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午餐、民调与50万英镑计划:让法拉奇失去核心圈子的暗访

第四频道的一次暗访指称存在美国秘密支付民调费用及50万英镑挂名捐款人计划,令奈杰尔·法拉奇失去了两名最亲密的副手——下一步如何,则交由警方决定。

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到周五上午,奈杰尔·法拉奇身边最有权势的两名人物已经丢掉了工作,无法回归。改革英国党主席李·安德森于2026年9月4日在天空新闻上宣布,该党政策主管詹姆斯·奥尔和法拉奇的长期高级助手丹·朱克斯已被要求辞职,且不会回归。1 5 对于由学者转任政策主管的奥尔,以及多年来一直在法拉奇身旁充当“操盘手”的朱克斯而言,这是一场公开处决,而且恰好发生在该党最大规模展示活动的开幕当天。11 35

在第四频道新闻于2026年9月3日晚播出由Verbatim Investigations拍摄的暗访视频后不到12小时,二人便被解职。2 6 暗访人员假扮成一对父子——儿子常住英国,父亲是富有的美国人——录下了奥尔和朱克斯讨论以两种方式将外国资金输入改革英国党,从而规避《2000年政党、选举和公投法》的对话。该法禁止外国个人和公司向英国政党捐款。2 3 改革英国党否认该党收取过任何非法资金。5 31

关键事实

  1. £32,500据称由美国公司支付的三项民调总费用 26
  2. £500,000拟通过英国挂名者提供的“第一轮”捐款 56
  3. 8,000+三天大会预计参会代表人数 15

据称,第一种途径已经实施。奥尔和朱克斯据称安排一家美国公司——并非合规捐款人——为改革英国党委托的三项民调付款,总额为32,500英镑,其中一项民调讨论的价格约为18,000英镑另加增值税。2 6 这些民调结果刊登在全国性报纸上,但读者并未被告知由谁委托或付费,这些付款也未作为实物捐赠向选举委员会申报。2 9 根据规定,帮助政党承担开支(包括民调)的资金可被视为捐款,超过500英镑的不合规捐款必须申报并在30天内退还。9 23

第二种途径走得更远,而据所报道的视频内容,该计划仍处于设想阶段。朱克斯被拍到建议那位美国父亲通过其常住英国的儿子捐款,由儿子作为登记捐款人出面,而真实资金来源仍是被禁止的外国捐款人。3 6 视频还拍到朱克斯暗示这种安排以前曾被使用过。3 6 所讨论的拟议“第一轮”金额为50万英镑。5 6 目前没有报道称此类捐款已经发生。9

震动改革英国党的两天

  1. 2026年9月3日晚

    第四频道新闻播出Verbatim Investigations的暗访

    26
  2. 2026年9月4日上午

    李·安德森向天空新闻表示奥尔和朱克斯已辞职

    15
  3. 2026年9月5日

    伦敦警察厅正在评估材料,尚未正式立案调查

    48

法拉奇当时在场

让这件事不只是“助手擅自行事”的,是当时在座的人。奈杰尔·法拉奇出席了讨论该计划的午餐,被拍到称赞民调“了不起”,说它“奏效了。砰”,以及“一切都光明正大”。3 6 事后被质问时,他说自己“坦白说根本没在听”,他“不是合规官”,并称助手们的话“不够审慎”,属于“酒馆里的随口闲谈”,是不实的吹嘘。31 32 他坚称这些助手未获授权以这种方式筹款,并称该党“没有收取任何非法资金”。31 38

安德森在将两名助手拒之门外的同时,也团结起来力挺党魁。他说,奥尔和朱克斯“不可能”回归,而“奈杰尔哪儿也不会去”。1 7 目前尚未宣布对法拉奇本人展开任何调查。4 32 两人均否认有不当行为。5 38 朱克斯称此次行动是“外国资助的气候变化活动人士”设下的“圈套”,而奥尔表示将配合党内调查。5 35

