Taking money from just about anyone is just the latest example of Reform’s leader following the Trump school of self-enrichment
Nigel Farage will say pretty much anything for money. Write him a script, stuff a coin in the slot and off he goes: the man who would be prime minister can be your personal mouthpiece for less than £100.
Or at least, that’s the obvious explanation for why – as exposed by the Guardian – the Reform leader has been churning out written-to-order video messages on request for (among others) Canadian white supremacists, a man jailed for throwing a bottle during the 2024 summer riots, and someone apparently keen to hear him talk about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “big naturals”, pornified slang describing the breasts of a woman who could be running for US president before long.
Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist
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Source: The Guardian