Nigel Farage squirms in spotlight as British press hounds him over £5M ‘gift’ from crypto billionaire

Published June 28, 2026 5:00am ET



Nigel Farage has enjoyed a prosperous few years taking his Reform U.K. party to the top of public opinion polls, but questions about one pesky financial gift have unsettled the typically cool and confident firebrand.

Crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne, a Brit currently based in Thailand, gave Farage a whopping £5 million (about $6.6 million) gift in 2024, just before the Reform leader announced his successful campaign to return to parliament as the member for Clacton.

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