Labour took a £9 million donation from a foreign source Mr Chakrit Sakunkrit
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Nothing wrong with it, a donation. is a donation regardless where it comes from.
FAIL -also reported for deliberate misleading headline, very low
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So you don’t mind foreign interference in our politics?
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It doesnt just take a donation to do that
are you saying there wasn’t a £9m donation?
but the money helps, right?
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It may influence certain things possibly
And if it’s foreign is that a good thing?
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Stop asking me questions that I agree with you
So you approve of foreign interference, Nathan Gill certainly did
I find that surprising
He is the man who donated £9million to Reform.
and, before that, £10million to the Brexit Party.
And also to the Conservative party.
And £1 million to the office of Boris Johnson Ltd.
By chance, Boris Johnson awarded Qinetiq, a company in which Harborne was the largest single shareholder, a £80m Ministry of Defence contract in January 2023
Harborne goes by the name of Chakrit Sakunkrit in Thailand. I believe he hold dual British and Thai nationality.
Christopher Harborne - Wikipedia
"Anna Gross, Cynthia O’Murchu and Nikou Asgari in London
Published yesterday
...Harborne had made a critical promise to Farage: he would cover the Brexit party’s 2019 general election costs, according to messages between the Thai-based businessman and an associate seen by the Financial Times.
He ended up donating a total of £10mn to the Brexit party before and after the 2019 poll, money that allowed Farage to apply intense pressure on Westminster to withdraw fully from the EU.
Half a decade later, Harborne has filled Farage’s coffers again with a record £9mn donation that gives Reform a big war chest ahead of pivotal elections in May in Scotland, Wales and across English local councils...."
FT.com
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Bearing in mind that Qinetiq was a privatisation spun out of the MOD, who did all sorts of top secret MOD stuff, it would be a little bizarre if they didn't tender and win MOD contracts.
As an aside, that valuable Govt asset was privatised and re-labelled as Quinetiq under a Labour Govt.
In other news, I hear Thames Water are on a cliff edge.
