Two crypto billionaires donate £72m to Reform UK
🔴 More than 80% of all the donations ever received by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK have come from just two cryptocurrency billionaires, new Democracy for Sale analysis reveals. “If that isn’t a massive corruption risk I don’t know what is.” democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-8...
Peter Geoghegan75Reform has basically been bought by two crypto bros As @philbrickellmp.bsky.social told me, Burnham needs to act, urgently and amend Elections Bill “It’s incumbent on the government to move at pace... safeguard our politics from the funding arms race now staring back at all of us.”
Anthony 💙🇺🇳🇪🇺🇬🇧🏴🇦🇺3Not "a risk", it just is corruption. If it was a brown envelope stuffed with cash handed over at midnight in a pub car park it wouldn't be called "a risk".
tristan-uk.bsky.social1Reform is a Private Limited Company owned by billionaires and represents their interests. The "illegal immigrants" racism is a manipulation designed to keep the working class fighting amongst themselves.
£72m to Reform isn’t a ‘show of force’. It’s a supermarket sweep of the UK electoral system. A healthy media environment wouldn’t simply raise its eyebrows and sigh.
Richard Bairwell3Isn't their whole slogan/motto "The Party Of The Elite MegaRich"?
The Glass is Empty1With a few honourable exceptions it is totally diseased. A government who weren’t themselves bought might counter this anti democratic trend. Would be great if we had one.
Jason Scott-Warren1get the billionaires out of our news media: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
Stuart Dillon1And Labour could have stopped this but chose not to
Great news that the £36m donation by the crypto billionaire with a previous conviction has been matched by £36m from the crypto billionaire who is already the subject of an investigation by the Standards Commissioner. 😁
Rick2I seriously think that under the powers of terrorism act, these funds should be frozen. This is imo domestic terrorism, they are (in their own words) trying to overthrow the establishment.
TensegrityFan🐝🍯2You’re joking. Not another £36m donation!
mothcone.bsky.social1Grab and smash ! #StopFarage #StopReform #StopTheFarRight #FarageScandal #Fascism
Iacovos1Just think how much good £72m could do if seized by the UK government as proceeds of crime and used to, say, feed hungry kids
Phil Leighton1He needs the money for another by-election in Clacton when he resigns once the standard committee investigation gets into full swing
BBC News, "Reform UK has received two record donations, both of £36 million" "Given by two different crypto currency billionaires" "Last year, if you add up all of the cash donations given to all of the political parties, it comes to about £69m" "These two donations alone come to £72m"
Simon S12No gives that sort of money to anyone without wanting something in return. Reform and now brought and paid for by the crypto billionaires. So much for the party of workers and man of the people shtick.
Rob Jacobs5Labour's Representation of the People Act 2026 is like turning up at a gun fight armed with a dessert spoon. What have they NOT done?
@sandypalma.bskysocial2Should we all be asking the boss to "gift" wages rather than paying a salary... so no tax???
Carole2I wonder what those billionaires could possibly want.... 🤔 quite sure that a fair and equal society is not part of their plan #capthegrift
Gentil Costa - Gentil’s Garage YouTube 5I am now, very, very worried.
Anne Roberts5Is Burnham simply going to sit back and allow this? If so, he's a bloody coward. These people are just laughing at all of us, and at democracy.
Dragonrider "Is he dead yet?" 🐠🐟 Try/Me 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️4Looking forward to his declarations of interest, and his tax filing this year...
Rinse and repeat... 'Reform UK has received a second £36m donation in two days, as Christopher Harborne says he has matched a record-breaking donation announced late on Friday. £72m is more than received by all UK political parties last year.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... bsky.app/profile/paul...
