Nigel Farage says he’d STILL take £5m crypto donation despite investigation ahead of by-election

NIGEL Farage said he would still take the controversial £5million donation from a cryptobillionaire even now — as he prepares to fight a by-election tomorrow. The Reform UK leader insisted he had no regrets accepting it and will need protection for the rest of his life. Nigel Farage insists he has ‘no regrets’ over taking £5m crypto donation and says he will need security for the rest of his life Credit: Ray Collins During our interview with the Sun, a pair of hecklers began yelling at Mr Farage about the £5million row and were kept back by his security Credit: Ray Collins Before resigning as an MP and forcing a fresh contest in his constituency of Clacton, Essex, he was under investigation by Parliament’s ethics watchdog for failing to declare the money from Christopher Harborne. That could reopen upon his likely return to Parliament. And it will force him to fight another by-election if it finds him in major breach of Commons rules. Sign up for the Politics newsletter Thank you! Speaking to The Sun at Clacton yesterday, Mr Farage said: “If I get the result I want, if Standards decide that they want to do it again, well, I think they’d look rather silly.” He has argued he did not need to declare the £5million as it was gifted to him before he became an MP when he had no intention of returning to frontline politics. The Reform leader was visiting Walton on the Naze in Essex, ahead of his battle for re-election at the polls Credit: Ray Collins Mr Farage will face comedy candidate Count Binface in a by-election branded a ‘stunt’ by the major parties who refused to take part Credit: AP It has been the source of relentless criticism and scrutiny on his finances in recent months. And Mr Farage is also mindful of his security in the wake of the death in her own home of Reform spokeswoman Ann Widdecombe. Asked if he would still have taken the money if he knew of the subsequent hassle, he said: “Oh yes. Ann Widdecombe was 78 years old. “She was murdered. She had nothing apart from CCTV. Most read in The Sun “She had no personal protection whatsoever. I’m going to need it till the day I die. You can see that around me now.” During our interview with the Sun, a pair of hecklers began yelling at Mr Farage about the £5million row and were kept back by his security. He is the overwhelming favourite to win re-election to Parliament tomorrow after rival parties refused to partake in what they described as a “stunt”. Instead his main opponent is the comedy candidate Count Binface who has emerged as the vehicle for anti-Farage voters. Branding his rival the “Establishment candidate”, Mr Farage said: “I’m hoping for a big thumping vote, and that’ll be a message back to an Establishment that’s done its best over the last few months, not to give us an even break, literally on anything.” Comment now