Quite what Nigel Farage has done to upset Rupert Murdoch is unclear but the Times and the Sunday Times have been pursuing details of the Reform leaders activities over the last few days.
The Times carried an investigation into Farage’s property empire, consisting of five houses in Kent and Surrey. On 5th July the Sunday Times carries a lengthy piece on Farage’s links to convicted fraudster George Cottrell.
On 9th February 2026 there was a Parliamentary debate on foreign interference in UK politics in Westminster Hall. The debate came after a public petition calling for it received 114,000 signatures (many from Wales). The threshold is 100,000
There was a focus on the ex-leader of Reform in Wales Nathan Gill who is serving a jail term for accepting Russian bribes and Reform’s position on Russia
No Reform MP was present. However both Farage and Tice did manage to appear at a book launch on money laundering later in the week. The launch took place on 12th February 2026 at the Raffles hotel in Whitehall. The author former Farage aide George Cottrell underlined that the book was not a guide on how to launder money
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