Farage aide suggests Brexit gift comment was unscripted slip

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 19 Oct, 20:19 · Archive

Undercover footage shows a close aide of Nigel Farage suggesting the Reform leader accidentally deviated from the party line when describing a £5m gift as a Brexit reward.

Undercover footage released by the Guardian shows Dan Jukes, a longtime close aide to Nigel Farage, suggesting the Reform UK leader accidentally departed from the official party explanation for a £5m gift.

Farage initially stated the money from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne was solely for his personal security. In May, however, he told the Sun that the gift was 'a reward for campaigning for Brexit for 27 years'. In the undercover footage, Jukes appeared to characterise this second statement as a mistake, saying it was 'not the line to take from the press office'.

Jukes separately stepped down as Farage's aide last month after appearing in undercover footage to discuss ways around foreign donations laws. Farage is currently under investigation by the parliamentary Standards Commissioner regarding whether he should have declared the £5m gift under parliamentary rules.

How it is being reported

• Close Nigel Farage ally appears to admit £5million Brexit comment slip up in undercover footageOne of Nigel Farage's closest allies admitted the Reform leader was not following the party line when he said a £5million gift was a reward for his Brexit campaigning, undercover footage showsThe Mirror · 19 Oct, 19:57
• Farage claim that £5m was reward for Brexit was ‘not press office line’, close aide saysUndercover footage of Dan Jukes raises fresh questions about Reform leader’s statement that £5m gift was for security Nigel Farage undermined his own claims that a £5m gift was for security when he referred to the money as a reward for Brexit, according to one of his closest aides. The apparent admission came in undercover footage seen by the Guardian in which Dan Jukes says that it is “priced in” for Farage to profit from politics. Continue reading...Guardian World · 19 Oct, 17:16

In this story: Nigel Farage · Dan Jukes · Christopher Harborne · Reform UK · Guardian

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