Farage criticised for £400,000 job promoting physical gold as pension investment

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/24/farage-criticised-for-direct-bullion-job-promoting-physical-gold-as-pension-investment

Posted by do_or_pie

24 Comments

  1. We are **this** close to him promoting monorails in Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook.

  2. finanzbereich345 on

    If I could get paid six figures for a few days’ work at most I’d do it too.

    These companies know that a not insignificant proportion of the population hangs on every word the man says and pay him accordingly.

  3. I mean, clear grift aside it’s certainly not bad advice if he thinks he’s going to win.
    Economic collapse and a massive rise in wealth inequality make for very high gold prices
    Both of which he promises to make a reality.

  4. Electronic_Tell1294 on

    I’ll be real, gold is the only thing that will keep its value if the AI bubble pops. If NVIDIA collapses, it’s taking the world‘s economy with it.

  5. coffeewalnut08 on

    Why do some working-classes still think he’s the guy to stand up for them?

    Edit: no replies, only downvotes. Not surprised.

  6. When people like this are criticised it only adds to their popularity. He’s becoming incredibly wealthy off these schemes but it also turns into more support.

    This guy is playing the Trump game 110% and its paying off.

    Trump is in the Epstein files with serious allegations and it means literally nothing.

  7. The really depressing thing is that the grift is a feature and not a bug for the fanboys of people like Farage and other Alt-Right figures.

    The same people who think that people on benefits shouldn’t be able to afford to buy anything more than a can of beans on tesco value bread every day also look at this and pump their fists and go “haha Nige, what a lad!”

    It’s wild. And they say the left are nuts.

  8. Important_Ruin on

    He’s not called ‘ghost of Clacton’ or Nigel ’10 jobs’ Farage for nothing.

    Gota keep enriching himself while not representing/being present in his constituency also voting against his constituencys workers rights.

  9. To be fair if you bought gold a year ago it would be worth 50% more now, an absolutely incredible rate of return

    No need to buy physical gold though, then you need insurance and risk losing it / having it stolen and complicate liquidation

  10. Could be worse, could be suggesting holding our confetti paper money which is rapidly going to become worthless

  11. Can we just stop reporting all news on this guy ffs, good or bad it’s just giving him free press

    We know he’s a scumbag and that Facebook boomers will vote for him regardless (as will the people of Clacton who have likely never seen him before). Give it a rest

  12. It’s a clear grift, but don’t let that distract you from the fact that gold is actually a really good investment. If you find the time, you should look at the price per oz over the last 10 years…

  13. Captain_English on

    The man uses his persona to sell things for money. He is not serious about his political positions, he is a salesman in it for himself.

  14. Probably be news to find something about him which is praiseworthy.

    Man bites dog rather than dog bites man!

  15. Disillusioned_Pleb01 on

    The great thing about being a broker is that when it goes wrong, “well that was my opinion, but it was you that took the decision”