‘Serious consequences’: Farage attacks Sky News after question about George Cottrell

Reform UK leader confronts journalist after question about gifts from friend and convicted fraudster Nigel Farage has said Sky News bosses face “serious consequences” in an outburst triggered by questions over fresh revelations about his finances. The Reform UK leader has faced renewed scrutiny after the Sunday Times revealed he had received funding from his longtime ally, the convicted fraudster George Cottrell. Farage, the MP for Clacton, is also being investigated by the parliamentary standards watchdog over a £5m gift received from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne in the weeks before announcing he would stand as a candidate in the 2024 general election. Farage appeared to lose his temper as he was approached by a Sky News journalist who asked him if it had been a mistake not to declare the gifts from Cottrell. “You tell your bosses: you harass my family any more, there will be serious consequences, that’s what your organisation has done this morning, now go away,” he said as he returned from Independence Day celebrations in the US. Asked the question again, Farage continued: “Did you not hear me? You have broken all the rules, Leveson and everything else, cu