Two donations of £36 million gone into Reform's bank account eh?
Obscene figures! Should this be allowed? But more to the point............
How many votes will it "buy" for Farage and Co? Not many I would suggest!
I say again that Reform have peaked, and I'd rather stick pins in my eyes, than put my X against any of their candidates!
Spelly.
* If rules have been followed why shouldn't it be allowed?
** The absolute snake that is Rayner saying they're going to change the law and back date it?! That is Russia/North Korea territory!
There are questions around loads of donations (Apparently a lot of Labour's union donations you have to opt out of and can be made hard to do by stewards, even though it's 2026!) and they've had well over £100m over the years.* Farage is an idiot, especially for his stance on RNLI but you can't in a civilised society change the laws after the fact. The more migrants come in, and placed in towns/villages the Reform vote will hold up. Still think it's going to be a complete mish mash at the next election.
***** Here's hoping mad Zak doesn't win his seat.
* Perhaps rules have been followed, but these two guys now have had mega publicity from this, have they not? Perhaps (probably?) I'm biased, but I still maintain those figures are obscene.
** Back dating it, seems to be an "After the horse has ran off." idea to me.
It's a long time since I was in a union (USDAW) but at the time, opting out was not that difficult. I didn't obviously.
* I stand by my opinion that Farage and Co have peaked, but it could be three years until the next general election, so who knows what's gonna happen in the interim? Personally, I hope they nosedive!
***** Absolutely!
Spelly.
@spelly They are already billionaires. They don't need the money.
In the last 4 full years (2022-2025) Labour have had over £100m in donations. Absolutely 0 fuss about that obscene number from them, but now they want the rules changed because it doesn't suit?
It's hypocritical at best, dictatorial at worst.
I say this as a voter of neither, but hating 2 faced, 2 tiered bullshitters (Labour not you! 🙂 ).
I would argue that the £100m has come from countless Joe Publics contributing a few quid a month via their salaries, unlike the two mega donations that have hit Reform's account, and therefore it's (in my eyes) not hypocritical.
Two-tiered? Yes it's happened (still happening?) in the Labour Party, but I'd like to (idealistically?) think it's on the wane, and I'm delighted that you're not including me as a bullshitter! Thank you! 😆
Yes or no mate - Have Reform peaked?
Spelly.