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  • Stewart Lee: Did you see that story about the crypto tycoon and Farage? It bears repeating

Stewart Lee: Did you see that story about the crypto tycoon and Farage? It bears repeating

Just in case you hadn’t come across it – and it wouldn’t be surprising if you hadn’t – here are the salient details

Stewart Lee
Stewart Lee

May 8, 2026

Stewart Lee: Did you see that story about the crypto tycoon and Farage? It bears repeating

Nigel Farage received £5m from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before the 2024 general election. He then decided to stand in the 2024 general election. Since then he has lobbied for more deregulation of restrictions concerning cryptocurrency. Mainstream news outlets have ignored this story. Nigel Farage received £5m from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before the 2024 general election. He then decided to stand in the 2024 general election. Since then he has lobbied for deregulation of restrictions concerning cryptocurrency. Mainstream news outlets have ignored this story. Nigel Farage received £5m from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before the 2024 general election. He then decided to stand in the 2024 general election. Since then he has lobbied for deregulation of restrictions concerning cryptocurrency. Mainstream news outlets have ignored this story. Nigel Farage received £5m from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before the 2024 general election. He then decided to stand in the 2024 general election. Since then he has lobbied for deregulation of restrictions concerning cryptocurrency. Mainstream news outlets have ignored this story. Nigel Farage received £5m from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before the 2024 general election. He then decided to stand in the 2024 general election. Since then he has lobbied for deregulation of restrictions concerning cryptocurrency. Mainstream news outlets have ignored this story. Nigel Farage received £5m from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before the 2024 general election. He then decided to stand in the 2024 general election. Since then he has lobbied for deregulation of restrictions concerning cryptocurrency. Mainstream news outlets have ignored this story. Nigel Farage received £5m from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before the 2024 general election. He then decided to stand in the 2024 general election. Since then he has lobbied for deregulation of restrictions concerning cryptocurrency. Mainstream news outlets have ignored this story. Nigel Farage received £5m from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before the 2024 general election. He then decided to stand in the 2024 general election. Since then he has lobbied for deregulation of restrictions concerning cryptocurrency. Mainstream news outlets have ignored this story. Nigel Farage received £5m from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before the 2024 general election. He then decided to stand in the 2024 general election. Since then he has lobbied for deregulation of restrictions concerning cryptocurrency. Mainstream news outlets have ignored this story. Nigel Farage received £5m from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before the 2024 general election. He then decided to stand in the 2024 general election. Since then he has lobbied for deregulation of restrictions concerning cryptocurrency. Mainstream news outlets have ignored this story. Nigel Farage received £5m from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before the 2024 general election. He then decided to stand in the 2024 general election. Since then he has lobbied for deregulation of restrictions concerning cryptocurrency. Mainstream news outlets have ignored this story. Nigel Farage received £5m from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before the 2024 general election. He then decided to stand in the 2024 general election. Since then he has lobbied for deregulation of restrictions concerning cryptocurrency. Mainstream news outlets have ignored this story. Nigel Farage received £5m from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before the 2024 general election. He then decided to stand in the 2024 general election. Since then he has lobbied for deregulation of restrictions concerning cryptocurrency. Mainstream news outlets have ignored this story. Nigel Farage received £5m from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before the 2024 general election. He then decided to stand in the 2024 general election. Since then he has lobbied for deregulation of restrictions concerning cryptocurrency. Mainstream news outlets have ignored this story. Nigel Farage received £5m from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before the 2024 general election. He then decided to stand in the 2024 general election. Since then he has lobbied for deregulation of restrictions concerning cryptocurrency. Mainstream news outlets have ignored this story. Nigel Farage received £5m from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before the 2024 general election. He then decided to stand in the 2024 general election. Since then he has lobbied for deregulation of restrictions concerning cryptocurrency. Mainstream news outlets have ignored this story. Nigel Farage received £5m from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before the 2024 general election. He then decided to stand in the 2024 general election. Since then he has lobbied for deregulation of restrictions concerning cryptocurrency. Mainstream news outlets have ignored this story. Nigel Farage received £5m from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before the 2024 general election. He then decided to stand in the 2024 general election. Since then he has lobbied for deregulation of restrictions concerning cryptocurrency. Mainstream news outlets have ignored this story. Nigel Farage received £5m from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before the 2024 general election. He then decided to stand in the 2024 general election. Since then he has lobbied for deregulation of restrictions concerning cryptocurrency. Mainstream news outlets have ignored this story. Nigel Farage received £5m from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before the 2024 general election. He then decided to stand in the 2024 general election. Since then he has lobbied for deregulation of restrictions concerning cryptocurrency. Mainstream news outlets have ignored this story. Nigel Farage received £5m from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before the 2024 general election. He then decided to stand in the 2024 general election. Since then he has lobbied for deregulation of restrictions concerning cryptocurrency. Mainstream news outlets have ignored this story. Nigel Farage received £5m from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before the 2024 general election. He then decided to stand in the 2024 general election. Since then he has lobbied for deregulation of restrictions concerning cryptocurrency. Mainstream news outlets have ignored this story. In May 2024, Keir Starmer received a gift of £2,485 worth of spectacles from the Labour peer Lord Alli. Nigel Farage ridiculed him at Reform’s conference. The tabloids ran with the story for weeks. Nigel Farage received £5m from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before the 2024 general election. He then decided to stand in the 2024 general election. Since then he has lobbied for deregulation of restrictions concerning cryptocurrency. Mainstream news outlets have ignored this story.

Stewart Lee vs The Man-Wulf tours everywhere in the UK and Ireland until the end of the year, with a final November and December London run just announced.

Stewart has programmed, and will be appearing in, Up The Anti, a benefit for North London Hunt Saboteurs, at London’s Leicester Square theatre on 6 July, alongside Daniel Fox, Harry Badger, James Gill, Horn Walsh, Sue Jerkins, Shappi Coarse-Angling, Alasdair Bear-Baiting and Stewart Eel.

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