Making a splash 🗞️

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People often (rightly) ask me how I plan on getting ordinary voters to care about Nigel Farage’s indiscretions.

I recognise that it’s all well and good sending my investigations to you fine people – who are probably already enraged about Reform’s cruel, corrupt policies – but it’s also important to break out of the bubble.

That’s why I’m excited about our campaign to target Reform constituencies with adverts exposing the truth about Farage. And it’s why I’m chuffed to report that one of my stories has today made the front page of The Guardian.

Yesterday, I crunched the numbers on Farage’s earnings so far as an MP, finding that his income and gifts have now exceeded the £2 million mark. This is on top of the £5 million “gifted” to the Reform leader by crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne prior to the 2024 election.

We published this story on the DeSmog site, and landed it in partnership with The Guardian.

In other words, we got a story about Farage’s finances on the front page of a national newspaper on the day of major elections across the UK. That’s a big victory for all of us who are trying to shine a spotlight on Reform’s dodgy donations.

I’m going to be spending the next few days digesting the results, but stay tuned for reflections on what they mean for democracy in Britain and Reform’s chances of winning the next general election.

Thank you – as ever – for your brilliant support.

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