Dig Deep! Reform frontbench promotes JCBs after £200,000 donation from firm
Key takeaways
- Farage described JCB as ‘one of the most incredible companies in the world’ last year.
- Several Reform politicians including Nigel Farage, Lee Anderson, Robert Jenrick, Zia Yusuf and Richard Tice have sung the praises of the JCB PotHole Pro machine.
- At a rally last year in Birmingham, Farage entered the stage on one of the repair vehicles and suggested it would be used in Reform-run councils when the party had taken control at local elections.
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Farage described JCB as ‘one of the most incredible companies in the world’ last year. Photograph: Guy Bell/Alamy View image in fullscreen Farage described JCB as ‘one of the most incredible companies in the world’ last year. Photograph: Guy Bell/Alamy Party funding Dig deep! Reform frontbench promotes JCBs after £200,000 donation from firm Nigel Farage, Lee Anderson and Robert Jenrick, among others, have sung the praises of the JCB Pot Hole Pro
Prefer the Guardian on Google Reform UK’s leading figures have repeatedly promoted a new pothole-fixing machine by the construction company JCB, while the party received £200,000 from the British digger maker, the Guardian can reveal.
Several Reform politicians including Nigel Farage, Lee Anderson, Robert Jenrick, Zia Yusuf and Richard Tice have sung the praises of the JCB PotHole Pro machine.