Alex Forsyth

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2,054 appearances 20 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 4d ago

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Newscast · Nigel Farage Resigns As MP · 7 Jul 2026 podcast

Could it be something else altogether? voice-verified

No one knew, but the speculation was, to put it mildly, rife. voice-verified

Yeah, let's indulge the guesstimate. voice-verified

So we should say that that inquiry, that investigation was by the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner into that undeclared £5 million that Nigel Farage received from the cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harbour, which Mr Farage always said was a personal gift. voice-verified

And so from his perspective, he didn't have to declare it. voice-verified

But there is this ongoing investigation into whether he should have declared it according to the parliamentary rules after he became an MP. voice-verified

Now... voice-verified

There are lots of different sanctions that the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner can choose to impose if they think that the rules have been broken. voice-verified

Actually, it goes to a committee of MPs on the Standards Committee who make the final thing. voice-verified

But the judgment in the initial instance comes from the Commissioner. voice-verified

It goes to a committee of MPs who then decide on the possible sanction if somebody is found to have broken the rules. voice-verified

And one of those sanctions could have been a suspension. voice-verified

And then if Mr Farage had been suspended as an MP for a voice-verified

a long enough period of time that could have triggered what's called a recall petition in his constituency, which mean it would be up to the voters of Clacton whether or not they would then trigger a by-election. voice-verified

So as Chris said, there were a whole number of hurdles and we don't know if that would have been the outcome of this parliamentary inquiry. voice-verified

But what Nigel Farage has done is almost get ahead of that because that is clearly a prospect that he had in his mind. voice-verified

And instead, what he's done is attempt to call. voice-verified

Well, he has. voice-verified

He's triggered the by-election on his own terms. voice-verified

It's also just worth mentioning about the process with that parliamentary standards commissioner inquiry. voice-verified

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