As he struggles with(与……斗争，艰难应对) questions about the millions he has received from the billionaire Christopher Harborne, Nigel Farage has made no secret of(毫不掩饰) his enthusiastic support for the industry that made part of his benefactor(恩人，捐助者)’s fortune – cryptocurrency. The Reform UK leader even urged(敦促，力劝) the governor of the Bank of England to drop a crypto policy that may be costly(代价高昂的) for Harborne.
当奈杰尔·法拉奇因从亿万富翁克里斯托弗·哈伯恩那里收到的数百万英镑而备受质询时，他毫不掩饰自己对加密货币行业的热烈支持——正是这个行业为他的恩人创造了部分财富。这位英国改革党领袖甚至敦促英格兰银行行长放弃一项可能让哈伯恩付出高昂代价的加密货币政策。
But another element of Harborne’s business interests could prove still more consequential(重要的，有重大影响的) if it shapes(塑造，影响) Farage’s positions. There appears to be no precedent for(没有先例) a major UK donor who is so entwined(缠绕，紧密相连) with the military.
但哈伯恩商业利益的另一个方面，如果影响了法拉奇的立场，可能会产生更大的影响。在英国，似乎还没有一位主要捐赠者与军方如此紧密地交织在一起。
The Guardian’s ongoing(持续进行的) investigation into the origins of Harborne’s riches(财富) and whether his donations inform Farage’s agenda has established the Thailand-based tycoon(大亨，巨头)’s global web(网络，错综复杂的联系) of commercial interests in the arms industry and military contracts. Among Harborne’s business collaborators(合作者) are a striking(显著的，惊人的) number of former army officers, air force pilots, military officials and even, it seems, a former MI6(英国秘密情报局) officer.
《卫报》对哈伯恩财富来源及其捐款是否影响法拉奇议程的持续调查，已经证实这位泰国大亨在全球军火工业和军事合同中的商业利益网络。在哈伯恩的商业合作伙伴中，有数量惊人的前陆军军官、空军飞行员、军事官员，甚至似乎还有一名前军情六处官员。
Harborne’s military beginnings
哈伯恩的军事生涯开端
AML Global Pentagon contracts
AML Global 的五角大楼合同
A growing stake in Britain’s defence industry
在英国国防工业中不断增长的股份
Donations and Reform’s defence policy
捐款与改革党的国防政策