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'Not the line to take': close Farage aide is filmed saying the £5m Brexit 'reward' claim went off-script

'Not the line to take': close Farage aide is filmed saying the £5m Brexit 'reward' claim went off-script

Dan Jukes, Nigel Farage's long-time right-hand man, also told an undercover reporter that Farage profiting from politics was 'a bit priced in with our Nige'. 'No one's voting for him to be the pope,' he added in footage recorded by Verbatim. Farage said in May that the £5m from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne was a 'reward for campaigning for Brexit for 27 years'. Lawyers for Jukes accuse Verbatim of 'entrapment'.

The standards commissioner is probing Farage's failure to declare the gift, with a verdict due within weeks.

Jukes said the new line is a 'thank you for Brexit to pay for security'.

Jukes quit as Reform's media chief last month after a Channel 4 undercover documentary.

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