Fresh doubts are raised over Farage's claims he did not have to declare £5million 'gift' from crypto-currency tycoon
DAILY MAIL ·
Fresh doubts have been raised over Nigel Farage 's claim he did not have to declare a £5million 'gift' from a crypto–currency tycoon because he was not in politics at the time he received it. The Reform leader – who triggered a by–election in his own seat this week to prove voters still back him – was given the money by tech entrepreneur Christopher Harborne in April 2024, but it remained secret until this year. He insists he did not have to register it with the Commons authorities as it was a gift and he was not politically active at the time – two months before he announced he would stand at the snap general election . However, there is mounting evidence that Mr Farage had by then already agreed to stage a comeback. According to a new biography, he admitted back in December 2023 that he 'had a big decision to make' after commissioning focus group research on his popularity after appearing on I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here. His key ally Richard Tice 'half–expected he'd come back straight away' while Mr Farage himself told ITV 'never say never' when he returned from 'the jungle'. In January 2024, his friend and former donor Arron Banks commissioned a survey that showed Mr Farage could beat a Conservative candidate in Clacton if he stood for Reform. And in April 2024, the same month that Mr Farage received the £5million donation, he is said to have privately agreed to return to frontline politics at a lunch in London.
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