Nigel Farage paid £189,000 last year by gold company to work part-time
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Reform UK leader’s work for GB News and social media income bring total earnings since July to almost £600,000. Nigel Farage was paid £189,000 last year as a brand ambassador for a gold company, taking his total income since July’s election to just under £600,000.
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The Clacton MP and Reform UK leader declared the payment for four hours of employment a month with Direct Bullion since July, plus a back payment for work before the election. The Guardian reported last month that he had become a paid brand ambassador for Direct Bullion, in a third job alongside his roles as an MP and a presenter on the rightwing channel GB News.
He promoted gold on a podcast sponsored by the company in November hosted by a fellow brand ambassador and influencer. The most recent register of MPs’ interests also shows Farage was paid £4,361.75 to cover expenses by the New York Young Republican Club for his appearance at a Make America Great Again gala to celebrate Donald Trump’s presidential victory.
He picked up an award and spoke at the event in early December about Trump, calling him “without doubt the bravest man I’ve ever met, the noblest man I’ve ever met, the most principled man I’ve ever met: you should feel honoured this man is about to become your 47th president, honoured, thrilled.”.
He also said he was “so excited for what Elon [Musk] is going to do when he takes the knife to the establishment that stops enterprise, that takes away liberty, that destroys freedom”. But Musk turned on Farage this weekend, saying he should be replaced as the leader of Reform UK.
