This is quite bad and this time they're on camera:
https://channel4news.substack.com/p/...med-undercover
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Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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On video, appearing to conspire to break the law on foreign donations.
It seems that:
- They openly discussed a US firm paying for polling. This donation was never declared
- Two senior Reform figures are implicated in the recording
- They discuss keeping it secret and that "they'll get away with it".
- They also discussed a £500,000 donation with the undercover team, making it clear it would be the US-based father giving money via his UK-based son. This is textbook illegal.
- Farage was at one meeting; he seems savvy enough to have not directly implicated himself when the donation was discussed.
- The polling that was paid for was conducted by JL Partners Polling and given to the Telegraph without disclosing it was ultimately backed by Reform. A breach of the British Polling Council's rules. The Telegraph didn't know Reform (via a US company) paid for it.