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Crypto Billionaires Hand Reform UK $97M in Record Donations
Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne each gave £36 million, and between them beat what every UK party raised last year.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Decrypt
Donations of £72m make Reform’s prospects both rosier and riskier
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Party can boost its campaign power with funds from billionaire backers, but it can also lose support from ordinary Britons All things being equal, pretty much any political strategist would welcome a £72m war chest; a sum higher than the combined spe…
Key facts
- Party can boost its campaign power with funds from billionaire backers, but it can also lose support from ordinary Britons All things being equal, pretty much any political strategist would welcome a £72m war chest; a sum higher than the combined spe…
- Reported by The Guardian and published Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:06:59 UTC.
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