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Darren Grimes is a right-wing media commentator, Reform councillor in County Durham, and former Brexit campaigner. He set up the BeLeave campaign during the 2016 referendum, through which Vote Leave channelled £675k to data firm AggregateIQ in excess of its legal spending limit, resulting in Grimes being fined £20,000 by the Electoral Commission. He subsequently presented on GB News, during which time he was accused of sexual misconduct, and has been associated with the Institute of Economic Affairs and Turning Point UK. In November 2024, he called for Donald Trump to "invade" Britain and "make us the 51st state of the US of A". He left GB News to stand successfully as a Reform councillor, since when he has been investigated over the use of AI footage and accused of inciting racism.

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Reform UK Grimes is a Reform UK councillor and sits on the party's central board [src][src]

GB News former Darren Grimes is a former presenter on GB News [src]

Institute of Economic Affairs former Grimes worked as a Digital Manager at IEA [src]

Turning Point UK former Grimes was an early member of Turning Point UK and contributed to its launch [src][src]

Vote Leave former Grimes worked out of the Vote Leave offices in London and Vote Leave helped Grimes to set up his BeLeave campaign. Vote Leave used BeLeave's separate spending allowance to direct £675k to AggregateIQ, exceeding Vote Leave's legal spending limit. [src]

BeLeave former Grimes was the founder of BeLeave [src]

Nigel Farage Farage and Grimes are colleagues at Reform, where Farage is leader and Grimes sits on Reform's board and is a Deputy Leader of the Reform Group in Durham Council. The two also used to work together as presenters at GB News [src][src]

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