Taking money from just about anyone is just the latest example of Reform’s leader following the Trump school of self-enrichment
N
igel Farage will say pretty much anything for money. Write him a script, stuff a coin in the slot and off he goes: the man who would be prime minister could be your personal mouthpiece for less than £100.
Or at least, that’s the obvious explanation for why – until he was exposed by the Guardian – the Reform UK leader has been churning out written-to-order video messages on request for (among others) Canadian white supremacists, a man jailed for throwing a bottle during the 2024 summer riots, and someone apparently keen to hear him talk about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “big naturals”, pornified slang describing the breasts of a woman who could be running for US president before long.
Either he wanted the cash (and the exposure) enough not to ask too many questions, or he actually meant the stuff he was saying, and since he swears he’s not a racist or misogynist – well, draw your own conclusions. For what it’s worth, a representative of the Canadian group now insists they picked Farage “for a laugh” and to teach him the consequences of “being lazy and stupid enough to say anything for a dollar”.
