trump playbook but look where that has got America. Trump has got very very rich and most Americans have got a great deal poorer. Farage and his band of grifters are out to line their pockets at the expense of the British tax payer.

Farage was due to appear on the Laura Kuenssberg programme this morning. LK announced at the start of the programme he had “changed his mind” and wouldn’t appear on today’s programme as planned.

From reading the Guardian article twaddle linked to it seems that many LAs across the board, controlled by all the political parties are using the wonderful pot hole mending JCB machine yet only one party gets a very generous donation from the company. Why should that be? Can it be something to do with the advertising campaign that Reform appears to be running on their behalf?

There seems to be something deeply undemocratic about this. An overt use of cash for favours?

Grannynannywanny

Farage was due to appear on the Laura Kuenssberg programme this morning. LK announced at the start of the programme he had “changed his mind” and wouldn’t appear on today’s programme as planned.

Quite simply, too flaky and unreliable to take seriously and could not possibly perform or function as a PM.

LemonJam

Grannynannywanny

Farage was due to appear on the Laura Kuenssberg programme this morning. LK announced at the start of the programme he had “changed his mind” and wouldn’t appear on today’s programme as planned.

Quite simply, too flaky and unreliable to take seriously and could not possibly perform or function as a PM.

A pity she didn't subject him to the Have I got News for You technique used when Roy Hattersley was a last minute drop out so they substituted him with a tub of lard.

Couldn't Laura K have arranged his empty chair with a packet of fags and a pint of beer?

The absence of Farage on the Laura K show was well noted. All parties were represented apart from Reform.
Speaks volumes!
Who would vote for this unreliable, wimpy man. Is he so arrogant that he thinks he doesn't need to bother.

Perhaps he was shown the questions K was intending to ask😄😄

MaizieD

LemonJam

Grannynannywanny

Farage was due to appear on the Laura Kuenssberg programme this morning. LK announced at the start of the programme he had “changed his mind” and wouldn’t appear on today’s programme as planned.

Quite simply, too flaky and unreliable to take seriously and could not possibly perform or function as a PM.

A pity she didn't subject him to the Have I got News for You technique used when Roy Hattersley was a last minute drop out so they substituted him with a tub of lard.

Couldn't Laura K have arranged his empty chair with a packet of fags and a pint of beer?

🍺 🚬 🪑 😂

I do wonder if this article in today's Observer questioning whether there was ever an arson attack on Farage's home (about a year after the £5 million bung) has anything to do with his non appearance.

observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/questions-raised-about-security-risk-to-farage-in-row-over-5m-gift-from-crypto-tycoon

Will Farage's refusal evasion of questioning do him any harm with his admirers? I seem to recall Johnson doing much the same thig on occasion; it didn't seem to harm him.

He'll spin to make it appear that he's being victimised.

If subject to speculation- and attempts to spin the truth and appear a victim may not go in his favour.