As others including Carole Caddwaladr have flagged, X/Elon Musk has registered a new UK company Having a UK company (which is trading) is essential to being able to donate to a UK party Could be other reasons, but the timing is a significant red flag... - ThreadSky

josiah.writes.news • 49 days ago

As others including Carole Caddwaladr have flagged, X/Elon Musk has registered a new UK company

Having a UK company (which is trading) is essential to being able to donate to a UK party

Could be other reasons, but the timing is a significant red flag...

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lioncub19.bsky.social•49 days ago

Only registered UK voters should ever be allowed to make political donations, and these should be capped annually. The only reason corporations / companies or organisations (UK registered or not) are only ever doing it for influence.

mjay2000.bsky.social•48 days ago

Musk will be literally gifting Farage 100 million pounds. Will Farage pocket the lot?

sjheathcliff.bsky.social•49 days ago

And 20 Air Street ironically owned and refurbished by the Crown Estate 🙄

nookrat.bsky.social•49 days ago

Ouch

calvinandhobbes69.bsky.social•49 days ago

I thought he was South African? When did he become a US citizen?

josiah.writes.news•49 days ago

He's both a US and SA citizen (and Canada too I think)

sunderlandlolly.bsky.social•49 days ago

@reecedinsdale.bsky.social 👀

agrippa7.bsky.social•48 days ago

If I was a major shareholder in X I’d be reviewing the non compete clauses of Elon’s contract. Not sure if this is in breach of his directors role.

ianward.bsky.social•49 days ago

ReformUK is a company so anyone can invest $100m in it. This has been a long time in the plotting.

adaloveslace.bsky.social•49 days ago

Yep. I've been saying to friends that the reason he won't cease the limited company is for this reason.

I think many people are forgetting that the far right are not working in isolation in each country, they have for years now been working as an alliance, trading tactics and strategies.

sutherla.bsky.social•49 days ago

This looks ominous

kalamari.bsky.social•49 days ago

Political donations by Companies should be limited to 0.1% of their net payments to HMRC in the preceeding Tax year.

I.e. influence based on contribution to UK.

Include Net VAT, corporation tax and employer NI (but not employee NI or income tax)

mixitupdeedee62.bsky.social•49 days ago

Actually it was @europeanpowell.bsky.social

https://bsky.app/profile/europeanpowell.bsky.social/post/3letecybudc2v

josiah.writes.news•49 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/westcountryvoices.bsky.social/post/3levy2ipid22q.

nickiw64.bsky.social•49 days ago

Been off here for a while trying to stay +ve.This brings me so down.Am I really so old, to reminisce about decency, integrity, truth, morality, to feel its lack in all this muck/musk talk? Can’t look to government for principled stand - I’m Labour, a socialist, feel like a dinosaur, nearly extinct.

craigbry.bsky.social•49 days ago

Labour is no longer socialist, I live in Scotland so have other choices, I am sorry for your loss

thebigotbasher.bsky.social•49 days ago

Very nice but not exactly permanent accommodation

https://www.watkinspayne.co.uk/case-studies/20-air-street/

mikecornes.bsky.social•49 days ago

Political donations by companies need to be capped to a proportion of their profit, else it’s just a funnel for foreign funds.

mynameisalexp.bsky.social•49 days ago

There should be no donations by companies they do not vote .. and any contributions should by a registered voter should be capped at no more then 5k

michele67.bsky.social•49 days ago

Maybe capped to a proportion of the tax they pay in the UK which would drastically limit some of the bigger culprits?

robstubbs1.bsky.social•49 days ago

You forget, reform is officially a company, not a political party.

mikecornes.bsky.social•49 days ago

Not forgotten, but it does complicate things. What oversight is there on “investment” in a company that operates as a political entity?

josiah.writes.news•49 days ago

It is actually both a company and a registered party

benparer.bsky.social•30 days ago

@eddavey.libdems.org.uk shut this down

beighteenstone.bsky.social•49 days ago

Building owned by the crown estate, multi-tenant offices. https://20airstreetw1.co.uk/

beighteenstone.bsky.social•49 days ago

Which other companies are registered at this address? Is this another 55 Tufton St?

lime007.bsky.social•49 days ago

Yeah but you know Labour can’t do anything in case they upset people 🙄

angsto2.bsky.social•49 days ago

"Call for Mr. Bond, Mr. James Bond."

frankkerr.bsky.social•49 days ago

Labour will do nothing to stop Musk from using this route as they benefit from donations from American health companies which work in NHS England
https://goodlawproject.org/how-private-health-has-invested-in-wes-streeting/

keithem.bsky.social•49 days ago

The NHS will be safe in the hands of a Labour Government.
It's a pity we do not have one.

cheesuschrist.bsky.social•49 days ago

JFC on a bike.
I was doing ok until I’ve just seen your retweet 😫

craigbry.bsky.social•49 days ago

Have a follow for truth

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