Reform aide caught in donor sting attended Egypt retreat with JL Partners

LONDON — Former senior Nigel Farage aide Dan Jukes went on an all-expenses-paid trip to Egypt with the polling company JL Partners in December 2025, according to an internal email seen by POLITICO. Jukes joined a JL Partners staff retreat at a resort in El Quseir on the Red Sea in December 2025 and gave a talk for the company, which subsequently released opinion polls publicly without disclosing that they were financed by supposed donors to Reform. The trip provides a window into the extent of the business relationship between Jukes and JL Partners, which provided him with travel, meals and accommodation.