‘I can’t be bought,’ Nige tells Reform’s faithful – however different it may look

After some tacky smoke and pyrotechnic effects to introduce him, the rest of his speech was standard Nige. Photograph: Temilade Adelaja/Reuters

Why, oh why, oh why? You could almost feel Nigel Farage’s frustration. Why was it always him? Surely it was about time someone gave him a break. There he was trying to earn some money from a Thai crypto billionaire and a gold bullion dealer, and yet still Reform kept getting linked to dodgy cash.

It was almost as if a pattern was emerging. First there was the £5m gift, then the Posh George donations via Dicky Tice, and now Channel 4 News had done a sting on him and two of his most trusted aides in which it looked as if they were happy to break the law on political donations. Life can be so damned unfair at times. Always kicking you when you are down.