Posted on 12/23/2024 4:07:22 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Keir Starmer must strengthen the rules around political donations to protect the electoral system from foreign interference, the Electoral Commission has said, amid rising concerns about Elon Musk’s plans to donate millions of pounds to Reform UK.
Vijay Rangarajan, chief executive of the elections watchdog, said that linking donations to political parties to the UK profits of companies owned by foreigners was one of the urgent changes needed to retain the trust of voters.
The move, which the Guardian understands is being considered by the government, could cap the amount that Musk, the world’s richest man, could donate through the British arm of his social media company X (formerly Twitter).
Twitter UK’s latest publicly available accounts show pre-tax profits of £8.5m in 2022, on a turnover of £205m, substantially lower than the $100m (£80m) that Musk was initially said to be willing to donate.
After a meeting with Musk this week at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s Florida estate, Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, said the multi-billionaire was giving “serious thought” to bankrolling the party.
The prospect has been met with alarm inside the Labour government, with sources suggesting that it would “not be within the spirit” of the existing party funding rules and that it underlined the need for the legislation to be tightened up.
Electoral law in the UK currently stipulates that all donations and loans to political parties worth more than £500 should come from “permissible donors” registered in the UK. These include voters on the electoral register or companies registered in the UK.
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But he was fine getting his party involved in our election.
Starmer is the best thing to happen to the UK Reform Party. Musk should donate to him.
The British Space Program will take up the slack.
Maybe he should try charging Musk with 37 felonies.
“Starmer is the best thing to happen to the UK Reform Party. Musk should donate to him”
Starmer is pure communist dictator poison, who does not have to hold an election before 2029. That’s a long time. Ever see the lefty freaks in his Cabinet?
Sounds like another piece of crap from back when we whipped England multiple times, got rid of titles of nobility, and more royal garbage.
That is an obvious bill of attainder.
We do not allow that here.
Except for Democrats and their handlers and minions and ilk, who do versions of that all the time, and somehow get away with it.
Exactly, they all take money from Soros, Gates , etc.
Obama is manipulating, Starmer, one of his new puppets!
It’s as bad as Germany taking knives from all the old German ladies, but allowing muslims to carry their swords.
Well Elon can give money in Canadian elections to help the people get rid of Trudeau. He’s a citizen there:
https://provscons.com/why-does-elon-musk-have-3-citizenships/
The Muslims have your back SIR
As a Commonwealth citizen, Musk would have right to vote in the UK without even taking citizenship if he took up residence. He could just buy a house here and and donate.
Commonwealth citizens are not regarded as “foreigners” in Britain, but a separate category of non-British national, hence Foreign And Commonwealth ministry.
Starmer would need to pass a bill through Parliament before this loophole is closed.That would take months, or weeks. Elon needs to make a decision now before it’s too late.
Make Britain Great Again, Elon!
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