Keir Starmer Considers Closing Elon Musk Donations Loophole to …
Dec 6, 2024 · Keir Starmer is considering plans to close a loophole that allows foreign billionaires like Elon Musk to bankroll British political parties, one of his ministers has signalled.. Recent reports suggest the X-owner is considering donating up to $100m – around £80m – to Nigel Farage’s Reform, after signalling his support for the party.
Elon Musk's $100m Threat to Bankroll Nigel Farage and Reform …
Dec 5, 2024 · Reports that billionaire X/Twitter owner Elon Musk is considering donating nearly £80 million ($100m) to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party have sounded alarm bells about the state of Britain’s loophole-ridden election laws.. Anti-corruption experts warn that outdated regulations leave the door open for hugely wealthy foreign donors to interfere in UK elections.
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Keir Starmer Rejects Call for 'Fairer Votes' Despite MPs Voting in ...
Dec 4, 2024 · The Prime Minister has rebuffed calls to overhaul Westminster’s voting system, despite MPs this week backing a backbench Bill to ditch First Past the Post and replace it with a more representative electoral system.. Starmer previously pledged to back electoral reform, saying during his campaign to become Labour leader in 2020 that “we’ve got to address the fact that millions of people ...
Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson and Junk Stats: Is This the Best the …
Nov 19, 2024 · The campaign against Labour’s planned changes to inheritance tax for wealthy farmers and landowners risks backfiring, amid a deluge of statistical manipulation and unsympathetic spokespeople.. Former Top Gear host and ‘Diddly Squat’ TV farmer Jeremy Clarkson is leading the charge on the front page of The Sun today, after pledging to join the farmer protests in the capital.
Major Construction Company Goes Bust Halting Labour Plans for …
Sep 30, 2024 · One of the country’s largest construction companies has gone bust – pausing the Labour Government’s urgent plans to build and refurbish prisons and replace school buildings.. The ISG Group, which employed 2200 people, went into administration just before the Labour Party conference where both Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner pledged to “rebuild Britain”.
Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and …
Nov 29, 2024 · Nigel Farage is working with an extreme, religious anti-abortion campaign group, against a supposed ‘tsunami of censorship’ in Britain, as he backs calls for a debate on restricting abortion rights in the UK.. Farage was quoted in a statement from the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), which campaigns to outlaw abortion, as saying that “the crackdown on free expression within the UK is ...
Running with the Hares: Why The Guardian's Observer Sale to …
Dec 4, 2024 · Today is The Observer’s 233rd birthday, but instead of celebrating, staff at the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper and colleagues from its sister title, The Guardian, are staging their first strike in 50 years.The catalyst for the 48-hour walkout is the proposed takeover of The Observer by Tortoise, the ‘slow-news’ startup founded by former Times editor and ex-head of BBC News, James ...
Liberty: 'Why We Back the Principle of Assisted Dying – But …
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Lobbyists, Oligarchs and Power: The Pro-Putin Network Raising …
Nov 12, 2024 · The two-hectare property here could be valued at over $22.7 million. In the mid-2000s, land in this area was gifted or sold at symbolic prices to Putin’s former bodyguards and their families by Gorki-2, a company in which Yakobashvili held a 29% stake, according to the most recent report from 2015. Among the landowners are …