Farage from Foreign Accounts has changed his story more times than Sir Keir changes his policies, so I thought I'd best summarise where we are:
- It was initially a gift of £5m with no conditions attached.
- Then it became a payment for the purpose of security.
- Then it became a payment for his Brexit campaigning.
- £1.4m of the £5m wasn't used to pay for his house, because the house was funded from his I'm a Celebrity appearance.
- His accounts show the house wasn't bought using funds from his I'm a Celebrity appearance.
Farage may be able to fool some people but I suspect the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner won't be one of them.
If there is a by-election in Southend, will British Reform voters be as forgiving as American MAGA voters? Perhaps his flock will fall for a line about his being victimised by the establishment? He can at least draw upon his Coutts Bank experience to back up this line.