The far-right Reform UK party, led by the firebrand populist Nigel Farage, is on the rise, doubling down on calls for tougher border controls and anti-immigration rhetoric. But a look at its finances tells a different story, with money flowing across borders.
While Reform UK says it aims to strengthen the rule of law by prioritising parliamentary sovereignty, cutting immigration, and reducing the influence of international bodies, many of its financial backers, political relationships and ideological allies extend beyond the United Kingdom and into international networks.
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Within this network is a small number of individual donors, including its largest backer, Thailand-based crypto investor Christopher Harborne.
Farage himself is a global networker.
In December, he flew to Abu Dhabi at the expense of the…
