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• Partidos rivales exigen una investigación mientras el presidente del partido Conservador remite al líder de Reform UK al comisionado por un regalo de un magnate de las criptomonedas • Exclusiva: Farage recibió 5 millones de libras no declarados por parte de un magnate de las criptomonedas • Análisis: El intento de Farage de adelantarse a la noticia plantea más interrogantes

• El líder de Reform hizo declaraciones públicas tras ser contactado por Guardian, ¿pero se sostiene su afirmación de que el dinero era para su seguridad? • Nigel Farage recibió 5 millones de libras no declarados de un multimillonario de las criptomonedas en 2024 • Nigel Farage ha admitido que recibió un regalo personal de 5 millones de libras del megadonante de Reform UK, Christopher Harborne, poco antes de las elecciones generales de 2024. No reveló ese regalo en su momento. Y no hizo mención alguna al respecto en el año transcurrido desde entonces. Eso fue hasta el miércoles por la mañana, cuando el Daily Telegraph publicó una noticia en la que Farage admitía haber recibido el dinero de Harborne, afirmando que era para su seguridad personal. Continuar leyendo...

El líder de Reform cambió de opinión sobre presentarse como MP tras el regalo del crypto tycoon con sede en Tailandia Christopher Harborne. Nigel Farage recibió £5m del crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne poco antes de anunciar que se presentaría a las elecciones generales británicas de 2024, según puede revelar the Guardian. Farage ya había declarado que no tenía intención de presentarse como aspirante a MP, pero cambió de opinión a las pocas semanas de recibir el regalo personal del empresario con sede en Tailandia. Continue reading...

Savitha Prakash, a first-generation immigrant running in local elections in Harrow, says Reform UK aims to ‘put Britain first’Savitha Prakash, an NHS doctor living in the London borough of Harrow, believes there are similarities between the Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, and India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi. “He’s [Modi] one of those people, like Nigel, he walks the talk. He made [a] difference to the country,” said Prakash, who chairs Reform UK’s branch in Harrow.In particular, the 47-year-old said Farage and Modi – who have each been accused by their critics of scapegoating marginalised communities – were focused on putting the needs of the majority first. Continue reading...

Leader of Tories criticises Farage after he says holding another independence vote ‘probably quite reasonable’Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the Conservative party, has accused Nigel Farage of being an opportunist who does not believe in unionism after he urged Scottish nationalists to back Reform.Farage said earlier this week he believed in “genuine nationalists” who do not support the Scottish National party’s bid to rejoin the EU, and urged them to vote Reform in the Holyrood election on 7 May. Continue reading...

Resignation announced of Jai Patel, whose liquidated crypto firm was relaunched as Stack BTC this yearThe chief executive of a bitcoin company promoted by Nigel Farage has left his role as the venture attempts to convince investors that it is going to deliver “long-term value” for shareholders.Stack BTC was launched to much fanfare in March this year, with Farage and former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng becoming some of its first shareholders. The company says its founder is Paul Withers, a friend of the Reform UK leader who owns a gold bullion company that Farage has also promoted, Direct Bullion. Continue reading...

Poll projects major political earthquake across Britain with Labour losing Wales and England’s Red WallGood morning. Wes Streeting, the health secretary, is publishing a revised women’s health strategy for England today. As Andrew Gregory reports, the strategy implicitly accepts that women have been let down by a (largely male) medical establishment which has not always taken their health concerns seriously.But, for Labour, this is not just a health announcement. The English local elections are just over three weeks away, and Labour is using this announcement as a platform to attack Reform UK, saying that Nigel Farage’s party can’t be trusted to stand up for women.1. Reform want to reopen the debate on abortion limitsNigel Farage has described the current 24-week abortion limit as “utterly ludicrous” and called for Parliament to revisit it - raising concerns about rolling back long-established reproductive rights.Today Labour is taking action to fix a system that has too often ignored women - cutting waiting lists, improving care and putting women’s voices at the centre.But Reform’s record speaks for itself. From attacking reproductive rights to undermining protections at work, they simply can’t be trusted to stand up for women.If these results come to pass, we will be looking at a major political earthquake across Britain.It could be the worst local election ever for Labour in England, a collapse for the Conservatives in their historic Blue Wall heartlands, and a brutal third place for Starmer’s party in Wales. Continue reading...

Promotion of ‘bitcoin treasury’ firm with Kwasi Kwarteng draws new attention to Reform leader’s relations with industryA thumping electronic beat provides the soundtrack to the video as Nigel Farage appears in front of a bank of screens.At first glance, it could be yet another of the Reform UK leader’s “second jobs” – whether promoting gold as a pension fallback or recording Cameo videos. And in a sense, it is: Farage is promoting a £2m cryptocurrency purchase by a company in which he has £215,000 invested, Stack BTC. Continue reading...