Nigel Farage has posted a photograph of graffiti scrawled on a wall in Folkestone that calls for his assassination, as the Reform UK leader faces mounting questions over a £5m donation from a billionaire backer.
The image, shared with his followers on Facebook, shows a badly scrawled message that appears to include a swear word. “Graffiti calling for my assassination in Folkestone. This is what we are up against,” Farage wrote.
“Nigel Farage faces backlash over £5m donation as graffiti calling for his assassination appears in Folkestone.”
It comes as Farage is being investigated by Parliament’s standards commissioner over the £5m gift from crypto businessman Christopher Harborne, given shortly before Farage changed his mind about running for parliament in 2024. Farage has given shifting explanations for the money. On BBC Breakfast, he called it “an unconditional gift. I can spend it on cars if I want to.” Then he claimed it was needed for security because he is “the most attacked and endangered politician in Britain for now well over a decade”. But when asked by presenter Sally Nugent whether he had actually spent it on security, he snapped: “It is not your business. No, I’m not going to answer that deliberately, wilfully.”
Pressed on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme by Nick Robinson about whether he would give the money back in light of the backlash, Farage replied: “If you give your entire salary to charity then maybe I will.”
Harborne, a British-Thai crypto entrepreneur, has donated more than £25m to Reform UK and recently registered to vote in Britain. Asked if his party would accept further donations, Farage told the BBC: “Gladly. Of course.” He added: “We’re very pleased he has re-registered back in the UK.”
The Reform leader has faced threats before. In 2025, an Afghan migrant was jailed after posting a TikTok video threatening to kill Farage, making gun gestures and saying he would “pop, pop, pop” him. Farage has also had milkshakes thrown at him in the past.
The investigation by the standards commissioner continues, with critics arguing the donation should have been declared.