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
As Nigel Farage toasted the inauguration of Donald Trump in Washington earlier this year at a glitzy party hosted by Republican pollsters, there was an unfamiliar bearded figure by his side.
Reform’s new mega-donor Christopher Harborne is based in Thailand and is rarely seen with Farage in the UK.
But he was at a party sponsored by Reform supporter Arron Banks and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s anti-China campaign in January, having bankrolled Farage’s three-day trip to celebrate Trump’s return to the White House at a cost of £27,000.
Harborne has given generously to Farage before, donating £10m to the Brexit party at the 2019 election – when Farage stood down many of his candidates against Tories and Boris Johnson won by a landslide.
