Spending such a seemingly game-changing sum would face several hurdles and could even hinder the party’s chances
Nigel Farage, right, and Reform’s party treasurer, Nick Candy, left, meeting Elon Musk, at Donald Trump’s Floridian home Mar-a-Lago this week.Nigel Farage, right, and Reform’s party treasurer, Nick Candy, left, meeting Elon Musk, at Donald Trump’s Floridian home Mar-a-Lago this week.about £50m. If reports are to be believed, Elon Musk could be about to give considerably more to just one – Reform UK. Is this a political game-changer? As ever with politics and money, there is no one answer.
“Spend it on the thinktanks that take on the quangos, take on the ‘woke mind virus’, as Musk would say, and spread it out,” he said. “Because basically, you can’t do it on your own. You need to build a broader public movement, a bigger pond.” “We actually worked very well as a lean organisation,” Towler said. “The Brexit party, when it got money, employed well over 100 people and it became very flabby and awkward and difficult. So maintaining some level of leanness in the operation is more effective, more efficient, and creates less internal issues.”
This is not necessarily beyond the reach of Reform, which recently passed the 100,000-member mark, but it takes time, and some electoral veterans believe even £80m would not notably speed up the process.Our morning email breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what’s happening and why it mattersOne senior Lib Dem figure said that in July’s general election, where their party shot from 15 MPs to 72, the money to hire more staff and print millions of leaflets was essential.
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