Reform ‘military’ slam ‘faux’ Channel 4 probe regardless of not watching it – and are ‘prepared for warfare’
Nigel Farage says the party has not ‘taken any dodgy money” in its fight to get to 10 Downing Street while speaking during the first day of the Reform party conference in Birmingham
Farage has claimed his party has done nothing wrong
Furious Nigel Farage has vowed that his beloved Reform party have done nothing wrong and “broken no laws” amid allegations that they breached political donation rules.
The under-fire PM wannabe says the party have not ‘taken any dodgy money” in their fight to get to 10 Downing Street while speaking to a 3,000-strong audience during the first day of the annual Reform party conference in Birmingham.
The leader addressed his delegates as he prepares to be grilled by police over claims party finances were brought in illegally. Allegations were made on Thursday night that Reform breached political donation rules by having polling paid for by an overseas company.
But Reform came out fighting, calling the undercover report a stitch up. Fuming Nigel said: “The party has broken no laws. The party has not taken any dodgy money or anything like that whatsoever.
The wannabe PM is in hot water yet again
“However, it is a clear case of entrapment, and they worked at it for a very, very long time, and they got a couple of our contractors to say things that perhaps should not have been said.”
Two of Reform’s senior officials have stepped down as the party launches an investigation into the claims, which were aired during a Channel 4 News report.
Farage’s senior aide Dan Jukes and Reform’s head of policy James Orr have both stood down pending the outcome of the internal probe, the party said.
“The party believes it is important that the investigation is allowed to proceed independently and without prejudice,” it added in a statement.
Reform Party members have called the investigation a ‘stitch up’
“No further comment will be made while the investigation is ongoing.”
Nigel added: “They have been removed this morning. And yeah, you know, I’m not happy about it.”
Others at the conference were also raging about the “stitch up”.
Party member Gary Taggart from Scotland, who admitted not seeing any of the footage in the investigation, said: “It’s an absolute joke.
“I would even go as far to say the footage is fake and AI. Nothing will ever stop me loving Reform. I will never stop voting Reform. Everyone else from the other parties just have people at the top who just look out for themselves.”
Reform Chairman Lee Anderson has said the party will investigate the claims but they haven’t started yet
Richard Tice, Reform deputy leader, added on the donations row: “We have a KC opinion saying no rules have been broken.”
Chairman of the Party, Lee Anderson confirmed only that the party were “investigating” the claims and when asked who was taking charge of it, replied: “I don’t know yet, we haven’t started the investigation.”
