Overview
- Farage says the disclosure of the £5 million was caused by a “serious computer-hacking” attack and calls it an operation against him.
- The Electoral Commission is weighing a formal probe after complaints, a step that former standards figures say could lead to suspension and a recall vote if breaches are found.
- Conservatives have referred Farage to the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner to test whether he broke the rule that new MPs must register support linked to political activity in the year before election.
- Farage says the money was a personal gift to fund private security after threats to his home, including an incendiary device pushed through his letterbox.
- The donor was Christopher Harborne, a Thailand-based cryptocurrency investor who also gave Reform £9 million in a single donation and more than £12 million overall.