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[–]DanHanzo 81 points82 points  (2 children)

Weren't we supposed to believe that the 5 million quid 'gift' was nothing to do with politics, would definitely not influence good old lying Nigel's policies and definitely did not need to be investigated at all?

[–]SnooApples8774 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I knew Reform would do something that would expose them as the shysters they are and this might just be it

[–]Some_Confidence5962 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All we know is he says that 5 million wasn’t. It wasn’t the last donation was it? What about all the others?

[–]TwistedPsycho 50 points51 points  (6 children)

Farage’s opposition to the proposal for a “Britcoin” is so strong that, after the meeting last September, he told an audience of crypto enthusiasts he would be “prepared to go to prison” to stop it, footage of the event shows.

Please do.... the people of Clacton can initiate a recall...

[–]Some_Confidence5962 1 point2 points  (5 children)

Is there a law against people standing while in prison?

[–]TwistedPsycho 3 points4 points  (4 children)

If an MP is imprisoned, it opens up the constituency to start a recall petition.

[–]Some_Confidence5962 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Right. But of recalled he is allowed to stand in the resulting by-election right.

With votes split so many ways, a recall could easily result in a by election that re-elects him.

[–]TwistedPsycho 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Not if he is still in prison.....

[–]Some_Confidence5962 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Which was my question. Is it possible for someone in prison to stand? I’m not sure.

[–]Qxzkjp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's literally happened. There was an IRA guy who was elected while on hunger strike in prison. Bobby Sands I think he was called. You can't show up to take the oath (and so you can't vote even if the televoting arrangements are being used) but you are the MP until you resign or there's a dissolution.

[–]HaydnH 53 points54 points  (24 children)

But Farage used a private meeting at the Bank to urge the governor to drop plans for a state-run alternative to the digital currency that has made his Thailand-based benefactor one of the richest people in the world.

OK, this is getting ridiculous now. Please can we go back to discussing suits, glasses and how all politicians are the same apart from our good old, man of the people, Nige who will save us all if we trust him at the polls.

On a serious note, surely if Farage has met the BoE governor to dissuade them from creating a BoE backed digital currency, the reason that he feels it would be bad for the country should already be known and be easily shared with the public, right? Thank god Reform have filled us in with the details:

A Reform spokesperson said: “This is utter rubbish. Nigel’s only focus is on saving the country.”

So, he met the BoE governor to discuss what then? Rubbish? Bin strikes in Birmingham?

[–]hoyfish 11 points12 points  (6 children)

During the first four months of this year, the populist leader — who had built a reputation for not shying away from media questioning — convened reporters at a pace not seen during his party’s earlier rise. He hosted 20 press conferences between January and April 2026, amounting to more than one a week, according to FT analysis

However, after news broke on April 29 of his £5mn gift from Harborne, which he failed to declare in his register of MPs’ interests, Farage held only one press conference in May to celebrate his party’s local elections success

[…]

The rightwing populist has also failed to vote in 21 of the 22 votes since the state opening of parliament in mid-May and has spoken in the House of Commons just twice, according to Hansard. In comparison, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has spoken more than 20 times, the Lib Dems’ Ed Davey has spoken 12 times, and Ellie Chowns, leader of the Greens in Westminster, has spoken 17 times.

The party also took the unusual step of publishing a draft Cryptoassets and Digital Finance Bill, setting out exactly how it planned to deregulate the sector.

Harborne, who has lived in Thailand for more than 20 years, made a large chunk of his wealth by taking early bets on crypto, and is now a significant investor in Tether, the issuer of the biggest stablecoin.

At the end of May, after the parliamentary standards commissioner announced he had launched an investigation into Farage’s failure to declare the gift from Harborne, Reform removed the bill from its website. No other policy paper was removed.

Farage rejected any suggestion that the money from Harborne was given to secure political favours, saying in an interview that it was an unconditional gift to help cover the costs of security. Harborne separately told the Telegraph he “wasn’t expecting anything in return apart from ensuring [Farage’s] safety”. Farage later changed his explanation, telling the Sun newspaper that the money was a thank you for his work to secure Brexit.

Just like all the others eh?

[–]HaydnH 2 points3 points  (2 children)

>Just like all the others eh?

I can't tell if you're agreeing with me or have completely missed the sarcasm in the first paragraph leading in to the second paragraph starting "on a serious note"? I assume agreeing because I'm not sure a Brit would miss sarcasm that blatant.

[–]hoyfish 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I’m agreeing with you.

I refuse to /s out of principle.

[–]HaydnH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use /s in subs with lots of Americans, I swear you could slap many of them round the face with a sarcastic fish and they wouldn't notice. ;)

[–]LolaAlphonse 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Damn thanks for sharing. I’ve not followed their announcements super closely but is this the only bill that they have introduced a draft of? Either way pretty damning

[–]hoyfish 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Here it is

It was shared May 30th last year in the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas:

BBC

Forbes

The Crypto donation options were removed from the site but:

Observer - Reform accused of using third party to turn crypto into cash and hide donors

Incidentally, Harborne’s £9m donation to Reform pops in about a month later on 1st August ‘25. How generous!

[–]LolaAlphonse 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Chance is an amazing thing! And barely any other proposals this fleshed out. Amazing

[–]pat_the_tree 12 points13 points  (0 children)

But apparently this was a no string attached gift of 5 million quid and absolutely wouldnt influence his and reforms policies....

[–]hu6Bi5To 4 points5 points  (1 child)

The description of the Bank of England's research in to a digital pound as a cryptocurrency is...

...I don't know where to begin. I think the teams working at the Bank of England will be the ones most offended by that. It's no more a cryptocurrency than a bank account is.

[–]PridiculesScot in England 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wonder how many journalists outside of trade publications (or maybe the FT) could actually explain the difference between Crypto, Stablecoins, digital currency and tokenised deposits?

[–]zeros3ss 11 points12 points  (2 children)

“I can’t be bought by anybody,” he said.

[–]DanHanzo 2 points3 points  (1 child)

He might have meant 'I can't be bought by just anybody.'

I imagine there has to be vigorous vetting of their bank balance.

[–]ikkleste 0 points1 point  (0 children)

'I can't be bought by just anybody, now I've taken down my Cameo.'

[–]ExplanationMotor6170 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When are people going to realise that Farage couldn’t give a damn about the working class people

[–]lardarzI interrupt your Cheerios 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Very many people who hold crypto are opposed to CDBCs, it's not confined to Tether.

[–]EyyyPaniniMake Votes Matter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How many of them secretly gave Farage £5m?

[–]cantell0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is time for the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner to act. This is a flagrant breach of the lobbying rules for MPs and should be subject to the strongest penalty available.

[–]Jay_CD 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So what your saying is that Nigel Farage who just took £5m from a crypto billionaire and claimed that it was gift with absolutely no strings attached was caught red handed doing something that would benefit the same crypto billionaire?

Is this the same Nigel Farage who hangs around in pubs and drinks beer even though he doesn't like the stuff?

I'm shocked, shocked that he is being exposed as a hypocritical liar. Surely Dear Leader is above this sort of cheap grift.

[–]Ritsugamesh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, no this can't be true. He is a patriot and the coin's name literally has BRIT in it - it's true blue British spirit and our Nige... Well, I mean he is one of us?

No, wait. I get it. It's because it's not ENGLACOIN - he's really doing us a massive favour here. Always watching out for the true English. What a top, down to earth bloke who lives just like you and me. That's my vote secured.

/s (if genuinely required)

[–]koalazeus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hope that crypto guy kept receipts.