Farage deploys the rottweiler to distract from awkward £5m gift story | John Crace
policy. One that was so high and wild, he’d never need to deal another. One that was so batshit mad, [it would go viral on a slow news day](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/may/04/local-election-uk-keir-starmer-ukraine-eu-loan-deal-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-69f8619e8f08c9430f9017dd).