Elon Musk is reported to be plotting the £79m donation, which would be by far the largest in British electoral history, via the British arm of his social media firm X

Labour is considering capping political donations by individuals and private companies amid reports Elon Musk will hand a $100m donation to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.

The Tesla tycoon is said to be plotting the £79m donation, which would be by far the largest in British electoral history, via the British arm of his social media firm X.

According to The Sunday Times, leading businessmen and Conservative Party officials believe Musk could hand over the cash as a “f*** you Starmer payment” in his ongoing feud with the prime minister.

It would give Mr Farage’s insurgent Reform a significant financial advantage over Labour and the Conservatives and be enough to fund a near-endless barrage of attack ads against the government.

But the government is considering recommendations in an upcoming report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) think tank that would cap individual and corporate political donations at £100,000 a year.

The Guardian reported that officials have asked for more details on the proposals, though work is at an early stage and any changes would unlikely be made until late in the parliament.

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The potential donation cap comes as Mr Musk and Mr Farage grow increasingly close, with the Reform leader describing the billionaire Trump ally as “my new friend” last week.

  • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
    22·
    19 hours ago

    i don’t think you understand who runs these governments and that pleb class about zero sway over any policy beyond something blowing up enough and them doing some half, later reversed “solution” that fucks us even harder.

    • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
      5·
      19 hours ago

      You’re not wrong, but nihilism also works against any control that the plebs may have. Even if we disagree that there is any, we should be open to the possibility of change.

      • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
        31·
        19 hours ago

        we should be open to the possibility of change.

        we have to go and get this change done! but first people need to understand the beast and it seems most still rely on old models of how government works, how it related to us etc.

        things have changed and peasants have not caught up. only viable option as individual is to do some direct action within “market” economy. maybe one day critical mass will hit…

        but for now we getting more fucking.

        I love mocking US but the more I learn what UK elites did… holly fucking batamn, talk about contempt for the poors jfc.