Cottrell (right) sees Farage (left) as a ‘father figure’, a source claims (Picture: Ben Cawthra/LNP) Multi-millionaire Reform backer George Cottrell’s contributions to the party have triggered calls for a parliamentary standards inquiry into Nigel Farage. But who is the maverick former public school boy who reportedly refers to the Reform leader as ‘daddy’? Cottrell has come into the spotlight after the convicted fraudster made a series of contributions to Farage in the year before he clinched the Clacton seat and took his place in the Commons as an MP. Cottrell, 32, who admitted a count of wire fraud in the US in 2017, was previously involved with Farage’s former party, UKIP, as a volunteer in the Brexit referendum campaign. But his contributions towards security and social media staff wh