“Love my country… Not ashamed or afraid to be patriotic” says the biography section of Nathan Gill’s account on X, below a photo of Gill campaigning with Reform leader Nigel Farage and his deputy, Richard Tice.
But patriotic on behalf of which country? On Friday, September 26, Gill – once Reform’s leader in Wales and before that an MEP for Farage’s Brexit Party – pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery relating to speeches he made in favour of Russia in the European parliament. The court was told that he had been paid to make the statements by pro-Kremlin Ukrainian Oleg Voloshyn.
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Gill, who now faces a substantial jail sentence, is a long-time ally of Farage and his guilty pleas will be a huge embarrassment to Reform’s leader ahead of next year’s elections to the Welsh assembly, where the party is leading in polls.
In 2016, Farage said: “I have worked with Nathan Gill over a period of years and he’s been terrific, he’s never, ever, let me down. He’s as honest as the day is long.”
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