Farage deploys the rottweiler to distract from awkward £5m gift story | John Crace

I t’s a classic from the Donald Trump playbook: everything’s been going a bit tits up, so you create a distraction. Get everyone looking in the wrong direction. Last week was the worst in months for Reform. First the party was pegged back in the opinion polls, then the Guardian revealed Nigel Farage had been given a £5m handout by Christopher Harborne , a Thai-based crypto dealer. A donation that Nige had never thought to declare. …