Farage's Donation: Electoral Commission Investigates

0:00On April 30th, the Electoral Commission for England and Wales is eyeing a 5 million pound gift that mecha donor Christopher Harborn handed to Nigel. Farage back in early 2024, right before the general election, their weighing if Farage should have declared it as a political donation since he was Reform UK's honorary president at the time. Conservatives kicked this off by writing to the Commission, arguing Farage qualified as a regulated Doni and needed to report the cash. Reform UK fires back that it was just an unconditional personal gift for his security needs, given when Farage hadn't yet pledged to run for. Parliament. Farage announced his MP bid in early June 2024 after the election call and sift the Reform leadership to contests clacked in on C. In Essex, meanwhile, Reform insists he wasn't actively political then, so no rules broken and calls the Tory complaint a desperate poll ploy. Following fuel, records show Farage held 50 to 75% shares in the Reform UK company from

1:04May 2021 to February 2. 1025 listed for political activities. Conservatives also tipped off the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards about a potential commons code breach. The Commission plans to review all info and reply to conservatives by May 12th, post-local and devolved elections, so we'll see if this sparks real, action or fizzles out.