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

Nigel Farage admits George Cottrell paid for filming and let him use his home

Farage with pro-Brexit marchers
Nigel Farage with George Cottrell (right in dark glasses) in 2019. Photograph: Mark Kerrison/Alamy

Nigel Farage has admitted his close friend the fraudster George Cottrell let him use one of his London homes and paid for social media filming before the last election but insisted it was “totally undeclarable in every single way”.

The Reform UK leader spoke in depth for the first time about his support from Cottrell and the £5m gift from the Thailand-based businessman Christopher Harborne in an interview with the anti-woke Triggernometry podcast.

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