Should we be shocked by the two gigantic donations to Reform UK totalling £72million?
I admit to being taken aback. These are by far the largest amounts ever given to any British political party. Neither donor is necessarily the sort of chap with whom one would like to cross the Gobi Desert sharing a single water bottle.
Both have made huge fortunes in cryptocurrencies, which few of us begin to understand. I’d be happier if they had built up businesses offering ordinary people more useful goods and services.
One benefactor, Ben Delo, was charged by the US government in 2020 with failing to
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