Today at the Old Bailey, right wing politician Nathan Gill - former UKIP MEP, then Brexit Party MEP and ex– Reform UK leader in Wales, member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and now fully exposed Kremlin mouthpiece and traitor, was sentenced to ten and a half years in prison for taking Russian bribes.
It’s a political scandal of rare magnitude, and a warning for anyone still under the illusion that foreign interference is a fringe problem rather than a growing threat embedded deep in our politics.
Huge news but guess which ‘news channel’ hasn’t mentioned Nathan Gill’s jail sentence much. Goebbels News, aka GB news the far right propaganda wing of Reform.
Gill. 52 of Anglesey, North Wales pleaded guilty to eight bribery counts for accepting at least £30,000 from pro-Russian Ukrainian politician Oleg Voloshyn, a man plugged directly into Putin’s inner circle, in exchange for pushing Kremlin talking points in the European Parliament between December 6 2018 and July 18 2019.
WhatsApps show attempts to recruit other Brexit/Reform MEPs to echo Kremlin lines… and cash literally stuffed in safes. Officers found €5,000 and $5,000 in cash at an address used by Gill and believe he may have received up to £40,000.
The money funded scripted speeches defending Putin's ally Viktor Medvedchuk and related TV channels, plus recruiting unaware fellow MEPs. Counter-terrorism police uncovered the plot in 2021 at Manchester Airport, finding incriminating chats and cash bundles; the judge highlighted the scheme's harm to democratic trust amid rising Russia-Ukraine tensions.
In her sentencing remarks, Justice Cheema-Grubb described Voloshyn as the “architect” of the bribes while identifying pro-Kremlin Ukrainian politician Victor Medvedchuk as the “ultimate source of the requests and the money” that Gill received.
The sentencing judge assessed Gill’s offending to be on the highest level of culpability and harm with “scant personal mitigation”. She set out in detail how Gill took bribes in exchange for using “scripted material” – given to him by Voloshyn and praised by Medvedchuk – and emphasised that this wrongdoing was compounded by having “enlisted other British MEPs” to adopt the same line. The Crown did not assert in this case that these MEPs knew about Gill’s financial motivation.
Gill’s conduct was described as an “egregious abuse” of his “position of significant authority and trust” that was “motivated by financial and political gain”. His actions “fundamentally compromised the integrity of a supra-national legislative body, particularly in its dealings with Russia, a persistently hostile state” and “erodes public confidence in democracy”.
In justifying the lengthy sentence, Justice Cheema-Grubb emphasised that “the law will respond to such breaches with stern punishment” to deter bribery which is “a malignancy at the heart of public life”.
Nigel Farage, of course, has been keen to distance himself from the stench. For months he pretended not to know Gill, saying “I’ve only met him about once” despite working with him closely for years. Then, when the evidence became undeniable, he shifted the script: Gill “betrayed” him and was simply “one bad apple.” Farage may deny being in Moscow’s pocket but in Nathan Gill, he stood shoulder to shoulder with someone who was. The internet doesn’t forget One day, Farage you’ll be going down too you toad faced cunt. Patriots my arse.
Can you imagine how Reform UK would react if a Welsh leader of any other party had been sentenced for 10 years for taking bribes? Nathan Gill once said he "would never apologise for being patriotic".
It’s convenient to focus on one fruit, a strategy designed to suggest the tree is healthy and the rest of us should stop asking awkward questions. But that collapses the moment you ask whether it’s remotely plausible that Gill was operating inside a major foreign influence network with nobody else around him noticing a thing.
Whatever Farage says, the evidence points at systemic rot.
Richard Tice, in March 2025 also said : "I have never met Nathan Gill, and he has never had anything to do with Reform," The evidence is the opposite.
Then there’s the context Farage desperately hopes everyone forgets. His long habit of echoing narratives that delight the Kremlin - from claiming the West “provoked” Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to praising Putin as a world leader. Add in Reform UK’s own murky ties to crypto donors and deep-pocketed backers, and the questions become increasingly difficult to wave away.
Farage and Gill parroted almost identical Russian propaganda lies as on on September 16th, 2014 when they both made speeches to the European Parliament parroting several of the same Russian propaganda lies.
Could this have just been a coincidence? I don't think so. It looks coordinated. Either Farage gave Nathan Gill his talking points, or Russia was providing its talking points to both of them.
They both called Ukraine "The Ukraine," a term which refers back to the old Slavic word for borderland, which Russia uses to deny Ukraine's nationhood.
They both used the expression "poking the Russian bear." They both parroted the Russian lie that there had been a coup in Kyiv in 2014. They both parroted Russian lies about NATO and EU expansion. They both repeated the Russian claim that the real threat was Muslim extremism, a claim that Putin had very effectively used to distract Western leaders from Russian aggression and its hybrid war against the West.
If Gill was working for Russia, what about Farage? Farage said Gill had been "loyal to me and the party at all times". He failed to mention that both he and Gill have been unwaveringly loyal to Putin.
Judge Cheema-Grubb captured the gravity of the moment today: “Your misconduct erodes public confidence in democracy… When politicians succumb to financial inducement, the public can no longer rely on the veracity of political debate,” she told Gill.
Exactly right. It’s not just one bad apple or even one bad tree - the entire orchard is at risk. The interference problem goes beyond Moscow. Britain has become an easy target, whether its the Trump administration stoking culture wars or other hostile governments recruiting spies insider Parliament. Gill’s sentence is accountability for one corrupt politician. But we can’t let things lie there. We need systemic reform: tougher vetting, genuine transparency in political donations, strict limits on foreign-linked funding and a government willing to treat hostile-state interference as the national security threat it is.
Nigel Farage must also allow an independent investigation into Reform UK so the British public can be assured that all links to Putin's regime are rooted out. Hopefully at long last too this will be the the start of Reform UK’s long slide in credibility and trust? As Nigel Farage and Reform remain a danger to national security, that we must continue to hold to account whilst defending our democracy.
Here are photos of Farage, Gill, and convicted fraudster and criminal money-laundering expert George Cottrell, who continues to be Farage's associate. In the second photo Gill has his hand on Cottrell's shoulder. What was the relationship between the Russian asset and Farage's money-launderer associate?
Beyond the immediate criminality, this case also highlights a broader concern about the currently legal practice of politicians accepting outside funding from external parties and the inherent conflict this creates between their duty to serve the public interest and the private interests of their funders.
Foreign influence at all levels of our politics must be investigated and rooted out - and it’s right to ask what Reform UK knew of Gill's actions, and how anyone so morally bankrupt was permitted to represent their party.
Dominic Murphy of London’s Metropolitan Police said the jail term “should send a strong message to any elected official or anyone in an official capacity who is asked to act on behalf of another government and paid money to do so.”
Let's hope this case sets a precedent. though the sentence was rather excessive though considering after all there are so many MPs bending rules regarding funding and private investments. Lets not in light of all of this forget either the following members of the British cabinet including our own prime minister and others, who have taken over £600, 000 from Jewish interests and supported Genocide. Not one of them been jailed, think personally they should all be banged up alongside Gill.
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