A shrinking pool of ultra-wealthy donors increasingly bankroll Britain’s political parties. Should we be worried?
Why is this issue in the news?
The short answer is because of Reform UK. In December 2025 the Electoral Commission, the statutory body that regulates elections and political finance, reported that Reform had received £9 million from the Thai-based crypto investor Christopher Harborne – the largest donation to a political party ever made by a living person in the UK. (Harborne also gave £5 million, said to be a personal gift, to Nigel
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