Farage scandal is a warning for Hanson – and a chance for the Coalition

July 8, 2026 — 6:30pm

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Pauline Hanson was set to meet Nigel Farage this week. Given the saga engulfing the UK populist MP, she might be better served to jump on a flight back to Australia.

She and her chief adviser, James Ashby, are in London to meet Farage and others in the global populist-right ecosystem.

Barnaby Joyce was also enjoying himself in the British heatwave before returning this week. He said on Monday: “Nigel Farage, according to the polling, is about to become the prime minister of England. Pauline and One Nation are doing incredibly well, and I suppose they should be crossing notes.”

Two days later, before his meeting with Hanson, Farage pulled a move that has plunged his Reform UK party into its most perilous moment. He may not have time to meet with the One Nation leader.

Farage resigned from his seat of Clacton and prompted what he called the “people versus the establishment” byelection. The anti-immigration firebrand was under pressure over a $9.6 million donation from a crypto billionaire and gifts from a felon known as “Posh George”.

UK parliament is looking into the allegations. But Farage, recently........

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