Farage’s furious clash with Times editor stuns figures close to him. This will not end well…

Luckygirl3

*Farage was born into wealth, attended two elite exclusive indecent schools* - indecent!! heaven forbid!!

I am surprised that the right wing press has taken so long to realise what and who NF really is ..... or has it suddenly become in their interests to acknowledge this?

Yes I do think it is in their interests to acknowledge what's going on. I suspect the right wing press probably realised a lot about Farage for the most part all along. But possibly did not recognise the extent of Farage's huge financial ambitions and dubiousness of some of his political relationship. When those things merged together over past month thats when they started to get queasy.

The scale of Reform Uk's donations come mostly from one donor, Harborne, not a UK resident and in a short time scale - eye watering sums. Then the exposure that Farage himself received £5 million cash sum from Harborne that he failed to declare. Then Farage's lobbying of B of E governor to change his mind on UK plans for cryptocurrency regulation which would be hugely financially beneficial to Harborne. So curiosity and investigative journalism began and accelerated.

This lead to further investigation of a crypto company Tether- the single biggest buyer of the world's biggest safe haven asset- gold. Plus Tether runs USDT, the world's biggest stable coin, which is a form of crypto backed up by hard currency. It serves as a conduit between riskier, volatile cryptocurrencies and the conventional finance system, essentially used as an offshore dollar. Both companies have Russian markets and links.

Tether owns as much as US government debt as some G20 states, some $135 million. It is a huge player, almost like a private central bank- yet it employs just 200 people.

One of its most significant shareholders is Harborne. Tether is valued as a $500 billion company

In August 2025 Harborne gave Reform UK £9 million, in cash- the biggest party donation in UK history. Then a further. £3 million in October 2025 and an additional £3 million sum in January 2026.

It was the finding out about Farage's undeclared personal cash sum of £5 million received from Harborne that tipped the right wing media applecart They cannot afford to end up with egg on their face if corruption is exposed now or down the line. The warning signs are now in plain sight and in eye watering £sums.

I do like KB ascerbic summing up.

Farage was born into wealth, attended two elite exclusive indecent schools - indecent!! heaven forbid!!

I am surprised that the right wing press has taken so long to realise what and who NF really is ..... or has it suddenly become in their interests to acknowledge this?

And thats the rub- I'm sure The Times et al feel queasy reporting against one of their own. But no one, including the right wing press, wants to be seen to support political corruption that runs the risk of undermining. democracy.

Such serious risk merits full journalistic investigation- to find out the facts.

Re. Problem with right wing press attacking Farage?

No problem

It simply indicates that the question around Farages affairs are serious enough for the right wing to take a step back.

Even they are feeling queasy at where this is going.

The fact that Farage is right wing- and the right wing press ( normally and usually supportive of right wing politicians) are scrutinising Farage, by way of investigative journalism rather than rumour mongering, click bait headlines - I agree is an example of the press rightly holding a politician to account.

If the right-wing press is 'attacking' a right-wing politician, what's the problem? Looks to me, and to a few others on this thread, as if the press referred to is doing its job properly.

Long may the press of any 'wing' hold incompetence and wrongness in our politicians, and others in public life, to account.

Maremia

Will Farage make Britain better, the way Trump is doing in the US of A?
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It's a no from me.

Btw, no press will be publishing full postage addresses and driving directions!

Hahaha I see good old auto-correct has changed what should have been “independent schools” into “indecent schools” So sorry, but on the plus side made me laugh out loud!

Will Farage make Britain better, the way Trump is doing in the US of A?
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We frequently see TV and newspaper images of press outside politicians and prominent persons' properties waiting for someone to come out of their home. Mandelson and AMW earlier this year. It is an image not an address and twas ever thus.

Why are the Press interested in his houses?
I think it could be because of the changing narratives (some might say lies) about how the one in Clacton was acquired.
The solution is simple.
Put the controversy to bed by coming clean.
The ball is in Farage's court.

We do know about other politicians houses and we do see images of other politicians properties. I recall photos of Rayner's property in Brighton, photos of Sunak's house and other politicians' houses in the press. We've seen photos in the press of MPs standing outside their houses, with wives on occasion when an extra martial affair comes to light. We've more. recently seen photos of Starmer's house that was set fire to.

Farage himself stood before the same house in the Times photo for a media photo before the Times published the same image- the property image was already in the public domain * put there by Farage*

Farage may be in more trouble over his £5million 'gift'.

Yesterday the tax expert, Dan Neidle said

Dan Neidle
@danneidle.bsky.social
In May we said Nigel Farage probably didn't owe tax on his £5m gift.

