Nigel Farage has been dogged by questions about his finances since the Guardian revealed he received a £5m gift from a donor in 2024. Although he insists the gift did not have to be declared, several important questions remain unanswered. The sum was given shortly before Farage decided to stand in the 2024 general election – and it came from a Reform UK mega-donor, the Thai-based crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne. In recent days, Farage has attempted to deflect attention away from the gift, saying on several occasions that the money was to pay for his personal security, and that he would rather talk about it another time. “Yeah, yeah, well we’ll talk about that any other time that you’d like,” Farage said, when asked as he celebrated Reform’s capture of its first London council, in Havering last week. However, his political opponents have seized on the disclosure. Among them, Kevin Hollinrake, the Conservative party chair, has said Farage was “obliged” to declare the gift.…