Voters Call Nigel Farage Very Sleazy Amid Donations Row

More than half of British voters believe Nigel Farage is “very sleazy”, according to a new poll.

The public have an equally dim view of Reform UK amid the ongoing controversy over the party’s financial arrangements.

The Metropolitan Police yesterday confirmed that they have launched a criminal investigation into allegations Reform broke electoral law in an undercover Channel 4 investigation.

Detectives are already probing money given to the party by Fiona Cottrell, who is the mother of longstanding Farage ally, George Cottrell.

Reform have denied any wrongdoing.

Nevertheless, the YouGov poll reveals that 73% of Brits describe Farage as sleazy, including 56% who think he is very sleazy.

Even more worryingly for the Reform leader, 41% of his own party’s voters also think he is sleazy.

Meanwhile, the proportion of voters who think Reform UK is sleazy has increased by 20 points over the last two years to 71%.

That is the same level as the last Conservative government, which was booted out of office in 2024 after 14 years in power.

Just over a third of voters think prime minister Andy Burnham and Tory leader Kemi Badenoch are sleazy, with 46% saying the same of Green Party boss Zack Polanski.

The poll findings are yet another blow for Reform, who have seen their healthy poll lead over Labour disappear in recent months.

While Labour has enjoyed an increase in popularity since Burnham replaced Keir Starmer as leader, revelations that Farage failed to declare a £5 million gift from a Thailand-based crypto billionaire have also damaged his party.

Reform have also been riven by in-fighting, with Tim Montgomerie – who defected from the Tories last year – this week quitting, claiming the party is in the middle of a “civil war”.

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