The Guardian now reports the gift followed talks where Farage said he'd need £5m to return to frontline politics.

If that's right, we think there's a high risk of a £3m tax bill - payable by Reform.

Our original report said that if, hypothetically, the £5 million was paid as part of an arrangement for Mr Farage to become leader, the "disguised remuneration" rules in Part 7 ITEPA could apply.

Neidle says that originally there was no evidence of this, but the Guardian report he cites indicates that it might be 'disguised remuneration' and so subject to tax.

Full story here:

bsky.app/profile/danneidle.bsky.social/post/3mqtdpnasto2j

Or here on Neidle's website

taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/07/17/farage-5m-gift-tax/

Nigel Farage and his partner, Laure Ferrari, own a mortgage-free property empire worth more than £4 million, consisting of at least five homes across Surrey, Kent, and Essex.

His exact net worth is not publicly disclosed, though his high-earning media and political roles have led to substantial wealth.

The extensive property portfolio includes:Surrey Mansion: A five-bedroom property purchased for £1.42 million in May 2024, featuring a large annexe, 200-yard driveway, and a double-height living room.

Former Marital Home: Located in the village of Downe, Kent, valued at roughly £1 million and retained following the split from his second wife.

Kent Coast Properties: Two beachfront properties located in Lydd-on-Sea, owned through his company, Thorn In The Side Limited.Clacton Constituency Home:

A property purchased for approximately £900,000, registered solely in his partner's name.

The purchase of his £1.42 million Surrey home was made shortly after he received a £5 million personal gift from Christopher Harborne, a Thailand-based crypto billionaire

While Farage maintains the funds were necessary for personal security and the purchase was unrelated, the non-declaration (et. etc)

Nice one Farage. I'm sure the £1.2 million home was completely necessary to keep away the milk shakes.

FriedGreenTomatoes2

He’s 60 and a grandad now.
I’d walk.

Me too.

I think we all know the very wealthy have little, or zero, knowledge what it feels like not to be able to pay your household bills, or make choices between heating or eating.

It’s not necessarily their fault.

Farage was born into wealth, attended two elite exclusive indecent schools, went straight into the City into commodities (or whatever it was), and has zero clue what the “normal, average blokes” life looks or feels like.

This is absolutely fine, so long as you’re not selling yourself as a “normal, average man”, who, by exploiting people’s perceived anxieties/fears, has rapidly risen in our political system.

Stop and look for a moment at how many Reform councillors won seats at our local election the past two years and then look again at how many are still in office?

To me, this says it all.

To me, and it’s only my opinion, Farage is a charlatan, and great speaker, good at motivating people, amazing at making promises.

Since becoming an MP he’s managed not to turn up in parliament for 77 consecutive votes, yet managed to turn up to vote “nay” in things which will affect his own constituency like Renters Right and Employment Rights, he has not turned up at even one civic town hall meeting, he does not meet regularly with his constituency or run surgeries.

Farage has spent over 1,113 hours or 140 working days at his various other jobs since being elected to Parliament in July 2024 – while spending considerably less time addressing Parliament than other party leaders.

“By totalling Farage’s own estimates in the register of interests, Byline Times can reveal that Farage has spent 140 working days working on projects related to his other jobs, spread across 14 employers. The analysis excludes Farage’s work for the Telegraph newspaper, which is recorded differently. (Source byline times March 2026)”

Tell me again Farage is a “man of the people” 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

WWM2- I agree. I think Frage made a grave error in judgement in trying to lobby the Governor of the Bank of England over UK cryptocurrency plans. Then when his £5 million gift from Harborne came to light this link and significance amplified with the msm and a couple of previously supportive right wing outlets began their own investigations into Farage.

We are where we are and Farage is hitting back.

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Why on earth should the public be told about his houses?

We don’t know much at all about property’s other politicians have.

I don’t blame NF for feeling got at.

I don't believe the press should give away any information about MPs houses, especially in the current political climate. We've just had a prominent Reform member murdered so how much proof do you need that there is danger?

Rayner even indeed!

GG13 - if it was me I would also walk away from politics and enjoy life away from media scrutiny.

Farage I suspect would find it very difficult and will find it very difficult to walk away from all the attention and spotlight which he has enjoyed for many years.

Rayner even.

Farage has not been properly scrutinised either politically or regards finance, including his undeclared income, until very recently. Money laundering is a highly serious offence, and banks have reported this more than once to the NCA.

Many questions need answering.

Mayor= Raynor