Can anything stop Musk bankrolling Farage into power?

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🗓️ 5 December 2024

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• Get 20% off annual Patreon support for The Bunker in our Black Friday sale. The perfect gift to ask for! How much impact would Musk giving $100 million to Farage and Reform UK have on British politics? And how would such a move be legal – and could it be blocked in any way? Ros Taylor is joined by Peter Geoghegan, author of the Democracy for Sale substack, to discuss how this sort of funding is regulated – and how analogue rules struggle to keep up in a digital world. • “It’s both the money and the might of Musk behind Farage, we’ve never seen a tech oligarch involved in British politics like this.” • “We have very few rules on what you’d call third party campaigning. You can really run and do whatever you want.” • “There are no caps when it comes to donations to a political party – you can give them your house, you can give them everything if you like.” Read Peter’s recent piece on his Democracy for Sale Substack. We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/bunker for £100 sponsored credit. www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Ros Taylor. Audio production: Tom Taylor. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, it's Ros Taylor here.
0:02.4	Today's edition of The Bunker is sponsored by Give Well, the non-profit organization that helps you make the most impact when you're giving to charity.
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