nigel farage
"I don't think he's actually giving them anything," the Tory leader said.
Former Tory Tim Montgomerie said the tech billionaire will probably write a cheque for $20 million.
The pair met at Donald Trump's Florida mansion.
With Reform UK on the march, many at Westminster are starting to think the previously unthinkable.
The Reform UK leader insisted James McMurdock's conviction was now "irrelevant".
"You're somebody who will exploit any problem going for your own political ends," the former No.10 spin doctor said.
It comes on the same day as the prime minister tried to reset his faltering government.
"No amount of money is going to make Nigel Farage popular with the people who he currently repels."
The tech billionaire has been at war with the PM for months.
The Reform UK leader admitted he would get "a lot of stick" for the decision.