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Do you believe businesspeople’s excuses for donating massively to right-wing politicians?
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Billionaire JCB chairman Lord Bamford has given £200,000 each to both the Conservative Party and Reform UK, saying he wans to support parties that “believe in small business”.
It doesn’t ring true.
According to The Guardian,
“The JCB chair, who has given millions of pounds to the Tories and bankrolled Boris Johnson’s wedding celebrations, disclosed the donation [to Reform UK] at the weekend, alongside one of equal size to the Conservatives.
“The donation to Reform marks the latest shift by Bamford to build closer connections with the party after funding an £8,000 helicopter trip for Farage last year. Reform has previously said its leader and Bamford are friends.
“Several Conservative donors have donated to Reform, including the financier Jeremy Hosking, and Charlie Mullins, who previously donated to the Tories through his business Pimlico Plumbers.”
The publicly stated rationale – that both parties “believe in small business” – is a stock line used to frame a donation in palatable, civic-minded terms.
It does not align well with the political economy around Reform UK, the Conservative Party, or Lord Bamford himself.
Let’s think about this…
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