Dramatic confrontation over Nigel Farage's £5 million gift

[00:00:00]I've got to ask you a question about this 5-million-pound gift from this crypto billionaire. You know better than most politicians how LBC works. I'm getting comments as you and I speaking.

[00:00:08]This man needs to tell us what has he done with the 5 million pounds? Get him to be to get him to be truthful. Nigel Farage, please, what has happened to this 5-million-pound gift?

[00:00:17]>> Uh with all due respect, what's it got to do with you?

[00:00:19]>> Well, because it speaks to the position of hold you hold in office. Initially, we were told that it was because of your personal security and it would pay for that for the rest of your life. Then apparently, it was some kind of reward for campaigning for Brexit. I am told we have two different stories. Which is the truth?

[00:00:34]>> I think I think I think you're contradicting yourself there, aren't you?

[00:00:36]>> Well, if you tell me what happened with the 5 million pounds, then we're solved.

[00:00:39]>> It's an unconditional gift. I can spend it on Ferraris if I want. That'd be entirely up to me.

[00:00:45]>> Why did you say it was for personal security then?

[00:00:47]>> Because the un- it was given as an unconditional gift, right? The understanding is, and you know very well, you know very well, I've been physically more attacked over many years than any other politician.

[00:00:59]>> with you when you've been abused. I've seen that. But I just My listeners want to know, Mr. Farage, how much has been spent?

[00:01:06]>> Nick, I can do with it as I want. I can do what I want with it. I can put it on the horses.

[00:01:10]>> You Yes, you are under review though by the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner.

[00:01:13]>> Well, and maybe we shouldn't be discussing it in that case. But what I will say to you is I know I know that I will need protection until I die.

[00:01:26]Right. I've no idea how long that will be. None of us do.

[00:01:29]But I know that it's damn expensive, and I now don't have to worry or even think about that because repeatedly over the years, when I've asked for help from the state, I've been refused.

[00:01:41]>> So, it was a reward for personal security.

[00:01:45]>> I Sorry, Nick, you're confusing two things. One is the money comes in, the other is where it goes, right? I can do with it as I wish.

[00:01:53]But I know myself what it's for.

[00:01:55]>> How much has been spent?

[00:01:57]>> I bought a cup of coffee this morning.

[00:01:58]Was that from that money or from what I earned from GB News? Or these are ridiculous questions.

[00:02:03]>> But do you not I I remind you used to sit in this very chair. Listeners are concerned about the propriety here.

[00:02:10]>> Well, the propriety would be if it was a political donation.

[00:02:14]Right? If it's If it's If it's personal >> No, I know you were in a personal capacity. I want to make plain you were not an MP when funds were received.

[00:02:20]>> Exactly.

[00:02:21]>> Has it as some newspapers have suggested been used to purchase property?

[00:02:24]>> No. I mean and and you know, they can lie all they like. As I say, if I'm seen buying a round of drinks in a pub, they will say it came from that. It's irrelevant.

[00:02:33]>> So So just lastly, it's not bought a property. It's not done renovations on property. It will only ever be spent because of the campaigning you did which resulted in the vote 10 years ago today.

[00:02:42]You have concerns over your personal security for the rest of your days.

[00:02:45]>> I do. And as for the property thing, the the the the the the that was completed that was was was agreed and the money was checked well before. But look, but as I say, this is ridiculous cuz you can ask me this for the next 10 years. You know, as I say, you bought a round of drinks. Where did that money come from?

[00:03:03]It's It's You know, it isn't like that, is it?

[00:03:05]>> Well, no, but I mean if if you just came out and said you're saying now that that that there's nothing to see here as regards purchase of houses, renovations of houses, we can finally put this to bed.

[00:03:14]>> And even if there was, it would be irrelevant.

[00:03:17]>> But you did have two stories.

[00:03:20]>> I No, there are there are not two stories. One is I was given the money unconditionally. I believe it was a reward for giving up a quarter of a century of my life, giving up a huge income in the city of London, putting up with lots of abuse. I believe that was the motive. Whether it was or not, that is that side of the equation.

[00:03:36]The other side of the equation is what I intend to do with that. I've made that perfectly clear.

[00:03:41]>> Right. Okay. Good. Andrew, what do you take from that? Good morning.

[00:03:44]>> With regards to Farage, Farage, I am a Farage supporter, but I don't like the way that he is avoiding the questions on where the five million pound went.

[00:03:54]>> What do you need to hear from him? Cuz initially he told me it was none of his business, and then I spoke to him, told him it speaks to his very credibility as a senior politician. What do you need to hear from him now?

[00:04:04]>> A a straightforward answer which he normally gives, which is trait. He is he is avoiding the question. He is moving the question around, and I don't like that. Any other questions you ask him, he has direct answers for except that.

[00:04:21]>> Andrew, thank you for your view on the two men. Ian in Waterloo, Ian, your take on either one of the two, whoever you want to go for first. Good morning.

[00:04:28]>> Morning, Nick. Yeah, Andrew's completely right. Obfuscation, changing the subject, answering a different question, classic Farage. Also, he seems to have developed some sort of chuckle every time he tells a porky, a little bit like when Boris Johnson used to smirk just before he told before he told one. This fellow is nothing like I said to you the other day, Nick, nothing but a fake and a fraud, and the sooner he's exposed for what he is, the better.