I always find political donation stories somewhat amusing.

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They’re as predictable as night follows day. Party X receives a large donation, and parties Y and Z say how outrageous it is and call for legislation to cap donations. Admittedly, it’s unprecedented that a party is offered two £36 million donations in the same week, and there’s no doubt that for Reform UK, it could be a game-changer. Nigel Farage says it will enable them to prepare for government and will ‘level the playing field’. Up to a point, Lord Copper.

Angela Rayner was touring the studios on Sunday muttering darkly about outlawing donations like these, but we’ve heard it all before. She also threatened retrospective legislation. I wonder how realistic that is. If these donations are in line with the law as it is, then it would be fundamentally undemocratic to force Reform UK to return the donations at a later date, especially if they have........

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