Farage receives second £36m donation in two days for Reform

Keep misinterpreting people to try and fit your own agenda. Doesn’t look good, it’s all a bit sad.

I think if people vote on principle and dislike the underhand, Reform have given far more to linger in the mind. Objectively speaking.
Regardless, as the survey posted earlier in the thread showed, the vast majority of people support the cap.
The majority of people also do not want a Reform government, so I think Labour have little reputational damage to worry about here.
If you support Reform and/or hate Labour it can be hard to see beyond your own opinion, but the surveys are useful for getting the wider view from outside your bubble.

I have to think that if Labour received 2 x £36m donations, the Tories and Reform wouldn’t be trying to get the law changed retrospectively.
If they do this, it seals their fate at the next election. People vote on principle and this underhanded motion will linger in the mind.

Those people can donate to Labour directly. If unions want a cap they can have one too., Labour of course are fighting that because they solely want the millions on funds whilst choking off all other parties. Typical Labour.

Most people are not in a Union, agency workers would jump in at triple the pay for care work etc. Care workers, Nurse etc. are not going to strike anyway, the types of jobs that are heavily unionised now, no one would notice if they went on strike, people with massive mortgage debt don"t strike etc etc. The last time the Unions could stop the country was the 1970"s, waving rainbow flags and putting fake rent a mob "counter protesters" on the streets doesn"t stop the country.

"It’s all very grubby"

Especially when the money is going to Reform.

Democracy is great, we believe wholeheartedly in democracy........except when people vote for Brexit.

There would be a national strike, the unions would bring the country to a standstill.

The Unions collectively donate but it's a donation made up from millions of workers who voted to opt in for political donations. Very different from a single person donating money

The council elections poll was the most reliable one on Reform i.e reality based on everyone who actually voted, not a small sample of people who may or may not tell the truth or change their mind later.

Some of the HoL Labour peers very much want to carve out the unions as the only ones who can donate millions. Shoddy stuff.

Possibly. I guess support for Reform ebbs and flows like all the political parties. Perhaps they will regain the ground they’ve lost lately.

Reinforce existing support? But not expand support?

Of course we all believe everything Nigel says…

I don’t care which political party it is - no one person should be allowed to donate that much. It’s not good for democracy. It’s all very grubby.

The legislation will apply retrospectively and is specifically targeted at Reform. Retrospective legislation is very rare for good reason. In my opinion it is likely to just reinforce support for Reform because it looks like an attack rather than a genuine attempt to make the system fairer.

You should have organised a postal vote!

@MelissaLovedMantari

How did you vote in May 2026? Reform, I bet.

I didn’t vote for anyone in May 2026. Out of the UK at the time.

However, if you are interested in betting, I will bet that regardless of the outcome of the investigation into Farage/Reform will not produce the result I think remain supporters are longing for.

How did you vote in May 2026? Reform, I bet.

@wendywoody

Don't forget that going by the Polls, Cameron et al were all sure in June 2016 that we were all going to vote to remain in the EU.
Wrong 😖
That's why they never bothered to make a "Plan B" 😆

Excellent post.

I would add that after the referendum, remain voters stated that a difference of 4% was not enough to make an informed decision. However, over 10 years later, they are excited that Labour has at best a 2.9 % lead (less if you average them out) over Reform in polls that are based on a few thousand compared to the 33.4 million who voted in 2016.

Don't forget that going by the Polls, Cameron et al were all sure in June 2016 that we were all going to vote to remain in the EU.
Wrong 😖
That's why they never bothered to make a "Plan B" 😆

@MelissaLovedMantari

I know you're upset with how polling is going for Reform right now, but you will have to live with it.

Incorrect assumption. I voted Labour in 2024.

Due to the FPTP electoral system, poll percentages don’t mean anything. One of your earlier posts acknowledged that polls can’t be used to forecast the outcome of a general election.

So you want to disenfranchise the vast majority of electorate? How sensible.

I know you're upset with how polling is going for Reform right now, but you will have to live with it.

@concertinacornflake

It really doesn't beg that question.

The 2024 general election cost an estimated £94 million. That could be money saved if polls are accurate.