Emma Barnett

We've never had anything like it before, like we were saying on the show yesterday, for reform reform.

to be so financially dependent, or for any political party to be so financially dependent on one donor.

12 million alone last year from Christopher Harbourn, with potentially more to come.

Another thing, again, for the leader of that party, OK, he was not an MP quite at the time, but to receive 5 million in apparently unconditional gift from the same person.

Another thing, again, to be told that this is all for the purposes of security.

And as we said yesterday, it isn't entirely clear whether there may even be more money that has been given because reform won't say.

I mean, this question of whether or not it has been used exclusively for security, and even if it was, it doesn't stop the questions about it, but maybe it makes it a bit more straightforward.

I mean, I've asked loads of reform politicians over the last few weeks about whether they can provide evidence for that.

And if they...

are able to do so why wouldn't they do so just to nullify any potential complaints about it i asked richard tice the deputy chairman about it on local election night last week this is what he said all sorts of things but the reality is he's complied with the rules why wouldn't he do it if if if he's got nothing to hide why wouldn't he do it

OK, so if Shabana Mahmood turns around tomorrow and goes, actually, you know what, Nigel Farage, we will provide your security.

Would he give the five million back?

And it is precisely because of your success, Richard Tyson, these elections and the fact you've led in so many polls and the fact that it looks like you could form the next government and Nigel Farage should be the next prime minister.

Don't you think we ought to be absolutely certain this country deserves to be absolutely certain that he is not in any way that he is no way beholden upon a rich crypto billionaire who doesn't even live in this country?

Oh, well, we'll just take it from you then, because that's how political trust should work.

We'll just take your word for it.

Yeah.

We rarely, I think, have prime ministers who have such complicated

finances right i mean i'm usually when a prime minister is heading into downing street or it looks likely they will divest themselves of outside you know earnings and engagements things like that there's a bit about it with rishi sunak but i was just looking at the most recent um register of interest for farage i mean we've got you know um money from gb news as a presenter um a fee for social for social media from x corporation cameo video recordings from baron app inc we've got um work for don't you remember you used to kind of do happy birthday i think it's still

We've got he received he received this one hundred and thirty five thousand as a brand ambassador for direct bullion.