The National newspaper, for which I am a columnist, reported this last night:
REFORM UK are under pressure to explain why their treasurer appears numerous times in the Epstein files over more than a decade.
Nick Candy, a self-described billionaire who made his money in luxury properties, crops up on numerous occasions apparently linked to deals with Jeffrey Epstein, including what appears to be the prospective sale of the paedophile billionaire's New York mansion.
In December 2024, Candy announced that he had quit the Conservatives and would “become the treasurer for Reform UK”. He then joined Nigel Farage and Elon Musk at a strategy meeting at Donald Trump's Florida mansion, the latter two of whom also appear in the Epstein files.
The trio's names all appear in a tranche of three million documents released by the US Department of Justice last Friday.
They, rightly, added this:
Appearing in the Epstein files is not an indication of wrongdoing.
That is true, but questions still need to be asked about this and about why, apparently, no Reform MP thought it appropriate to be in the Commons yesterday. Why could that be?
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Blimey, Tim Worstall appears in the Epstein files too and people have been using his work to criticise transaction taxes. What a remarkable world we live in where we are expected to take deep interest in these things. Are attentions being diverted from something more important happening under our noses I wonder.
I think I need some context and evidence here.
I suspect that the fallout from the Epstein files will continue
Then of course there will be the implications for those that supported Mandleson etc
I can’t be bothered to look, but how many news outlets in the UK will be carrying this story about the next ‘prime minister elect’ Nigel Farage and his motley crew?
Last night Laura Kuenssberg did an hour program on Reform and debated when Farage realised he could be Prime Minister.
I watched five minutes -all I could stand.
I did not watch
Being in the Files is not an indication of wrongdoing, of course, but it is the wider network that the Files expose, and Farage’s links to that network that are concerning. Of course, some Reform voters may believe in bringing down the global order, a return to nationalism and tribalism, with small states ripe for exploitation by the rich and powerful. Some may believe in ethno-nationalism, that democracy needs to be replaced, I’m sure. A very few may even believe that women and their empathy are a threat to civilisation, or that we are in the fourth, and worst stage of history, and that it needs to be collapsed to usher in a new age of priests and warriors (I’m not making this up, I promise.) But I guarantee the majority of Reform voters don’t want any of this, or are even aware of the ideologies. They just want a better country, with a better standard of living and some hope for the future. None of that can be provided by the ideals stated above, and Farage’s association with Bannon, Thiel, Musk, and others, all laid out clearly in the Epstein Files, proves that what he says and what he believes are worlds apart. It lays bare the Far Right network Farage is part of, the weaponisation of “Woke”, and the useful idiots who have gotten rich off it. It shows that Farage is not representative of the people, that he is their enemy, he is without morals, will take money from anywhere, and will turn a blind eye to associating with a convicted sex offender to get what he wants. It is clear that to put aside his morals, he must truly believe in what Bannon, Thiel, and others believe. Given what we know of his youth, this is easy to believe.
Should Starmer be removed for ignoring Mandelson’s Epstein links? Definitely. But Farage should not be allowed to sit back and pretend he isn’t as compromised.
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It is highly improbable that any negative article concerning Tories or Reform will be covered in certain news media. This has been the case for many years and is unlikely to change.
In the US, it is much worse: many news outlets are quite prepared to tell outright lies in order to support the liar-in-chief, Trump.
Therefore, reporting of the Epstein affair is completely distorted by a known, yet seldom acknowledged, right-wing bias. Starmer, who I now accept is doomed, has no direct connection with Epstein, but has been brought down by it, yet Trump, who was on very friendly terms with Epstein, hasn’t been mentioned for fear he sues any media that does link him to it.
The UK public will only learn the truth from a very limited number of sources such as The National…. and, of course, this blog.
There is an extended but excellent article on today’s Naked Capitalism website on the current state of Elon Musk’s financial and business dealings, with some interesting history thrown in.
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/02/elon-musk-supernova-openai-suit-spacex-xai-merger-tesla-epstein.html
If the average Reform voter is aware of this sort of background to these people, and happy with it, then questions need to be asked.
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Yesterday was a typical example of British political theatre. Watching the Tories, the party of covid fraud and Boris Johnson (amongst many other things illegal and dodgy from their time in power), taking the moral high ground, because there are political points to be won. The hypocrisy of neoliberal politics.
Then there is Reform, the retirement home for dodgy, right-wing Tories, including Farage himself. They can’t even be bothered to turn up in Parliament. He still hasn’t provided evidence of where that £900 grand for his Clacton home came from, and he has gone very quiet on his friendship with Agent Orange in the White House. Here’s the man who could be the next PM, with such a dodgy past, not just his behaviour, the people he mixed with, like the UKIP traitor who was sent down recently, that it’s difficult to know where to begin. Because of his past, Farage would be the biggest security risk as PM. Who knows what others have got on him? Why is no one asking this question?
There again, given what was known about Mandelson, Starmer’s crocodile tears about his lies, beggars belief. Mandelson has been toxic for a long time, no one in their right mind would have touched him with a barge pole — except to push him away. Mandelson wasn’t the first, or last, to sell the country out. There’s no way Starmer, should, or can survive this — but, I suspect he will try.
What is a concern, is that there are still people who will vote for these neoliberal parties, despite the fact they all work to the same blueprint. They don’t care about people — they only care about conning them out of their vote.
This article seems to give some background on the links between Farage, Bannon, Brexit, Cambridge Analytica etc:
“Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein
Nigel Farage was the figurehead and his partner Laure Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support”
Peter Jukes
19 November 2025
https://bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/dinner-with-mr-brexit-bannons-european-revolution-planned-with-farage-backed-by-epstein/
I’m not fan of Reform in any way, but it did seem strange that they would pass up on this debate.
I looked at Hansard and Richard Tice is listed as speaking.
https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026-02-04/debates/79A0500C-FC08-4AEB-9D2D-3C4540C756C9/LordMandelson
Noted
But the point remains. They were notable by their absence. Why?