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Dear John,

Have you ever noticed that Nigel Farage’s apologies aren’t really apologies?

When he’s caught in a scandal, he’ll say he takes “full responsibility”. But it’s always followed by excuses, obfuscation, and a not-so-subtle attempt to make the whole thing sound trivial.

Farage is currently under fire for seventeen breaches of the MPs’ Code of Conduct, after repeatedly failing to declare more than £380,000 of side income on time. He’s admitted fault, then reached for the same familiar script: he’s an “oddball” who doesn’t understand computers, his staff let him down, Reform UK is going through “growing pains”, it’s all just an administrative overload.

And worse, he’s trying his best to dismiss this transparency failure as a simple oversight that anyone could make - but it really isn’t. ‘Nine Jobs Nigel’ is raking in more side income than any other MP. He’s paid to hawk gold, talk Britain down on ‘X’ and GB News, and attend Donald Trump’s fundraiser dinners in the United States. A significant majority of the UK public believe Parliamentarians shouldn’t be allowed to have second jobs at all. The very least he can do is declare his side hustles on time.

Pair that important bit of context with the fact that he missed the income reporting deadline seventeen times, with one delay of 120 days. It paints a picture, frankly, of someone with no regard for the rules. Of a grifter whose apologies are only pro forma - little stage acts to get out of trouble without genuine regret or reflection.

Farage will face no consequences. His repeated breaches were found to be “inadvertent” by the Standards Commissioner, who cited his apology and his pinky promise not to do it again.

But this story isn’t really about the missed deadlines or a simple admin error. It’s about the money warping our politics.

Farage sits at the centre of a well-funded ecosystem that rewards outrage, division and loyalty to powerful interests. He looks more and more like the emissary of Trump’s tech empire in Britain, swimming in MAGA’s swamp of dodgy crypto casinos, alternative medicine swindlers, oil and gas giants, and broligarch swamp creatures like Elon Musk. He's paid by those known to profit off of distrust in institutions and democracy.

And his defenders will be quick to frame this fiasco as another establishment ploy against him. They’ll point to the fact that the Prime Minister and others have also breached the MPs’ code, calling out other past failures to defend this one. Of course, they won’t acknowledge the fact that ‘Nine Jobs Nigel’ is in a league of his own.

And if they want to dredge up past examples, so be it. It all points to a Westminster system that’s fundamentally broken. That risks becoming little more than a stage set for grifters with powerful backers. That rewards politicians for chasing outside money, bending the rules, and apologising only when they’re caught.

If someone can break the rules seventeen times and face no real repercussions, the message is clear: the rules don’t matter. Not if you’re rich enough, loud enough, or backed by the right people.

That’s the real scandal here. A political culture where money buys influence, excuses buy impunity, and accountability is optional.

And it doesn’t have to be this way.

We’ve set out a clear plan to stop Westminster becoming a playground for profiteers, including tighter rules on second jobs, stronger enforcement, and real transparency over money in politics.

If Parliament becomes nothing more than a platform for personal enrichment and ideological profiteering, it ceases to be a democratic institution at all.

All the best,

The Open Britain Team

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