Reform could face action over £72m crypto donations, Rayner warns
Angela Rayner has suggested Reform UK could face action over two mega donations to the party under new laws being pushed through parliament.
The housing secretary was reacting to £72m in donations from two crypto billionaires – Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne – for Nigel Farage’s party given on Friday and Saturday in two lumps of £36m.
With fears that the cash from billionaires could distort British politics, Ms Rayner warned that Reform should not count on keeping all the money as new law Labour is pushing through parliament will be “backdated” to cover all donations from March this year.
As for me, I will believe in no belief that does not make itself manifest by outward signs. I will think no preaching sincere that is not recommended by the practice of the preacher.
Anthony Trollope - Barchester Towers (1857)
6 comments:
Retrospective laws are generally regarded as a bad thing. They could easily be presented as 'politically motivated'. I wonder if a legal challenge could be mounted?
Pot. Kettle. How do they keep a straight face?
Follow the French and German route and just try to ban reform and restore as they are obviously poisoning "our democracy'.
What could possibly go wrong with a single party communist state?
DJ - yes, if retrospective laws are allowed then there is no law. I don't know if a legal challenge is possible, but it ought to be possible.
James - I don't know how they keep a straight face, although it does emphasise that they are merely actors who don't listen to the implications of their own words because they don't need to.
Anon - it would be no surprise if that comes next as the French and German route gives them a precedent.
Lets ban opposition parties and then act surprised when a lot of pissed off people take to the streets and it starts kicking off
John - that seems to be their approach, foresee nothing they don't want to foresee.
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