据《星期日泰晤士报》报道，英国标准事务专员对奈杰尔·法拉奇进行了问询，以调查他是否应当申报从加密货币亿万富翁克里斯托弗·哈伯恩处获得的500万英镑赠款。这位改革英国党领袖就这笔款项接受了约半小时的质询。法拉奇坚称这笔钱是用于个人安全开支的。
Nigel Farage has been interviewed by the standards commissioner for an investigation into whether he should have declared a £5m gift from the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne Reform UK leader spent about half an hour being questioned over the money, the Sunday Times reported. Farage maintains the gift was for his personal security.
此次问询于上月进行，表明调查程序已接近尾声，不过据信改革英国党尚未获知调查报告已撰写完成。
The interview conducted last month is a sign the process is nearing a conclusion, although Reform UK is not believed to have been informed that the report is finished.
通常而言，接受调查的议员会在调查结束前得到通知。若专员认定存在严重违反规则的行为，该事项将移交由议员及非议员组成的标准事务委员会处理，后者可要求提供更多证据。该委员会有权提出建议处罚措施，亦可推翻专员的报告结论。
An MP under investigation is usually notified before the conclusion of the process. If the commissioner finds that there has been a serious breach of the rules, the matter is passed to the standards committee of MPs and lay members, which can ask for further evidence. The committee can recommend a sanction or override the report.
倘若委员会建议对法拉奇实施超过10天的下议院停职处分，且议会予以批准，这位改革英国党领袖可能面临要求其提前卸任的请愿活动，其所在的克拉克顿选区也将举行第二次补选。
If it suggests more than a 10-day suspension from the Commons – and parliament agrees – the Reform UK leader could find himself facing a recall petition and second byelection in his Clacton constituency.
自今年5月《卫报》披露哈伯恩在2024年大选前夕向法拉奇赠送500万英镑后，后者便一直处于调查之中。
Farage has been under investigation over the gift since shortly after the Guardian revealed in May that Harborne gave him £5m just before the last election in 2024.
法拉奇称这笔款项属于私人性质而非政治用途，因此无需申报。根据相关规定，议员上任前12个月内所获与其职务相关的经济资助均须申报。
The Reform leader has said it was a personal matter, not political, and the money did not need to be declared. The rules state that financial support related to an MP’s job needs to beed if given in the 12 months before they enter parliament.
今年夏季，改革英国党的支持率出现下滑，目前该党正着手对总部进行大规模重组以期扭转颓势。
After a slide in the polls over the summer, Reform is about to embark on a major reorganisation at its headquarters to try to revive its fortunes.
内部人士透露，此次重组将涉及人事大调整，政策负责人詹姆斯·奥尔与法拉奇的亲信助手丹·朱克斯均被停职。目前两人正接受党内调查，以核实他们在《Verbatim》记者的卧底调查期间是否协助获取了非法外国捐款。
Insders said it would involve a big shake-up of staffing, in addition to the suspensions of James Orr, the party’s head of policy, and Dan Jukes, Farage’s close aide. The pair are facing an internal investigation into whether they encouraged illegal foreign donations during an undercover investigation by reporters from Verbatim.
此次调查由律师们负责进行，预计他们很快就会得出结论。目前警方也正在对此事展开调查。
The inquiry is being carried out by lawyers who are expected to reach their conclusions soon. The matter is also the subject of a police inquiry.
该政党正在研究如何支配从哈伯恩以及另一位加密货币亿万富翁本·德洛处获得的7200万英镑捐款。这笔巨额资金引发了反对党要求设定捐款上限的呼声。
The party is working out how to spend £72m in donations from Harborne and another crypto billionaire, Ben Delo. The huge sums have prompted calls from political rivals for a donation cap.
这笔资金的一个可能用途是重新推出一个电视频道，该频道将制作与“改革党”相关的视频内容，并播出由法拉奇主持的节目。
A possible use of the money is the relaunch of a TV channel that produces Reform-related video coverage and a show fronted by Farage.
法拉奇对《星期日泰晤士报》表示，他原以为外界对这些捐款的反应会“糟糕得多”，但实际结果却是“人们虽不情愿但也表示钦佩——毕竟我能促成如此大规模的募资，我想大家都挺佩服的”。
Farage told the Sunday Times he thought the reaction to the donations would be “far worse” but had produced “some grudging respect – the fact that I managed to pull off a coup of that magnitude, I think people were quite impressed”.
目前尚不清楚这些捐款是否符合相关规定，因为政府正在起草立法，禁止海外捐赠者在一个日历年内捐款超过10万英镑，该规定追溯至今年3月生效。
It is not clear whether the donations fall within the rules because the government is putting forward legislation to ban overseas donors from giving more than £100,000 in a calendar year – backdated to March this year.
哈伯恩今年夏天才加入英国选举体系，而德洛虽然多年来偶尔会到英国，但主要居住地一直是香港。
Harborne joined the UK electoral only this summer and Delo has been largely based in Hong Kong, although on the for some years.
如果这些捐款被判定为违规，改革党可能不得不予以退还，而这一结果极有可能引发法律诉讼。
If the donations are ruled impermissible, Reform could have to hand them back, a prospect that is likely to lead to court action.