Nigel Farage's Reform lands one of Britain's biggest ever political donations

Nigel Farage's populist Reform UK secured 9 million pounds ($12 million) from businessman Christopher Harborne in the third quarter of this year, the Electoral Commission said on Thursday, one of the largest political donations in Britain's history.

Nigel Farage's populist Reform UK secured 9 million pounds ($12 million) from businessman Christopher Harborne in the third quarter of this year, the Electoral Commission said on Thursday, one of the largest political donations in Britain's history. The contribution from Harborne, an aviation entrepreneur and technology investor, was just shy of a record 10 million pound donation to the Conservative Party in 2022. It helped put Reform in the top position for political donations in the third quarter, receiving a total of 10.5 million pounds.

The opposition Conservative Party was given 7 million pounds and the governing Labour Party received 2.6 million pounds, the Commission said. Reform UK, which commands a large lead in opinion polls before the country's next national election due to 2029, had struggled to attract the political donations but last year launched a concerted effort to woo donors to back the party. ($1 = 0.7496 pounds)

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