{"id":22869,"date":"2026-04-26T06:37:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T04:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/nigel-is-mad-to-accept-his-money-who-is-christopher-harborne-the-mystery-billionaire-bankrolling-reform\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T06:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T04:37:39","slug":"nigel-is-mad-to-accept-his-money-who-is-christopher-harborne-the-mystery-billionaire-bankrolling-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/nigel-is-mad-to-accept-his-money-who-is-christopher-harborne-the-mystery-billionaire-bankrolling-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Nigel is mad to accept his money\u2019: who is Christopher Harborne, the mystery billionaire bankrolling Reform?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A crypto tycoon is giving record-breaking amounts to Farage\u2019s party. But little is known about his motives<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before Christmas 2022, Chakrit Sakunkrit, owner of the Kamalaya Wellness Sanctuary on the Thai island of Koh Samui, invited 200\u00a0guests to spend a few days celebrating his 60th birthday. One sultry afternoon, Sakunkrit and a small group gathered around a table near the shore, surrounded by the burgundy foliage of Good Luck plants. To his right, dressed down in a\u00a0polo\u00a0shirt, sat Nigel Farage.<\/p>\n<p>Since Brexit marked the achievement of his life\u2019s work three years earlier, Farage had fizzled. Even some of his supporters had pronounced him finished. Now,\u00a0with the Conservatives in disarray after Liz Truss\u2019s\u00a0disastrous budget that September, Farage was hinting at a still more ambitious project: to make himself prime minister.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2026\/apr\/25\/christopher-harborne-mystery-billionaire-bankrolling-reform-uk-nigel-farage\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/6b8baf6e1ccf91414d4131e67241a294bfebe173\/0_259_4665_3733\/master\/4665.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=64f1d6ba6c88a77e3c9434db9c68a9c5\" title=\"\u2018Nigel is mad to accept his money\u2019: who is Christopher Harborne, the mystery billionaire bankrolling Reform?\" \/>A crypto tycoon is giving record-breaking amounts to Farage\u2019s party. But little is known about his motives<br \/>\nShortly before Christmas 2022, Chakrit Sakunkrit, owner of the Kamalaya Wellness Sanctuary on the Thai island of Koh Samui, invited 200\u00a0guests to spend a few days celebrating his 60th birthday. One sultry afternoon, Sakunkrit and a small group gathered around a table near the shore, surrounded by the burgundy foliage of Good Luck plants. To his right, dressed down in a\u00a0polo\u00a0shirt, sat Nigel Farage.<br \/>\nSince Brexit marked the achievement of his life\u2019s work three years earlier, Farage had fizzled. Even some of his supporters had pronounced him finished. Now,\u00a0with the Conservatives in disarray after Liz Truss\u2019s\u00a0disastrous budget that September, Farage was hinting at a still more ambitious project: to make himself prime minister. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A crypto tycoon is giving record-breaking amounts to Farage\u2019s party. But little is known about his motives Shortly before Christmas 2022, Chakrit Sakunkrit, owner of the Kamalaya Wellness Sanctuary on the Thai island of Koh Samui, invited 200\u00a0guests to spend a few days celebrating his 60th birthday. One sultry afternoon, Sakunkrit and a small group &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/nigel-is-mad-to-accept-his-money-who-is-christopher-harborne-the-mystery-billionaire-bankrolling-reform\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Nigel is mad to accept his money\u2019: who is Christopher Harborne, the mystery billionaire bankrolling Reform?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22869"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}