Cameo, speeches, pushing gold bullion: how Farage has made millions since becoming an MP

“There’s no money in politics,” Nigel Farage complained almost a decade ago, describing himself as “53, separated and skint”. He has since proved himself wrong. After two years in parliament, Farage has brought in £2m, including hospitality, through speeches, presenting, writing news articles, promoting gold bullion – and even recording modestly priced Cameo clips for his fans. It seems that every £70 video counts when it comes to making cash. This is on top of his annual salary as MP for Clacton of almost £100,000, and forthcoming pension from the European Union of about £73,000 a year, which he will be able to claim next year when he is 63. However, the Reform UK leader’s personal income is dwarfed by the £5m handed to Farage by the mega-donor Christopher Harborne, as revealed by the Guardian last week, which he says was for the purposes of ensuring his security for the rest of his life. It was given to Farage in early 2024, before he ran to be an MP, and was not declared as a political donation as he says it was a “unconditional, non-political, personal gift”. Travel, tickets, speeches The money appears to have allowed Farage to travel with a large entourage of security operatives, who flank the MP every time he is out in public travelling in a trademark range of large black vehicles with darkened windows. …