Reform UK activists squabble over Farage’s plan for £72m donations

Crypto billionaires’ £72m will be used to hire campaign managers and professional staff in target constituencies

For Nigel Farage, the £72m lavished last week on his party by the crypto billionaire donors Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne finally places Reform UK on a level playing field with its political rivals.

The donations are the largest received by a UK political party since declarations became required in 2001 and led to warnings Farage was aiming to “buy” his way to power, with a row still raging over whether they are legal.