"Nigel Farage's Reform UK party has received a 9m donation from Christopher Harborne, a leading cryptocurrency, defence and aviation-fuel investor who previously bankrolled the Brexit party. Harborne gave the record donation to Reform over the summer in a boost to the party's finances before its autumn conference. This year Reform became the first political party to accept donations in crypto but the 9m was made in cash rather than digital currency."
"Harborne, who has a low profile and describes himself as intensely private, was previously one of the single biggest donors in politics when he gave more than 10m in tranches to Farage's Brexit party to fund its 2019 election campaign. He subsequently donated 1m to the office of Boris Johnson after the former prime minister left Downing Street and accompanied him on a trip to Ukraine."
Reform UK received a 9m cash donation from Christopher Harborne, a cryptocurrency, defence and aviation‑fuel investor, boosting the party's finances before its autumn conference. Reform became the first political party to accept crypto donations this year, but the 9m was given in cash. Harborne previously funded the Brexit party with more than 10m in tranches for the 2019 election campaign. He later donated 1m to Boris Johnson's office after Johnson left Downing Street and accompanied him on a trip to Ukraine. Harborne lived in Thailand for about 20 years and is also known as Chakrit Sakunkrit. He holds stakes in Qinetiq and AML Global. Electoral Commission data showed Reform received over 10m, the Conservatives almost 7m, and Labour about 2.5m. Ministers are considering banning crypto donations because provenance is difficult to track.
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