Crypto Billionaires Pour Record $49 Million Into Reform UK, Sparking Funding Scrutiny

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A second crypto billionaire, Christopher Harborne, donates about $48.7 million to Reform UK, matching Ben Delo's prior gift and lifting total pledges to about $97 million since Friday. The donations coincide with a Metropolitan Police probe into possible illegal foreign contributions, drawing criticism from Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch as Reform positions itself as a challenger to the mainstream parties.
- Second crypto billionaire donates record $49m to far-right Reform UK Al Jazeera
- U.K.’s Reform Party Rakes In Record $97 Million Donations From Crypto World WSJ
- Burnham and Badenoch revive red versus blue politics as Reform land 'gobsmacking' donations BBC
- Christopher Harborne: My donation to Reform is a philanthropic gift to our country The Telegraph
- Donations of £72m make Reform’s prospects both rosier and riskier The Guardian
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