Is Nigel Farage’s Political Career Really 'Dead In The Water'?

This week's Commons People unpicks the financial scandal which risks toppling the Reform UK leader.

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“Nigel Farage is dead in the water,” Piers Morgan boldly declared on the BBC last Sunday.

The broadcaster said the Reform UK leader has been left “rattled” by the row over the undeclared £5 million gift he received from a crypto billionaire.

Farage received the huge lump sum just before he announced he was running in the general election back in 2024.

Though he insists he has not broken any rules, he is being investigated by parliament’s standards watchdog for not declaring the money when he was elected MP for Clacton.

If he is found guilty, Farage could even face a by-election if he is suspended from parliament for longer than 10 days.

But a senior Reform UK source told HuffPost UK: “If Labour are smart, they’ll suspend him for nine days, which would mean he’s guilty but wouldn’t trigger a by-election.

“If they’re daft enough to suspend him for longer, Nigel would easily win the by-election and could then just turn around and say voters don’t care about it whenever the £5 million gift gets brought up again.”

It is Farage’s reaction to the furore which has raised eyebrows among his political allies, as well as as enemies.

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