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Nigel Farage Dismisses Foreign Donations Claim as ‘Loose Pub Talk’
Farage said Reform took no illegal money as the Electoral Commission and police reviewed claims that foreign funding was routed through intermediaries.
- On Friday, Reform UK dropped senior aides James Orr and Dan Jukes after a Channel 4 News documentary alleged they conspired to accept £32,500 in illegal American funding for political polling commissioned earlier this year.
- Investigative group Verbatim conducted the sting operation, with reporters posing as an American financier and his UK-based son to expose the alleged scheme where the party discussed concealing the origin of foreign donations.
- Addressing the allegations in Birmingham, Reform leader Nigel Farage dismissed the claims as "loose pub talk, including a couple of boasts that simply were not true," while he and Jukes alleged "entrapment."
- The Electoral Commission has contacted the Metropolitan Police to review the claims, stating it is "considering all relevant information" regarding whether accepting foreign payments constitutes a criminal offence.
- Newly published Electoral Commission registrations revealed that Eldridge Capital Management Services LTD, tied to Chelsea FC co-owner Todd Boehly, donated £75,000 to the party earlier this year.
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Nigel Farage dismisses foreign donations claim as ‘loose pub talk’
The Reform UK leader insisted ‘nothing illegal’ had happened.
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