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The sinister influence of crypto billionaires on our politics | Letters
Publisher description: Letters: Readers respond to the news that Christopher Harborne has given £36m to Reform UK, matching a donation from Ben Delo
The Guardian | Sep 15, 2026 | Guardian staff reporter
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Cryptocurrency is often sold as decentralised and democratic, yet its real behaviour resembles gravity: wealth is pulled inexorably into a few vast centres while draining from everyone else (Christopher Harborne matches £36m Reform donation of Ben Delo, 12 September). A cap on national party spending in the year before a general election was introduced in 2000, but there is no cap on party spending in any of the years in between general elections. The new £100,000 cap proposed by the government (Will the £72m of donations to Reform UK be allowed?
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