Why crypto-billionaires love Reform – podcast
Reform UK have just been showered with £72m in donations by billionaires.
What does that money buy and what will the party do with it? Peter Walker explains On Friday Ben Delo, a 42-year-old businessman – and convicted criminal – donated £36m to Reform UK.
That works out to £1m for every month between now and the latest possible date for the next general election.
It brings the total Delo has donated to the party this year alone to £44m.
Not to be outdone, less than 24 hours later, Christopher Harborne, the 63-year-old billionaire, pitched in with another £36m donation.
That’s a cool £72m over one weekend.
The Guardian’s senior political correspondent Peter Walker , says: “This is potentially a game changing amount.
It’s more in total than the big four or five parties spent altogether in the 2024 general election.” Continue reading...
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