"Questioned by reporters before walking through Caerphilly town centre, Farage said he was shocked by Gill's admissions. He said: Any political party can find in their midst all sorts of terrible people. Gill is particularly shocking because I knew him as a devout Christian, very clean-living, honest person. So I'm deeply shocked. But you know, that is a different time. I'm the only one [in Reform] that really knew him, going back a long way."
"Challenged on his judgment of character, Farage said: Have you ever been let down by a person? Have you been let down and betrayed? Gill, 52, pleaded guilty last month to eight counts of bribery between 6 December 2018 and 18 July 2019. He was leader of Reform UK Wales from March to May 2021. Farage said: Every single political party has a bad apple. In fact, many families finish up with a bad apple, these things happen"
Nigel Farage campaigned in Caerphilly and addressed questions about his links to Nathan Gill. Gill admitted taking bribes to make statements in favour of Vladimir Putin's Russia while he was a member of the European Parliament, including pro‑Russian remarks about events in Ukraine and opinion pieces. Farage said he was shocked by Gill's admissions, described Gill as previously a devout Christian and honest person, and called him a bad apple who betrayed him. Gill, 52, pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery between 6 December 2018 and 18 July 2019 and led Reform UK Wales from March to May 2021.
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