Nigel Farage: Departing aides guilty of only ‘loose pub talk’
The Reform UK boss said his party has done nothing wrong, but also that the comments captured in an undercover video were 'human error.'
Two top Reform UK aides, Dan Jukes and James Orr, were forced to resign following an undercover donations investigation. According to party leader Nigel Farage, the former aides were guilty of untrue boasts and "loose pub talk." Farage acknowledged that human error had occurred during a press conference alongside Jordan Bardella, a vice president of the National Rally.
Jukes and Orr stepped down from their positions on Friday after Channel 4 released footage purportedly showing them consenting to receive donations from a foreign benefactor through a middleman in the UK. Experts believe that accepting the money and attempting to conceal its origin could violate UK electoral law. Farage firmly stated that "the party has done nothing wrong, taken no illegal money," while emphasizing that the "problematic aspect is loose pub talk, including a couple of boasts that simply were not true."
The departure of Jukes and Orr has caused a significant disruption at Reform UK's national conference, which Farage had anticipated using as a chance to refocus the party's narrative after a challenging summer.
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