YOU WONT BELIEVE: 11 - What They Never Told You

Keir Starmer announces temporary ban on crypto donations in blow to Reform

Nigel Farage facing calls to return money as as ministers to cap donations from expats, in move that would have outlawed his party’s record-breaking £9m from Thailand-based British businessman

The Independent UK · Mar 25

Funding for populist-right ‘media-political complex’ exceeded £170m in five years, research finds

Handful of billionaires gave huge sums in particular to media organisations that boosted rightwing politicians, says Liam Byrne MP

The Guardian - UK · Mar 23

Nigel Farage invests £215,000 in Kwasi Kwarteng’s bitcoin firm

Reform UK leader strengthens ties with crypto sector with stake in former Tory chancellor’s company Stack BTC

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9

Iran’s central bank using vast quantities of cryptocurrency championed by Farage, says report

Regime appears to have turned to digital currency issued by Tether in the face of sanctions

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21

Nigel Farage promises Reform UK spending blitz on May’s local elections

Reform UK’s election war chest was bolstered by a £9 million donation in August from businessman Christopher Harborne.

Evening Standard · Jan 1

Reform UK claims it has overtaken Labour as Britain’s largest party

Nigel Farage’s party says it has more than 268,000 members amid reports Labour membership has fallen below 250,000

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2025

Explained: All the allegations against Nigel Farage as police probe Reform's Clacton campaign expenses

Claims Farage exceeded the legal spending limit while fighting his Clacton seat are the latest in a string of allegations made against the Reform UK leader

Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2025

Questions over Reform’s donations as electoral watchdog urged to investigate crypto links

Exclusive: Labour and the Lib Dems have called for a probe amid concerns over donations to Reform UK

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2025

Reform’s £9m gift and the rise of the political mega-donor

When the latest figures on donations to political parties were released, it was revealed that businessman Christopher Harborne had donated £9 million to Reform. Harborne, who lives in Thailand, made his fortune on aviation and cryptocurrency. Reform leader Nigel Farage insists he wants nothing in return for the money and…

The Conversation · Dec 5, 2025

Christopher Harborne, the ‘intensely private’ mega-donor bankrolling Reform UK

He has made an immense fortune in crypto and – from his Thai retreat – is putting it at the service of Nigel Farage after a flirtation with the Tories

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2025