In the long and tangled history of money and political power, the line between influence and interference has rarely been easy to draw. This week, that line became the center of a British political crisis, as James Orr — the strategist considered the intellectual engine of Reform U.K.'s ascent — was suspended after undercover footage appeared to show him arranging donations from a foreign source, a practice prohibited under British electoral law. The episode arrives at a delicate moment for Reform U.K., which has been working to establish itself as a credible force in British politics, and it