Nigel Farage released CCTV of his daughter being ‘hounded’ by media

Nigel Farage, who has resigned as Clacton’s MP to fight for his right to become MP for Clacton, has released footage of a journalist on his driveway.

The Reform UK leader said he ‘had never been angrier in his life’ accusing Sky News of harassing his family.

In the footage, a blurred person walks up a driveway before stopping and speaking to someone in a black car pulling in.

It cuts before a man in a t-shirt is seen knocking at the door and speaking with the occupant briefly.

He then walks away.

Farage posted the footage on X, adding: ‘Several media organisations have been hounding my daughter.

‘When I approached the boss of Sky News and complained, they denied any contact — and so did their news report.

‘Sky News are liars. I demand an apology from them and a promise not to repeat it.’

The Reform UK leader said: ‘For some reason, last week the editor of the Times newspaper decided to publish a picture of where my daughter lives.

‘There is no public interest in my daughter whatsoever. She is not involved in current affairs, doesn’t seek to be involved in current affairs, and has never been used by me once at any point in my political career.

‘No photographs on election addresses or anything like that, I’ve always done my absolute best to protect the privacy and safety of my family.

‘By publishing that photograph, the editor of The Times has directly threatened her security… She now has broadcasters haranguing her.

‘Sky News were one of them, and when I questioned them on it, they willfully and deliberately lied and said on their channel that they hadn’t contacted the family.

‘Well, let me be clear. I will not tolerate intimidation of my family. I will not tolerate the location of where they live being revealed.

‘I will not tolerate any of my family being endangered because of what I choose to do in public life, so yes, you can ask, am I angry? Well, I’ve never been angrier in my life.’

Sky News said it had made ‘reasonable efforts’ to contact Nigel Farage with ‘legitimate questions to answer’ after reports long-term ally George Cottrell had provided undeclared funding for security and staffing in the year before he was elected as MP for Clacton.

The broadcaster said: ‘Nigel Farage has legitimate questions to answer about the gift he accepted from Mr Cottrell.

‘Given the clear public interest in this matter, Sky News has been seeking a response from Mr Farage and has made reasonable efforts to contact him.

‘We acknowledge that Sky News was part of a broadcast pool operation outside a property linked to Mr Farage yesterday.

‘We approached the property off-camera on a single occasion, identified ourselves, and the occupant chose not to engage.’