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Re: Reform UK's chronicles
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Well, the Representation of the People Bill currently going through the Lords was introduced in February 2026, before Reform’s major donors decided to move back to the UK after decades of living abroad to avoid paying taxes, to fund the Party that has promised to change the laws that would directly benefit those donors by hundreds of millions each year, and the limitation of donors (ban crypto-asset political donations, caps overseas elector donations at £100,000, and shifts company donation testing from revenue to profit) was part of that Bill…
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so not a law yet then
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Yesterday, 20:18
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laeva recumbens anguis
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Re: Reform UK's chronicles
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where was all the moaning about donations before reform scooped the jackpot
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Quote:
Originally Posted by papa smurf
so not a law yet then
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Yesterday, 20:20
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Re: Reform UK's chronicles
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so not a law yet then
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No but it seems that this possibility was recognised back in February. It generally takes a long time for new laws to be enacted - for good reasons.
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Yesterday, 20:23
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laeva recumbens anguis
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Re: Reform UK's chronicles
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No but it seems that this possibility was recognised back in February. It generally takes a long time for new laws to be enacted - for good reasons.
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And it was announced in the HoC on the 25th March (before any of the crypto-squad donations) that it would be retrospective to that date…
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Yesterday, 23:30
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Re: Reform UK's chronicles
Ban the whole lot for me, as mentioned earlier it just opens up the doors for possible corruption, of which there's already enough of with the 2 or 3 'houses/offices' required and half the family being paid as 'staff'.
Oh, and if Andy 'the man' Burnham gets his way with the No,10 in Manchester idea, wait for the pleas for extra dosh due to the security and the overnight accommodation (which definitely won't be in a B&B or cheapo travel lodge)
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