[CNN] Brexit architect Farage under pressure as questions over funding mount

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📌 标题:Brexit architect Farage under pressure as questions over funding mount

📅 发布时间:Updated Jul 5, 2026, 12:08 PM ET

📝 英文原文:
Much like his ally, US President Donald Trump,Nigel Faragehas enjoyed a political career seemingly coated in Teflon, his straight-talking, combative communication style brushing off any potential scandal.Throughout his rise to become the voice of Britain’s populist hard-right, architect of Brexit and chief anti-immigrant activist, any accusations of wrongdoing have largely glided off him.Reform UK, his populist party, leads most national opinion polls, giving it an outsized influence on British politics given that only eight of the country’s 650 lawmakers belong to the party.But, in recent weeks, that momentum has stalled.While Reform enjoyed huge gains in May’s local elections, which don’t affect the make-up of the national government but provide important insights into the public’s mood, translating those gains into more parliamentary seats is proving difficult for the party. It has lost two prominent by-elections this year – to the left-wing Green Party and governing center-left Labour Party respectively – and now faces a challenge from its right flank with the rise of the Restore Britain party, led by former Reform MP Rupert Lowe.And, perhaps more importantly for a party whose political fortunes are practically inseparable from its leader’s own personal brand, Farage himself is under unprecedented scrutiny for some of his financial dealings.On Sunday, he and his allies were once again forced to deny allegations he broke parliamentary rules afterThe Sunday Timesreported he failed to disclose gifts and payments from crypto-financier and gambler George Cottrell, who was indicted by US authorities in 2016 for conspiracy to commit money-laundering, wire fraud, blackmail and extortion, served eight months in prison, and reached a plea deal with prosecutors.The allegations come three months afterthe Guardianreported Farage received a £5 million ($6.7 million) gift from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne just before he announced he would stand to be a member of par

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🇨🇳 中文翻译:
就像他的盟友美国总统唐纳德·特朗普一样,奈杰尔·法拉奇的政治生涯似乎被特富龙包裹着,他直言不讳、好斗的沟通风格消除了任何潜在的丑闻。在他成为英国民粹主义极右派的代言人、英国脱欧的策划者和首席反移民活动家的过程中,任何对他不法行为的指控在很大程度上都被忽视了。他的民粹主义政党英国改革党在大多数国家民意调查中领先,赋予它巨大的影响力关于英国人



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