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The Parliamentary Standards Committee announced an investigation into Farage’s mystery millions, and the internet grabbed the popcorn – 18 stinging reactions

Oonagh Keating. Updated May 14th, 2026

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Recently, the Guardian revealed that Nigel Farage was given £5 million by a crypto billionaire named Christopher Harborne (or Chakrit Sakunkrit) just weeks after announcing he wouldn’t stand in the 2024 general election, and – more importantly – just before he announced he’d changed his mind.

The Tories reported him to the Parliamentary Standards Committee at that time.

It’s not the first time the committee has had to investigate Farage, having previously found him in breach of the MPs’ code of conduct for 17 violations of the rule requiring members to declare their income – to the tune of in excess of £380,000. They told him not to do it again.

Since the revelation of the £5 million windfall, Farage has reacted angrily to any mention of it.

With the Reform Party’s success in the local elections safely out of the way, it seems the Standards Committee might finally have grown a pair.

The news caused the party to repeat its claim that the money didn’t need to be declared, because it was a gift to pay for personal security.

As a newly elected member of Parliament in 2024, he should have declared any money or donations in kind given to him within the previous 12 months – which he did not do.

The chinny reckon – and schadenfreude – were almost palpable.

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