Nigel Farage has disclosed that his home was targeted in a firebombing attack last year, and that he received a personal gift of approximately £5 million from a Reform UK mega donor for his security. The Reform UK leader said a lit device was shoved through his letterbox in early 2025 in an “outright arson attempt” when he was not at home. He found the damage upon returning, adding that “luckily it had burned itself out in the porch.”
Farage revealed the attack for the first time in an interview with The Telegraph while campaigning for the May 7 local elections. He said he had previously stayed silent to avoid having to boost his security measures further. Other unreported incidents included “pints of beer being thrown over me” and having to “write off a car once because it was attacked by protesters when I was in it.”
The Clacton MP also confirmed that Thailand-based cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne gave him around £5 million in 2024 to fund his security, before Farage re-entered politics. Farage said the money was given so that he would “be safe and secure for the rest of my life,” and that he had tried and failed to get security funded by the Home Office. The gift was not declared to parliamentary authorities as it was not considered a political donation.
Labour Party chairwoman Anna Turley criticised Farage, saying he “appears to have broken the rules again by failing to declare this cash from his billionaire backer.” She added that Reform have “repeatedly tried to dodge scrutiny” and that it is “just the latest alarming example of Farage and his MPs believing there is one rule for them and another for everyone else.”
