Nigel Farage may increasingly be portraying himself as prime minister in waiting but a fresh batch of newly disclosed extra-parliamentary earnings reveals he has yet to give up his lucrative sidelines.
The Reform leader has this week declared a whopping £207,000 in pay for October from his varied network of commercial interests. It includes one of £135,000 from Direct Bullion, the gold firm for which Farage acts as a brand ambassador, for an estimated four hours over three months. He appears in a promotional video on its website, under the heading ‘Nigel Farage recommends Gold Coins & Bars from Direct Bullion’.
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Farage’s second most lucrative source of income last month came from the speakers’ circuit. The MP declared three speeches with a combined income of £51,000, the most lucrative of which, at £30,000, was for New York-based crypto firm Blockworks Inc. His haul also induced £8,964 from Baron App Inc, the company behind the celebrity video message platform Cameo, £152 from Google and £2,117 from X. Since becoming an MP last year Farage has banked north of £1 million from his work outside Parliament, on top of the £93,904 he receives from what many would consider to be his job.
Fun fact: the average salary in Clacton, Farage’s constituency, is £23,000 to £24,000 per year – or approximately 42 minutes of Farage’s time urging people to buy gold.
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