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Reform UK given $97M by 2 billionaires
Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, on the newest of 2 developments
LONDON -- Reform UK, the anti-immigration party led by Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage, received $97 million from two cryptocurrency billionaires this weekend, fueling concerns about money in British politics.
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Reform receives record £36m donation from crypto billionaire
Crypto investor Ben Delo donated a record £36 million to Reform UK to help level the playing field and prepare the party for government ahead of Britain’s next election, with Nigel Farage praising the support.
BitMEX founder Ben Delo pledged £36 million ($48.7 million) to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, a record donation designed to help the insurgent party fend off its critics while turbo-charging its attempts to gain power at the next general election.
Donations from British businessman Ben Delo and cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne combined are greater than the total received by all United Kingdom parties last year.
Nigel Farage's Reform UK has secured a record £72 million in political donations over the past 24 hours after two prominent supporters each pledged to give the upstart anti-mass migration party £36 million.
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK received a second multi-million pound donation, bringing the total raised over the past 24 hours to £72 million ($97 million) and far surpassing the amounts raised by the rival Labour and Conservative parties so far this year.
LONDON -- Reform UK, the anti-immigration party led by Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage, received $97 million from two cryptocurrency billionaires this weekend, fueling concerns about money in British politics.
The UK government hit back at record-breaking donations to Reform UK from two crypto billionaires, with Housing Secretary Angela Rayner arguing that Labour’s planned legislation will prevent rich people from “being able to buy their way” in an election.
Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo gave a record £36 million each over the weekend to Nigel Farage's party, but a new law means they may have to take it all back
The record-breaking £72 million ($97 million) of donations to Reform UK — given by two crypto billionaires who until recently were based overseas — will, as the party contends, help it prepare for government, providing resources to hire policy specialists, expand and professionalize its operations a…
EXCLUSIVE: Electoral Commission confirms interest earned on impermissible gifts can be kept, prompting calls for Nigel Farage to hand any proceeds to charity
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