In the long and recurring story of political movements that rise by promising to cleanse the system, Reform UK now faces a test familiar to many before it: whether the standards it demands of others can be upheld within its own walls. An undercover reporter posing as the son of a wealthy American businessman exposed how senior party aides engaged with what they believed to be a foreign donor — a clear violation of British political finance law — prompting swift resignations and a crisis of credibility for Nigel Farage's party. The scandal arrives at a delicate moment, when Reform was working t