Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said “no one cares” about a £5 million gift he received from Thailand-based crypto entrepreneur Christopher Harborne.
Asked by BBC Breakfast how much of the gift he had spent, Mr Farage said: “It’s none of your business.”
Discussing the donation, Farage said “no one cares, apart from the media, no one cares”.
Farage added: “I’m absolutely convinced I’ve done nothing wrong in any way at all. I also know that since I was elected as an MP, I’ve taken zero in personal expenses. I’m very careful and very cautious about these things.
“I believe it to be a wholly private matter. The standards commissioner may take a different view.”
Asked what the gift was for, Farage said: “Let’s be clear, it’s an unconditional gift. I can spend it on cars if I want to. It’s entirely up to me, right.
“But there is a specific reason for this. I have been physically the most attacked and endangered politician in Britain for now well over a decade. At every stage during that time, when I’ve asked the state to help and support, most times they have point blank refused.”
Asked if he had given an interview about the possibility of becoming an MP before accepting the gift, Farage said: “Yeah. And after that I said, after that I said, ‘I will not stand in this election’. And I was pretty clear when a snap election was called that I wasn’t going to do it. I did change my mind subsequently.”
