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"We've already started to hear it in focus groups, 'I thought he was different'" Luke Tryl discusses the potential impact of Nigel Farage receiving a £5m gift from a billionaire backer before he became an MP, adding that it "could deter those wavering Reform voters". #Newsnight

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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has said there was "no obligation" to declare a £5m gift he received from a billionaire backer before he became an MP. Sky’s Beth Rigby points out rules state new MPs "must register all their current financial interests, and any registrable benefits (other than earnings) received in the 12 months before their election within one month of their election". The rules also say "both the possible motive of the giver and the use to which the gift is to be put should be considered", adding "if there is any doubt, the benefit should be registered". Farage insists it was a purely personal gift and that he didn’t need to declare it

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God is beginning to fight for the immigrants. Nigel Farage Nigel Farage got a gift of Five millions pounds from a Crypto guy. Nigel Farage(Reform MP) says the BBC are putting him in danger if he answers how much he's spent of the £5m donation. It’s going to be a long night😜
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Keir Starmer takes a planted question from Lloyd Hatton attacking Nigel Farage over his 5 million pound donation. Let me answer it for you. It was a private gift made before Farage became an MP. It paid for the security the government refused to provide. Chris Harbourne wants nothing in return. He simply loves his country and wants to give patriots like Nigel Farage every chance to succeed.
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Keir Starmer takes a planted question from Lloyd Hatton attacking Nigel Farage over his 5 million pound donation. Let me answer it for you. It was a private gift made before Farage became an MP. It paid for the security the government refused to provide. Chris Harbourne wants nothing in return. He simply loves his country and wants to give patriots like Nigel Farage every chance to succeed.

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"No one's raised it at all." Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice says voters aren't worried about a £5m donation to Nigel Farage from billionaire Christopher Harborne, saying they're 'delighted' for the support for Reform. Read the latest➡️
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"No one's raised it at all." Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice says voters aren't worried about a £5m donation to Nigel Farage from billionaire Christopher Harborne, saying they're 'delighted' for the support for Reform. Read the latest➡️

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'This is at worst an honest mistake, that's the extent of the crime.' Mark Littlewood of Popular Conservatism reacts as an investigation is launched into a £5m gift to Nigel Farage shortly before he decided to stand as an MP.
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'This is at worst an honest mistake, that's the extent of the crime.' Mark Littlewood of Popular Conservatism reacts as an investigation is launched into a £5m gift to Nigel Farage shortly before he decided to stand as an MP.

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Farage insists the £5m gift he received from a Thai crypto billionaire was legal, saying: “There is no obligation to declare something that is a non-political, personal gift, and it will ensure I can be safe for the rest of my life.”
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Farage insists the £5m gift he received from a Thai crypto billionaire was legal, saying: “There is no obligation to declare something that is a non-political, personal gift, and it will ensure I can be safe for the rest of my life.”

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