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[The Receipts UK ♿ @david_hollas]

Three men, three scandals: Reform's top table under simultaneous financial scrutiny.

In one week, Reform UK's three most senior figures have each come under scrutiny into their money. Farage has resigned as an MP over it. Tice is accusing a law enforcement agency of leaking against him. Jenrick, Reform's own financial affairs spokesman, is under formal Met Police investigation. This is the top of one party facing simultaneous questions about where its money came from.

Farage: the £5m gift and the SAR

Farage received £5m from crypto investor Christopher Harborne, undeclared, insisting he had no obligation since he wasn't yet a politician. The Guardian reports Farage's own bankers filed a Suspicious Activity Report with the NCA in May 2024, unable to trace the money's origin. Harborne's lawyers say it arrived in one transfer on 5 April 2024; the Guardian's sourcing says transfers continued into May, including after Farage's 22 May announcement he wouldn't stand.
A second scandal involves George Cottrell, a convicted fraudster who funded Farage's staff, security and accommodation before his election, undeclared. Facing a standards investigation into both, Farage resigned this week rather than await Greenberg's findings, triggering a by-election he'll contest, timed in a way that also resets the declaration window covering both periods.

Tice: tax affairs and the NCA accusation.

Tice has faced reports of £600,000 avoided in corporation tax via a REIT structure, £91,000 in unpaid tax before dividends moved through a Jersey trust, and a £1.113m transfer from his company to Reform UK. This week he accused the NCA of leaking his bank statements to the Guardian, unevidenced beyond his own belief.

Jenrick: the foreign-sourced donation

The Met has launched a formal investigation into £100,000 donated to Jenrick's 2024 leadership campaign via Spott Fitness. Around £40,000 allegedly originated from Gary Klopfenstein, who pleaded guilty to wire fraud in the US on 19 July 2024, mid-way through the transfers. Foreign donations are illegal under UK electoral law. Jenrick has since defected to Reform.

The pattern

Three men, three types of alleged impropriety, three institutions now involved: the Standards Commissioner, the NCA, the Met. What connects them: the leadership of the party ahead in the polls, all under scrutiny at once, using the same defence, that it's innocent, and that scrutiny itself is the real scandal.

[OldishBird @oldishbird1]

Count Binface is reminding us all what it really means to be British. An abiding love for a brilliant piss take that bursts the ego of the most highly inflated ego around. The sun is out, England are still in the World Cup and Farage has made himself look like a tool. 🤣🇬🇧⚽️☀️

[Jack Dart @JackWDart]

It’s hard to have imagined a worse 24 hours for Reform UK. And what’s even funnier today is that despite all parties having announced they’ll not field a candidate to fight Farage, Reform is still defiantly uploading campaign videos, like they’re not in a contest with a bin.

[SophieSpring97 @SophieP25397]

It baffles me why people without a pot to piss in think voting for a party who voted to slash workers rights whose MP's voted against upskirting, drink spiking and stalking women laws and whose leader takes 5 million from Thai based billionaire is socking it to the establishment?

[Danny Chambers MP 🩺 @DannyVet]

We are keeping a seat warm for you @CountBinface

Bring it on home!

[Professor Christopher Painter @PrfChrisPainter]

Confirmation of Farage's conflict of interest. Receives money from crypto millionaires, then lobbies Bank of England on their behalf. Cut and dried!

[Rt Hon. Will || Portfolio for Sarcasm (parody) @colder_sarcasm]

GBNews knows it’s all about to come crashing down.

[Damian Low @DamianLow3]

- Privately educated
- Former City broker
- Involved in politics for 30 years
- Multi millionaire
- Party funded by a billionaire

But remember, Farage is anti establishment.

[Sam @SamCKx]

Nigel Farage has achieved something that hasn't been done since Churchill in May 1940. He has managed to unite all the UK major political parties.

In 1940, it was behind the war effort. In 2026, it's behind a bin.

[Orpington Cyclist @CycleOrpington]

Count Binface's battle bus arrives in Clacton

[PoliticsJOE @PoliticsJOE_UK]

Hannah Spencer: My dog works harder in the constituency than Nigel Farage.

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

"Police are investigating a donation that was given to [Jenricks] campaign.."

Jenrick, lest we forget, admitted that as a Tory govt minister he deliberately helped a Tory donor avoid £45m in tax by rushing through a housing development.

[Keith Burge @carryonkeith]

Count Binface’s stormtroopers assemble.

[dr ellie king @drellietheking]

*GSCE history exam in 2097:

Please describe the main causes of the rise of Prime Minister BinFace (12 marks)

[The Rev. Anton Mittens 🌹👮🎓 @MittensOff]

'You boy - Has the UK stopped laughing at me yet?' #Farage #ReformUK #Clacton

[Damian Hastie @DamianHastie]

A mob of 50 came into a pub, you leave, then they attack your car and it is written off but you don't say anything or claim on your insurance.

However a reporter walks up your drive and asks your adult daughter if you're home and you go crazy.

That makes sense.

[Hugh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @HughEdw31897368]

Daily Herald May 25. Did any of the UK broadcasters pick up on this then? They’re going after Farage now, but Johnson? no the media still cover up for the lazy, lying, slob.

[Jamie Kay @TheRealJamieKay]

Hilarious!

[kerry ✊💙Save Our NHS @hewitson10]

Robbie Lamas former Reform councillor

Explaining that Reform HQ told him to lie, just lie about policies, tell the electorate what they want to hear

He won’t name what top figure it was in fear of retaliation from them

Nigel Farage , man of the people