Man of the people earns over £1million a year on top of the job he is supposed to do

[WTFH]

Surprised that no one has picked this up yet:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9wjgkr1750o

[vetran]

Surely you mean - Shock MP actually has some business experience.

[malvolio]

Come on, he's a media personality. Of course he has a stupid income from his various side ventures. But as we have seen with other media luvvies like Huw and the sainted Gary, such income is no guarantee of worth.

I also believe several other politicians, of rather greater import than Farage, are millionaires in their own right.

[hobnob]

Surely you mean - Shock MP actually has some business experience.

There's an important difference between these 2 statements:
* MP has done other jobs in the past, and that experience helps them now.
* MP is continuing to do other jobs while also being an MP.

Think about the discussions we've seen in this forum, where someone asks "Can I do 2 contracts at once?" The general answer is "no", because you'd burn out trying to work 80 hours a week and it's not ethical to skive off on client 1's time while you're doing work for client 2.

The BBC article links to a pdf, and Farage's declarations are on pages 224-227:
240804.pdf (parliament.uk)

* GB News (32 hours/month)
* Cameo (24 hours/month)
* Telegraph (16 hours/month)
* Meta (28 hours)
* X (28 hours)
* AZ Liberty (8 hours)

The first 3 items add up to 72 hours/month. The next 2 don't say monthly, but I assume he's continuing to post on Facebook/Twitter, so that's another 56 hours. The last item looks like a one-off (speaking engagement in the USA).

128 hours/month is about 30 hours/week. Being an MP is supposedly a full-time job, so do you think he's putting in the hours there, or letting it slide in favour of the jobs that pay more money?

Ultimately, that's going to be an issue for the people of Clacton to decide.

[Paddy]

The Register of Members' Financial Interests
As at 4 August 2024

Farage, Nigel (Clacton)


1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Presenter
Payer: GB News Ltd, Riverbank House, 2 Swan Lane, London EC4R3TT
Additional information: All payments made to Thorn in the Side Ltd.

(Registered 22 July 2024)

Remuneration: £97,928.40 a month
Hours: 32 hrs a month

(Registered 4 August 2024)

Role, work or services: Cameo video recordings
Payer: Baron App Inc (Cameo), 2045 W Grand Ave Suite B Chicago IL 60612

(Registered 4 August 2024)

Payment: £16,597.22
Received on: 31 July 2024. Hours: 24 hrs 24 hours per month estimated.

(Registered 4 August 2024)

Role, work or services: Writing articles
Payer: Telegraph media group, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0DT

(Registered 4 August 2024)

Remuneration: £4,000 a month
Hours: 16 hrs a month

(Registered 4 August 2024)

Role, work or services: Social media work
Payer: Meta Platforms, 1 Meta Way Menlo Park, CA

(Registered 4 August 2024)

Payment: £853.34
Received on: 25 July 2024. Hours: 28 hrs Estimated amount of hours worked.

(Registered 4 August 2024)

Role, work or services: Social media
Payer: X Corp, Market Square, 1355 Market St Suite 900 San Francisco California 94103

(Registered 4 August 2024)

Payment: £1,551.29
Received on: 24 July 2024. Hours: 28 hrs This is an estimated amount of hours.

(Registered 4 August 2024)

Role, work or services: Speaking engagement
Payer: AZ Liberty Network, 1835 E Elliot Road Suite 102 Tempe 85284

(Registered 4 August 2024)

Payment: £11,783.55 The registered amount has been converted from US Dollars into British Pounds. This amount is a deposit paid ahead of a future speaking engagement. The register will be updated with the final payment once the engagement has been fulfilled. The hours worked is an anticipated estimate.
Received on: 23 July 2024. Hours: 8 hrs The hours worked is an anticipated estimate..

(Registered 4 August 2024)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Derek Chisora
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two Ringside seats for Derek Chisora Vs Joe Joyce, value £2,000
Date received: 27 July 2024
Date accepted: 27 July 2024
Donor status: individual

(Registered 4 August 2024)

Name of donor: TRIC Awards
Address of donor: 4th Floor, Silverstream House, 45 Fitzroy Street, Fitzrovia W1T 6EB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: A finalist’s ticket to the 2024 TRIC Awards where I was nominated and won News Presenter of the Year, value £445
Date received: 25 June 2024
Date accepted: 25 June 2024
Donor status: company, registration 11965178

(Registered 4 August 2024)

Name of donor: Press Gazette Ltd
Address of donor: Vantage, 20-24 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: A finalist’s ticket to the 2023 British Journalism Awards where I was nominated for ‘Scoop of the Year.’, value £475
Date received: 14 December 2023
Date accepted: 14 December 2023
Donor status: company, registration 05466121

(Registered 4 August 2024)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: George Cottrell
Address of donor: private
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Return travel and accommodation for Mr Farage and one staffer and security provision, value £9,253.60
Destination of visit: Belgium
Dates of visit: 16 April 2024 to 17 April 2024
Purpose of visit: To speak at a conference

(Registered 4 August 2024)

Name of donor: Mr Christopher Harborne
Address of donor: private
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights and accommodation for me and one staffer, value £32,836
Destination of visit: United States
Dates of visit: 17 July 2024 to 19 July 2024
Purpose of visit: To support a friend who was almost killed and to represent Clacton on the world stage.

(Registered 4 August 2024)

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (House)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Folkestone and Hythe

(Registered 4 August 2024)

Type of land/property: Residential property
Number of properties: 1
Location: Tandridge

(Registered 4 August 2024)

8. Miscellaneous

Membership at 5 Hertford Street.

(Registered 4 August 2024)

Former MEP lifetime access to the European Parliament.

(Registered 4 August 2024)

Unpaid Directorship at Farage Media LTD.

(Registered 4 August 2024)

Unpaid Directorship at Reform Party UK.

(Registered 4 August 2024)

Unpaid Leader at Reform Party UK.

(Registered 4 August 2024)

[Andy2022]

Surely you mean - Shock MP actually has some business experience.

Other than working in the city many, many years ago what business experience does Farage have?

[NotAllThere]

[B]Role, work or services: Presenter
Role, work or services: Cameo video recordings
Role, work or services: Writing articles
Role, work or services: Social media work
Role, work or services: Social media
Role, work or services: Speaking engagement
... etc..

Definitely a huge amount of business experience there. A true industry leader.

[WTFH]

Definitely a huge amount of business experience there. A true industry leader.

That list could describe someone on OnlyFans or an “Influencer”.
His experience in the last 30 years has been:
Failed to get elected 7 times
Got elected as an MEP, but didn’t turn up to do his job, while claiming OUR TAXPAYERS MONEY for it.
Got elected as an MP, but doesn’t want to debate anything in parliament.

[Eirikur]

Surely you mean - Shock MP actually has some business experience.

Being a grifter has nothing to do with business experience.

[Paddy]

Missing: Appearance fees BBC Question Time £3,500 per show.