Nigel Farage’s trip to Davos to ‘put the global elites on notice’ was funded by an Iranian billionaire. Protect your irony meters! 18 utterly unsurprised responses
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Man of the people latest. All of Farage’s history shows that far from “taking on the globalists” he’s a grifter who milks unsavoury parts of the global elite for all he can get https://t.co/5ofylnQrRf
— Torsten Bell (@TorstenBell) January 24, 2026
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Nigel Farage attended Davos as an adviser to an Iranian billionaire. Doesn't get much more anti-establishment than that, right?
— David__Osland (@David__Osland) January 24, 2026
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The irony… https://t.co/2O8BmIwndY pic.twitter.com/ht2IpfAcCp
— Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) January 24, 2026
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“We asked 100 people what’s the best way to represent Clacton and take on the globalist elite. You said:go to Davos as an advisor to an Iranian billionaire.” pic.twitter.com/C7jz4RPrLh
— Mark Hammond (@MarkHam80780803) January 24, 2026
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Standing up for the little man. As an adviser to an Iranian billionaire. Obviously. pic.twitter.com/7aQ7du7Tmb
— Daniel Lismore (@daniellismore) January 24, 2026
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Still thinking about voting Reform?
Because they’re on your side… right? 🤔Consider this.
Nigel Farage spent this week not in Clacton doing the job he’s paid by the public to do, but in Davos. Hosted and funded by the $10bn family trust of an Iranian-born billionaire.
He… pic.twitter.com/Jtf1MFkJ6X
— Daniel Lismore (@daniellismore) January 24, 2026
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It's a good job Nigel Farage didn't inadvertently overclaim a fiver on Universal Credit, because he'd really be in trouble then
— David__Osland (@David__Osland) January 25, 2026
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Computer illiterate
Thinks Trump on UK forces “s bit wrong”
Thinks Trump should have GreenlandNow .. Davos trip financed by Iranian Billionaire
Ok .. enough now. 😂
This guy is a joke @LBC @SkyNews @BBCNews
— Anne (@Anniepop2027) January 24, 2026
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Hardly speaking truth to power is it Nige? And can you tell us more about the Iranian billionaire who paid for your trip to Davos? https://t.co/giTEIUIDOM
— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) January 24, 2026
Harry Eccles boiled it down.
Farage is for sale to the highest bidder.
If Putin pays him he will tout for Putin.
If it's an Iranian billionaire he will tout for them.
What's clear as day, he won't lift a finger for the people of Clacton. pic.twitter.com/FP3wvVigTs
— Harry Eccles (@Heccles94) January 24, 2026
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