Nigel Farage tells BBC he 'wasn't listening' during foreign donor talks filmed undercover
Summary
Nigel Farage said he was not paying attention during a talk about a plan to get foreign money for his party, Reform UK. His former staff members involved in the talk have left their jobs, and the party is investigating what happened.Key Facts
- Nigel Farage said he wasn't listening during a conversation about foreign money donations to Reform UK.
- His former chief of staff Dan Jukes and ex-head of policy James Orr have been removed from their roles.
- The conversation involved a plan for an American donor to give £500,000 through his UK-based son.
- UK law says political party donors must be UK voters or UK-registered companies, so foreign money cannot be given this way.
- No money was actually donated; the plan was shown in an undercover investigation.
- Farage denied that Reform UK ever took money from foreign sources.
- The police are considering investigating the claims.
- Farage said his family wants him to quit politics, but he has not decided to step down.
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