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Starmer confirms ban on cryptocurrency donations and limit on foreign donors in blow for Reform

Sir Keir Starmer authorised the urgent review into the extent of foreign interference in British politics in December.

Wednesday 25 March 2026

Cryptocurrency donations to UK politicians will be banned by the government, alongside donations from abroad being limited, in a move that could kneecap Reform UK.

In a further blow to Nigel Farage's party, the government is set to limit foreign British electors to donating £100,000 per year, adopting the most aggressive end of recommendations from a government-commissioned report.

The moves would curb donations by Christopher Harborne, the Thailand based fan of cryptocurrency, who gave over £12m in the last year to Reform. Reform UK also accepts crypto donations which would be suspended.

Plans to limit the amount Britons overseas could donate to British political parties, limits on company donations and a new moratorium on cryptocurrency money for political parties have been proposed by an ex-mandarin in a report released today.

Philip Rycroft, a former top official, proposed immediate changes to legislation which he says will curb foreign financial influence on our political system. He also proposes banning political adverts which are funded overseas, as well as lowering the burden of proof for electoral offences.

https://news.sky.com/story/major-curbs- ... m-13524214

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We've got three years until that potential catastrophe. Plenty of time for the public to see how awful Reform are at the local level, and hopefully some of Labour's policies will have actually improved the country by then, especially regarding the NHS.

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Needs to step down and be replaced with someone that is left wing.
Someone that will strengthen your healthcare system for all
Someone that will fight for LGBT rights and stop the war on trans people
Someone that will invest in real progress in science and renewable energies.

Spend the next 2-3 years fighting for the people and do it with someone that has passion.

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Wes Streeting just resigned, the 4th minister to do so. Along with dozens of backbenchers urging Starmer to quit. Can he survive this...?

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Based balanced take:



Still though:

The Greens are highly decentralised, meaning that even if the leadership wanted them to stand aside, it would be up to the local party.

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As the Far-Right Anti-Immigrant Party Surges in U.K. Elections We Talk with Journalist and Author Daniel Trilling
By Amy Goodman
May 11, 2026

Introduction:

(DemocracyNow!) AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show looking at what’s been described as a political earthquake in Britain. In local elections last week, the far-right Reform UK party surged in popularity, while the Labour Party suffered heavy losses. The Reform UK party is led by Nigel Farage, who was the chief architect of Brexit, close ally of President Donald Trump. Farage celebrated his party’s success.

• NIGEL FARAGE: But I think, overall, what’s happened is a truly historic shift in British politics. We’ve been so used to thinking about politics in terms of left and right, and yet what Reform are able to do is to win in areas that have always been Conservative, but, equally, we’re proving in a big way we can win in areas that Labour have dominated, frankly, since the end of World War I.

AMY GOODMAN: Calls are growing for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign, after his Labour Party suffered historic losses. This is Starmer speaking Friday.

• PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER: Let me be clear: These are really tough results. I’m not going to sugarcoat it. And we have lost brilliant Labour representatives, people who’ve put so much into their communities, so much into our party and our movement. And the voters have sent a message about the pace of change, how they want their lives improved. Labour was elected to meet those challenges, and I’m not going to walk away from those challenges and plunge the country into chaos. … Well, they’ve sent a message that the change that we promised isn’t being delivered in a way they can feel, and also, frankly, they’re fed up with years of the status quo. But we were elected to deal with those challenges, and I’m not going to walk away from that and to plunge the country into chaos.

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We go now to London, where we’re joined by the journalist and author Daniel Trilling. His new book is titled If We Tolerate This: How the British Establishment Made the Far Right Respectable.

Read (or view the video of) the interview here: https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/11 ... e_starmer

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Here is the Counterpunch take on the recent U.K. election results:

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/22 ... -traders/

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FFS.