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Farage to get his comeuppance as he faces not one, but possibly two investigations
Nigel Farage could finally face his comeuppance as the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner launches one investigation, while a further probe may follow after a complaint from the Conservatives.
Following reports and widespread coverage of Farage taking a ‘gift’ of £5m from foreign-based crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne, which he failed to declare, the commissioner is now finally investigating the Reform UK leader for breaching the code of conduct.
Nevertheless, the millionaire’s woes likely won’t end there — as the Guardian’s Pippa Crerar has said a second investigation by the Electoral Commission might indeed be on its way.
Whether that will take place will be known by the end of this week.
— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) May 13, 2026
Followed by:
NEW: A second investigation into Nigel Farage could be on the cards – I'm told the Electoral Commission has told the Tories they are still looking at their complaint and will come back by the end of this week.
— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) May 13, 2026
When it rains, it pours — eh, Nigel?
This is sure to be a week that the Reform leader would like to forget — not that we will let him, that’s for sure. After all, Farage is well overdue for an investigation and with any justice, be kicked out of British politics. Nevertheless, we will have to see how the investigations play out as to whether we will see this super-rich racist facing accountability in our democracy.
However, officials only agreed to take up this investigation after pretty significant pressure. For instance, we have been reporting for quite a while on the huge, and questionable, funding going into this billionaire-interested business of a party.
Our own Alex/Rose Cocker wrote in March — way before the local elections on May 7:
On 5 March, the Electoral Commission published its records of political donations in the last quarter of 2025. And, surprise surprise, Reform UK has taken yet another massive crypto donation from Thai-based billionaire Christopher Harborne.
Last quarter’s £3m donation joins the record-breaking £9m that the cryptocurrency investor already gifted to the far-right party. Likewise, on top of the £3m, Reform also received a further £2.5m from other sources.
Back in May [2025], Farage told the Las Vegas Bitcoin Conference that his party would launch a “crypto revolution”. On the same day, Reform announced that it would start accepting donations in crypto.
Then, in the very next financial quarter, Harborne’s major £9m donation to Reform rolled in on 1 August. It was the largest ever gift from a private individual to a political party.
At the time, the Canary highlighted that Harborne also donated millions to the Brexit Party in 2019, as well as to the Conservatives between 2001 and 2022. While Harborne is British, he’s now based in Thailand.
Sky News spoke to political donation expert professor Justin Fisher, who told them:
It exposes the fact that this is a person who is a British citizen but is able to influence British politics without being subject to the laws that any Reform government might bring in, any tax arrangements that a Reform might bring in.
This is foreign money by any other name.
When the crypto donation revelation surfaced, Farage insisted that Harbourne “wants nothing from me”.
Farage facing investigation is a welcome sight
Consequently, this announcement of an investigation — and another possibly to come — has come as good news for quite a few.
Not Nige, obviously:
The sun is breaking through the dark clouds ….. https://t.co/RanA87wKo1
— Alan Thompson (@AlanThompson58) May 13, 2026
This would only seem strange to the small minority of people who have never received a no strings attached £5m cash gift from a friend.
It surely can’t be a political bribe…… https://t.co/5YiC2J9fp7
— Brian (@FrenScottish) May 13, 2026
Our own Willem Moore reported on a possible impending by-election in Nigel Farage’s constituency after complainants, including the Tories, submitted allegations to the Electoral Commission and the Parliamentary standards watchdog.
He wrote:
Clearly, voters should know that Farage took £5m from a wealthy crypto-enthusiast given his recent support for the scam-linked financial tech. And as the Observer reported, he now faces:
two possible probes: one by the Electoral Commission, which has been considering whether his failure to declare the sum may have breached electoral law; and a standards commissioner investigation to see whether Farage has breached the members’ code of conduct.
The Electoral Commission will decide whether to launch a formal investigation as early as this week, The Observer understands, with the team weighing up the extent to which the cash was used for Reform party purposes.
No one ‘gifts’ millions for nothing in return
We understand, as it’s pretty obvious, that the super-rich have precious little appreciation for the value of money. However, it’s abundantly clear to everyone else that no one donates over £10m to a political leader unless they are going to get something of far greater value in return. The fact that he was ‘gifted’ it prior to him becoming MP is surely just indicative of the intention to get the far-right businessman a foothold in British politics.
Subsequently, it clearly worked as Farage became an MP. More recently, the millionaire worked to get huge numbers of abusive, racist men — and women — made councillors in the recent local elections. As a result, Reform UK has brought huge instability and division to the UK, and we already know how the super-rich profit from destabilised societies and economies.
Furthermore, we mustn’t forget how super-rich corporates dodge taxes and social justice, whilst the budgets of ordinary people continue to tighten ever further.
Therefore, it is good news that Farage now faces
Featured image via the Canary
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