Arsonists targeted Nigel Farage by pushing a firebomb through the letterbox of his home, the Reform Party leader has revealed.
Farage, 62, said the petrol bomb fortunately burnt out before causing any significant damage during the incident last year.
He has marked the event as an ‘outright arson attempt’.
Farage recalled how the attack, which came at the beginning of 2025, happened while he was not inside the property, with the politician finding the damage only when he opened his front door.
Despite police investigations, no suspects have been found as of yet.
Speaking from Norfolk while currently travelling the country ahead of local elections, Farage told The Telegraph that the attempted arson had not been the only attack he has experienced over recent months.
He said: ‘Sometimes things happen when there are cameras there, but there are plenty of times when things don’t make the news, like pints of beer being thrown over me or the attack on my home. I also had to write off a car once because it was attacked by protesters when I was in it.’
Farage revealed the multiple threats against his safety had prompted him to up his security, with Thailand-based British billionaire Christopher Harborne gifting him a seven-figure sum.
Believed to be in the region of £5 million, the money was given to Farage before he re-entered politics ahead of the 2024 general election.
As it was classed as a gift, it was not taxed or declared, as it did not count as a political donation.
Describing Harborne as an ‘ardent supporter’ – who has donated millions more to Reform – the politician said he was grateful for his security having ‘tried and failed’ to receive funding from the Home Office.
The crypto investor was by Farage’s side when a protester tossed a banana milkshake over the politician as he met voters in Clacton-on-Sea in 2024.
He was also pelted with rubbish from a building site in Barnsley during the same week.
Due to the increased threat against him, the Home Office stepped in to offer him private security – but last October, he claimed that parliamentary authorities had reduced his security detail by 75 per cent.
The Clacton MP said: ‘I would rather not be discussing any of this, but I am having to because someone has got hold of material about my private finances, which is outrageous, and which I believe was illegally obtained.’
Speaking about Harborne, who handed Reform the biggest single donation in history to a political party from a living person, Farage added: ‘This money was given to me so that I would be safe and secure for the rest of my life.
‘I have tried and failed in the past to get security funded by the Home Office, and I don’t think the state will ever help me.
‘I’m very much on my own and will be for the rest of my life, and I have to face up to that grim reality.
‘Christopher is an ardent supporter who is deeply concerned for my safety.’
Aside from the threat of in-person attacks on Farage, the politician expressed his fears over ‘violent’ rhetoric online.
He said: ‘There is also the online threat, with people encouraging the use of violence against me, which we have reported to the police several times with no response that I can discern whatsoever and the pretty much point-blank refusal of the British state to help me.’
Following the revelation, Reform UK issued a statement calling for ‘broader discussion’ over the protection of MPs.
It said: ‘For the first time, Nigel Farage has revealed his home was targeted in an arson attack in 2025.
‘Politicians must be able to engage with the public without fear of violence.
‘We are calling for a broader discussion on protecting all MPs in public office.’
The Reform party is set to make enormous gains in next month’s local elections, an AI-powered model has shown.
Labour is set to lose control of 50 local authorities, while the Green Party will also experience a surge.
In an update to its local elections model ahead of the 7 May contests, data insight firm Bombe projected Reform will win the most council seats overall.
Nigel Farage’s party are predicted to function extremely well in working-class towns in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and the North of England.
They will also enjoy success in some urban wards, including pockets of the Manchester area, Newcastle and across the Midlands, according to the research.
Meanwhile, the Greens are expected to win outright control – or become the largest party – in several inner London boroughs.
These include Lambeth, Lewisham, Hackney, Southwark and Greenwich, while outside the capital, Zack Polanski’s party is also expected to function well in Manchester, Oxford and Cambridge.
Overall, according to the latest Bombe model, Reform will gain control of 14 councils, while the Greens will gain control of eight.
It is anticipated that the Tories will lose three councils and the Liberal Democrats will lose two, and that there may be a significant rise in the number of councils that remain under no party control.
Reform is projected to gain around 1,380 council seats across England, with the Greens gaining an extra 700 councillors.
Labour is forecast to lose 1,400 seats, with the Tories losing just over 200, and the Lib Dems shedding 160 councillors.
The research also suggested a substantial number of wards are sitting on a knife-edge ahead of the 7 May vote.
Every MP is well aware that they might be harmed or targeted for reprisals by someone who disagrees with their policy, and to be an MP or Prime Minister, you actually do need a backbone, and clearly, they do need some kind of security, but the taxpayer shouldn’t be expected to pay for them all – it’s just not feasible.
However, if Nigel Farage is being singled out, perhaps he should take note of this and step down gracefully before suffering severe injuries, as public opinion was initially in favour of him but is now less so.
I don’t personally like the man, although I would never wish him any harm. After all, he is a human being, although the jury might still be out on that one!
There has been a mixture of recent arguments, long-standing criticisms, and renewed allegations about his past.
A recent driver of criticism was the undisclosed £5 million personal gift that Farage received from cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne.
His failure to disclose the gift, which detractors claim should have been recorded in accordance with MP regulations, led to a referral to the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner.
Opponents have framed this as evidence and have called it ‘double standards’, suggesting that Farage has behaved as though ‘there’s one rule for them and another for everyone else.’ And Farage has been accused in commentary pieces of using his political profile to promote financial products, especially cryptocurrency ventures in which he reportedly holds shares.
In late 2025, multiple former school contemporaries alleged that Farage engaged in racist and antisemitic behaviour as a teenager.
Accounts include claims he used antisemitic phrases and made comments glorifying Hitler, which he vehemently repudiates.
Other reporting outlined earlier allegations back to 2013 and 2022, including claims he was described as a “publicly professed racist” in a school letter, and even though this all happened in his youth, we can’t really dispute his lack of contrition and shifting reasons, which now fuel ongoing distrust.
Would I vote for this man? Well, not in this lifetime and not in any other lifetime because everything that Farage says and does, to me, always has a hostile sentiment.
So, who do people vote for if they don’t support Farage? Other than the Greens, there aren’t many options available right now.
Naturally, the Green Party’s UK agenda emphasises social justice, large-scale public investment, climate action, and extending social housing—all of which we find appealing, don’t we? Or maybe not.
In the end, every political party tells you all about their manifesto; yet, a manifesto is not a promise or a pledge, even if it may contain them.
A manifesto is a public declaration of beliefs, intentions, and priorities. It tells you about the person, group, or what the political party stands for and what they aim to do. In fact, they just tell you precisely what you want to hear because they know that people are gullible and will listen to whatever agenda fits best.
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