A new chapter in British political finance has opened quietly but with seismic force: Reform UK has received more than £72 million from cryptocurrency billionaires, a sum without precedent in the country's electoral history. The donations expose a gap between the rules governing political money and the speed at which new wealth can now move through them. As peers debate and Labour signals action, the episode asks an old question in a new register — who should be permitted to shape a democracy's direction, and from how far away?
Record crypto donations to Reform UK spark political funding debate
Politics & Governance