The Guardian | British crypto billionaire Ben Delo says he has given £4m to Reform UK by Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Delo, pardoned by Trump after violating US banking law, describes himself as champion of free speech

A British billionaire convicted in the US for failing to implement adequate anti-money-laundering controls in his cryptocurrency business has given £4m to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.

Ben Delo, 42, who is now based in Hong Kong, wrote in the Telegraph that he had made the donation since the start of the year, before the government’s cap on donations to political parties by British citizens living abroad.

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The dominant parties (by MPs) have no wish to reform party or campaign funding and will take an easy pound no mater where it comes from (provided of course that we the public do not know). So no chance

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/19/corporate-donations-uk-political-parties-foreign-interference-bill-loopholes-centax

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