Nigel Farage’s £5 million “reward” from crypto billionaire | Will and Anoosh
5/23/202638 min
Nigel Farage’s £5 million “reward” from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne, the NHS “I feel lucky” syndrome and the Reform councillor who wants us to crack down on extra terrestrial activity.
Will Dunn and Anoosh Chakelian round up the stories of the week.
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First 90 secondsWill Dunn· Host0:00
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Anoosh Chakelian· Host0:02
I'm Anoosh Chakelian, and you're listening to The Politics Show from the New Statesman, and I'm here with my colleague Will Dunn for our weekly roundup. Hi, Will.
Will Dunn· Host0:13
Hello.
Anoosh Chakelian· Host0:14
Our first category is Bank Statement of the Week, and Will, you've written about this. Nigel Farage, who received 5 million pounds from the crypto billionaire, Christopher Harborne- Mm-hmm ... who you've written very well about in the past.
Will Dunn· Host0:26
Thank you.
Anoosh Chakelian· Host0:27
He failed to declare this money- Mm ... and he says it's because it was personal gift and it, that he didn't expect. Harborne didn't expect anything in return.
Will Dunn· Host0:34
It was just a lovely present from a friend. Yeah.
Anoosh Chakelian· Host0:36
Nice friends if you can get them.
Will Dunn· Host0:38
[laughs] [laughs] Yeah. Yeah. I mean, also if you can pop round to their house in Thailand and- Yeah, even better ... you know, um, sit watching the, the, the waves roll in as, uh, as your bank account swells- [laughs] ... with patriotic fervor- [laughs] ... and, and cash. Yeah, yeah. He said it was a gift, and then he said it was a reward for campaigning for Brexit for, for 27 years. Um, but yeah, so Farage has, um, spent quite a lot of time, uh, doing, uh... Well, he d- this he said was a gift, and that's why he didn't have to declare it, but he has also declared a great deal of income from other sources- Yeah ... since becoming an MP. Uh, he spent more than 1,500 hours, um, working for people other than the people of Clacton, and, um, he...