他们不可能回归。奈杰尔哪儿也不会去。

李·安德森 1

改革英国党的辩护基于两点主张:一是这是一场骗局,只有吹嘘之词,并无资金非法易手;二是这些民调由第三方委托,因此不属于对政党的实物捐赠。9 33 第二点正是选举法变得复杂之处。选举委员会指出,政党必须申报超过11,180英镑的合规捐款和超过500英镑的不合规捐款,但表示“有关任何可能规避捐款管控之企图的信息,应由警方考虑”。8 9 该委员会表示,正在“根据我们的监管职权考虑所有相关信息”,并“与伦敦警察厅保持联系”,同时指出其并不审批政党的捐款人审查程序。8 9

工党(包括党主席布里奇特·菲利普森)和自由民主党(包括埃德·戴维爵士)已向伦敦警察厅举报了这些指控。24 28 截至9月5日,伦敦警察厅表示正在评估相关材料及所获得的任何信息,尚未就第四频道的这批材料立案正式调查——这一评估独立于该厅此前针对改革英国党其他捐款的调查。4 8 这一宣布恰逢该党在伯明翰NEC举行年度大会的首日,预计三天内将有超过8,000名代表参会。1 5

已知

  • 奥尔和朱克斯于9月4日辞职且不会回归;内部调查于同日启动。 15
  • 暗访指称一家美国公司为民调支付了32,500英镑,并讨论了50万英镑的挂名捐款人计划。 26

未知

  • 目前尚未认定该党接受过任何不合规捐款,也未认定法拉奇知晓相关计划。

后续

  • 伦敦警察厅是否会将评估转为正式调查,并将范围扩大到这两名助手之外。

根据迄今为止的证据,结论很直白:镜头前,改革英国党的核心人物听起来愿意接受外国资金并加以隐瞒。这究竟是犯罪意图,还是如法拉奇所说,只是对一位所谓富有捐款人的酒馆空口吹嘘,如今已是警方需要回答的问题,而不是由一个自己给自己打分的党内调查来判断。在伦敦警察厅作出决定之前,改革英国党将背负着一个它最承受不起的标签迈入势头正盛的时刻——推动其崛起的资金可能根本不是来自英国。

播出原貌 16 行
  1. Reform UK's head of policy and Farage's senior aide are out over a foreign donations sting.
  2. The party's leader was at the lunch where the scheme was allegedly discussed, and the allegations could amount to breaking electoral law.
  3. The question now: will police turn this into a formal investigation — and could it reach Farage personally?
  4. The resignations came after an undercover investigation was broadcast on the evening of September 3rd. The next morning, Reform UK's chairman announced on television that James Orr and Dan Jukes would not return, and a full internal investigation begins today.
  5. The conference was just beginning, and the announcements landed on its first day.
  6. The footage captured two men discussing ways to move money into the party that would skirt the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, which bars foreign individuals and companies from donating to UK parties. Two methods were discussed.
  7. The first route treated the polling as a benefit in kind. The second used a UK citizen as a front.
  8. Under the law, funding that helps a party meet a cost, including polling, can count as a donation. An impermissible donation over £500 must be reported and returned within 30 days. The polling payments were not reported to the Electoral Commission, and the findings ran in national newspapers without disclosing who paid.
  9. Nigel Farage was present at the lunch where the scheme was discussed. He was filmed praising the polling as 'amazing,' saying it 'worked. Boom' and 'it's all above board.' Confronted afterward, he said he 'frankly wasn't even listening,' called the aides' comments 'injudicious' and 'loose pub talk,' and insisted the party took no illegal money.
  10. Later, he dismissed the conversation as loose pub talk, but the party's opponents are not convinced.
  11. The party chairman told television there was 'no chance' the two would return and 'Nigel is going nowhere.'
  12. Anderson has ruled out their return and stood by the leader.
  13. Labour and the Liberal Democrats reported the allegations to the Metropolitan Police. As of September 5th, the Met said it was assessing the material and had not opened a formal investigation. The Electoral Commission said it was considering all relevant information and was in touch with the Met, but noted that information about any potential attempt to evade donation controls is for the police to consider.
  14. For now, the Met is assessing, the Electoral Commission is considering, and Reform maintains its denial.
  15. Both men deny wrongdoing. Jukes called the operation 'entrapment' by 'foreign-funded climate change activists.' Orr said he would co-operate with the party's investigation.
  16. The outcome now hinges on whether the Met turns its assessment into a formal investigation and whether the Electoral Commission's remit reaches the polling payments. With the conference still running, the leadership has given no indication the two will face anything beyond the internal inquiry.

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