UK: Dubious party donations will be Farage's and his Reform UK party's downfall
Reform UK wanted to present itself as an alternative at its party conference. But a new donation scandal is putting Nigel Farage on the defensive - and making a change of power seem a distant prospect.
Reform UK's party conference in Birmingham was disrupted by a scandal over party donations, forcing leader Nigel Farage onto the defensive. The party had been leading in polls for months and had prepared a 100-day program to be implemented with national emergency laws if they came to power. However, two of Farage's closest advisors, including Head of Policy James Orr, were forced to resign amid the scandal.
Farage described the affair as a "small local problem" and denied taking any illegal donations. The party had already fallen to third place in polls behind Labour and the Conservatives before the scandal broke.
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