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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Farage compares standards inquiry to investigations faced by fellow ‘outsider’ Trump

Nigel Farage looks upward with a serious expression
Farage suggested any sanction imposed by parliament’s standards commissioner was unlikely to be fair. Photograph: Carlos Jasso/AFP/Getty Images

Nigel Farage has compared his situation to that of Donald Trump being pursued by investigators for years, saying both of them are “outsiders” up against “the system”, as he admitted having become tetchy and aggrieved this summer.

The Reform UK leader has been under huge scrutiny over his finances after failing to declare a £5m gift from the Thailand-based donor Christopher Harborne and further financial support from a friend, the convicted fraudster George Cottrell, before the last election.

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