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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Thai-based crypto investor funding Reform unlikely to avoid cap on overseas donations

Harborne in a navy suit and polka dot tie on a street with a car parked in the background
Christopher Harborne has donated £15m to Reform in the past 12 months. Photograph: George Cracknell Wright/LNP

Christopher Harborne, the Thailand-based crypto investor who has given millions of pounds to Reform UK, would be unlikely to get around a planned cap on overseas political donations even if he has registered to vote in the UK, it is understood.

Harborne, who also gave Nigel Farage, the Reform leader, £5m as a “gift”, has registered to vote in Hampshire, the Times reported, with a spokesperson for the billionaire quoted in the paper saying that he had decided to become a “registered voter in the UK”.

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