Tom Burgess

Today, the secretive billionaire bankrolling Nigel Farage.

This is Tom Burgess, an investigations reporter at The Guardian.

He's describing the Kamalaya Wellness Sanctuary in Thailand.

That's where, one balmy evening last year, the resort manager was welcoming guests to a talk.

On longevity and anti-aging medicine.

The manager introduces two men on the stage.

The first, a Thai doctor with impeccable credentials.

And then, a white guy in khakis and a pale blue shirt.

He is also, by far and away, the biggest donor to Nigel Farage, stumping up two-thirds of Reform UK's entire funding, helping Farage get ever closer to Downing Street, and changing the entire British political landscape while he's at it.

From The Guardian, I'm Helen Pitt.

Today in Focus, who is Chris Harbourn, and why is he donating so much money to Nigel Farage?

Tom Burgess, nice to see you again.

Welcome back.

So you've spent a lot of time recently looking into this guy, Chris Harbourne.

Yes.

I had never heard of him.

Yes, that's one of his names.

Yeah, until I read your magisterial magazine piece for The Guardian.

How did he first come on your radar?

And at this point in time, how important a political donor is he for Nigel Farage and the Reform Party?