Farage’s views on Russia likely to be further tested after jailing of Nathan Gill

Nigel Farage claimed Nathan Gill was a ‘bad apple’ who betrayed his party and country. Photograph: Vincent Kessler/Reuters

The discovery of a pro-Russian asset, Nathan Gill, at the heart of a British political party reads like the plot of a John Le Carré novel.

Russia was long known to have been trying to interfere in foreign politics with online bots and cyber-disinformation over the past decade.