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

[Greyrock79]

Farage receives second £36m donation in two days.

Reform’s biggest donor Christopher Harborne matched record donation given on Friday by fellow cryptocurrency billionaire Ben Delo

Why can we not use the word -crip-toe on here? (miss-spelling deliberately.)

Misses point of thread... 😬

Seriously though, yeah I agree @Greyrock79 it's kind of pissed me off too. But I'm not sure we can do much to stop it.

Let's us pray when the time comes, Reform don't get in power!

I simply want Labour out, so I am naturally delighted.

Seems Reform may be prepping for a snap GE.

Droll considering that this government are buying votes via welfare and immigration.

In that undercover footage shown on Channel 4, Farage's aide Dan Jukes suggests that an “American donor” could give money to Reform via his “son” resident in the UK, to make the donation look above-board.

At approx the 19:30 timestamp, Jukes is seen saying to the “son”:
“If Nigel makes it to Number 10, you know, you’re having a pint with who’s effectively going to be his chief of his staff in Number 10. If that isn’t a business interest I don’t know what is.”

Going Undercover to Expose Reform's Secret Donations Plot

I expect a lot of it will be used for legal fees considering they have so many police investigations.

It's fantastic. It enables Reform to get on with things without worrying about fundraising. Labour are full of corruption, you can guarantee a lot of their money comes from dodgy dealings

Be careful what you wish for...

I also think it's possible to want Labour out but to see how bad this is for democracy.

Oh I did see that Reform are planning to start a story about having a general election in the spring, in the hope of willing it into existence.

Gee the public up over fictional thing that's not happening, then tell them they've been let down by not getting fictional thing that's not happening.

Winding people up. Normal for Reform. <shrug>

Same

Yes, Lord Alli etc.

Shame they don’t have the deep pockets of Reform’s donors.

No they just have to worry about getting arrested for all sorts of other things. The irony of referring to Labour as corrupt while supporting Reform....

I've found calling it "c-money" or "crapto" doesn't trip the MN auto-hide but seems to be reasonably understandable.

At least enough that we can have a conversation about it without the constant gaps.

Sometimes one just has to pinch their nose.

As I suspect a number of voters did during the 2024 GE.

Looking this up, yes they lobbied against it and it was dropped.

Is that money going to buy votes? Because that is what Farage actually needs. I am not convinced two massive bungs will sway the waverers. Maybe the opposite. Let us see how the polls react.

I would rather have any other political party in power than Reform, including Labour.

How so?

Immigration is going down.

And Labour does better amongst higher income households than lower income ones.

It permits Reform to focus on policy and governance (which they evidently need).

I think also indicates how much is as stake for the UK - the economy cannot withstand another three years of Labour’s endless tax rises.

Let's hope that the majority of the UK electorate aren't racist enough to vote for Reform.

And they will do it again. Tactical voting will be BIG amongst the 75% or so of the electorate who don't want Farage in No.10.

Just thinking about Andrew Carnegie’s philanthropy, donating his vast fortune to pay for libraries for every community.

But these guys aren’t interested in philanthropy - they’re buying something - influence and advantage to them.

And they’re not businessmen!!!

This.

Also, I wonder if Reform will now offer to pay the legal fees for the couple who assaulted the protestor in Birmingham last weekend.

You tell me - why haven’t Labour tackled the burgeoning welfare bill? Why was Starmer unable to get a modest reduction in future spending last summer?

As to your last sentence, please clarify/expand.

The bungs won't persuade the voters that Reform's policies are sound.

Agreed. There are a lot of people who want to keep Farage out more than they care about getting anyone else in. The anyone but Reform/Restore vote will be significant.