Nigel Farage - MP for Clacton | Reform Watch
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Role: MP for Clacton
Recorded incidents (showing 41-50 of 52)
Nigel Farage warns Palestinian migrants could include 'Hamas-style operatives'
Category: xenophobia
On 2025-10-14 Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, said on his GB News show that Britain faces a national security crisis as Palestinian small boat crossings have risen, claiming crossings are up 1,000% this year and suggesting some young men arriving could be "Hamas-style operatives". He said the number of Palestinian asylum claims and students coming to the UK added to the security risk and framed the issue as a difficult debate. Farage also argued certain crimes and offences are more prevalent among particular nationalities and said the government should take account of that, while urging caution about who is arriving in the country. No immediate response or sanction from Reform UK or the broadcaster was reported and Farage remains leader of Reform UK; there is no record in the source of any formal investigation or consequence resulting from the remarks.
Nigel Farage accuses teachers of 'poisoning our kids' and calls them 'Marxist'
Category: inflammatory language
On 10 October 2025 Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, said in an interview that 'Marxist' teachers were 'poisoning our kids' by the way they addressed race issues in schools. He made the remarks while discussing education and culture in schools. Farage made the comments in his capacity as leader of Reform UK and said he expected teachers to strike if he became prime minister. He framed the statements as a critique of how race issues are taught in schools.
Nigel Farage: Reform training told activists 'Don’t drink and tweet' and to ignore 'no junk mail' signs
Category: social media conduct
Leaked Reform UK training videos produced in July and August 2025 advised activists to "don’t drink and tweet", to treat social media posts like press releases, to ignore 'no junk mail' signs when delivering leaflets and to avoid wearing party branding while canvassing. The materials were part of the Reform UK Centre of Excellence digital training catalogue and remained accessible to activists when the materials were made public. The guidance appears alongside instructions that vetting checks focus on online profiles only and that parties should delay announcing council vacancies to maximise campaign time. The videos coincided with Nigel Farage's Clacton by-election campaign and ongoing standards complaints against him; no formal party response is recorded and the materials raise questions about candidate screening and efforts to discourage public scrutiny.
Nigel Farage calls Welsh people 'foreign speakers' in paid Cameo video
Category: xenophobia
In July 2025 Nigel Farage described Welsh people as "foreign speakers" in a paid-for personalised video message he recorded on the Cameo platform for a wedding. The clip, for which he charged £106, contained two takes in which he said he would not attend because "half the guests were Welsh" and referred to "foreign speakers" and being "mobbed". The remarks risk damaging Reform UK's campaign ahead of Senedd elections in Wales and follow other Cameo clips in which Farage used derogatory language about groups. A spokesperson for Farage said a Cameo is a short personalised message requested by members of the public and "should not be treated as political statements or campaign activity".
Nigel Farage forgives Zia Yusuf after burka remarks
Category: inflammatory language
On 9 June 2025 in Port Talbot, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said he had "forgiven" Zia Yusuf after Yusuf criticised the party's newly elected MP Sarah Pochin and briefly resigned as party chairman. Farage said Yusuf had "lost his rag" and told him "don't do it again". The row began after Pochin asked the prime minister about banning the burka. Yusuf posted on social media calling the question "dumb", later said he regretted the post and blamed exhaustion for a poor decision, and described the episode as a "storm in a teacup"; he stepped down as chair but returned two days later to lead the party's Doge unit and remains a major donor to the party.
Nigel Farage praised freeing jailed ex‑Honduran president and 'Free Diddy' in paid Cameo videos
Category: ethics violation
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK and a sitting MP, recorded paid personalised videos on the Cameo platform in early 2025 in which he commended efforts to free former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández and urged the release of rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs. One video commissioned in January 2025 praised campaigners seeking Hernández's release, and another around March 2025 included the phrase 'Free Diddy' and a hardline border-control line requested by a customer, delivered as birthday messages for paying users. Hernández had been convicted in the United States in 2024 for drug trafficking and Combs was being held in Brooklyn awaiting trial at the time of the recordings. Farage's spokesperson said the Cameo recordings should not be treated as political statements and described them as part of many thousands of paid messages; the videos have drawn public scrutiny but no formal sanction by the party or parliamentary authorities has been reported.
Received undeclared £5m from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne before 2024 election
Category: undisclosed interest
Reporting in April 2026 revealed that Nigel Farage had received £5 million from Thailand-based crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before deciding to stand as a candidate in the 2024 general election. Farage described the transfer as an unconditional personal gift covering lifelong security costs and compensation linked to his Brexit work and lost earnings, and said that because it pre-dated his election as an MP he did not consider it a political donation requiring declaration. The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards opened an investigation into whether declaration rules had been breached, with potential sanctions including suspension from the House. Banks handling the funds filed a suspicious activity report with the National Crime Agency over money-laundering concerns about the origin of the money. Harborne separately became a major donor to Reform UK, and further questions were raised about Farage's use of donor-linked transport and property.
Parliamentary Commissioner found 17 breaches of MPs' code over late-registered outside earnings
Category: undisclosed interest
The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards ruled in January 2026 that Nigel Farage had inadvertently breached the MPs' code of conduct on 17 occasions by failing to register outside earnings within the required 28-day window. The undeclared payments totalled roughly £384,000 and delays ranged from days to several months. The payments included income from GB News, the gold dealer Direct Bullion (for whom he acted as a brand ambassador), Google and X Corp among others. The Commissioner recommended no formal sanction. Farage apologised and attributed the delays to reliance on aides and limited personal use of computers.
Farage under Parliamentary Commissioner investigation over undeclared gifts
Category: scandal
Nigel Farage, Reform UK leader and MP for Clacton, is being formally investigated by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards over his failure to properly register gifts, hospitality and outside benefits in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. The inquiry, opened in July 2026, focuses on whether items including hospitality, travel and other benefits were declared within the 28-day window required under House of Commons rules. The investigation is the latest in a long-running pattern of compliance questions around Mr Farage's declarations, and comes as the Reform UK parliamentary group faces wider scrutiny of its handling of donations and outside earnings since taking its seats in 2024. Fellow Reform MP Sarah Pochin publicly attacked the Commissioner's process as a "kangaroo court" while the inquiry was under way.
Reported to standards watchdog over crypto lobbying after meeting Bank of England governor
Category: undisclosed interest
In mid-2026 Nigel Farage was reported to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards over alleged lobbying on cryptocurrency policy. He had met the Governor of the Bank of England and argued against the introduction of a state-backed stablecoin while supporting private-sector alternatives, including one connected to the interests of his donor Christopher Harborne. The referral was made in the context of wider scrutiny of undeclared gifts from crypto-linked figures. Farage and Reform UK said his position was consistent with long-standing pro-innovation views, and the Governor stated that no Bank of England policy had changed as a result of the meeting.