UK’s Farage’s gold deal tests his populist brand as Restore Britain rises
- Despite sculpting a down-to-earth image, Nigel Farage, leader of the far-right, anti-immigration party Reform UK, is now one of Parliament’s top earners from outside jobs – pulling in more than $2.5m since becoming an MP in 2024.
- He has been referred to the parliamentary standards commissioner for an investigation into a 5 million pounds ($6.8m) gift.
- In June, it emerged that he was paid 270,000 pounds ($360,000) for 12 hours of work promoting gold bullion – a product hardly affordable for the working-class voter base he claims to represent.
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- Despite sculpting a down-to-earth image, Nigel Farage, leader of the far-right, anti-immigration party Reform UK, is now one of Parliament’s top earners from outside jobs – pulling in more than $2.5m since becoming an MP in 2024.
- He has been referred to the parliamentary standards commissioner for an investigation into a 5 million pounds ($6.8m) gift.
- In June, it emerged that he was paid 270,000 pounds ($360,000) for 12 hours of work promoting gold bullion – a product hardly affordable for the working-class voter base he claims to represent.
Sources: Al Jazeera