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‘I wasn’t even listening,’ Farage says about meeting at center of donations scandal

From The Guardian · () English

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  • Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said he was not listening during a meeting linked to allegations that the party considered evading rules on overseas donations.
  • Farage said he knew donation law “better than anybody” as he sought to contain the controversy.
  • The fallout has already led to the departure of two of his closest aides.

Nigel Farage says he “wasn’t even listening” during a meeting at the center of a controversy over whether Reform UK considered evading the law on accepting donations from overseas.

The Reform UK leader made the claim in interviews on the final day of the party’s conference. He also insisted that he knew donation law “better than anybody,” as he tried to move attention away from the scandal.

I wasn’t even listening.

· Nigel FarageFarage’s claim about his conduct during the meeting at the center of the donations controversy.

The controversy has already cost Farage two of his closest aides. He is seeking to salvage the final day of the conference while maintaining that he did not take part in wrongdoing.

I knew donation law better than anybody.

· Nigel FarageFarage’s assertion during interviews as he defended himself against the overseas funding controversy.
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Originally published by The Guardian in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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