🔴Needs Musk: Minister Pledges Crackdown on ‘Dark Money’ in British Politics Keir Starmer’s Government looks set to close loopholes that would allow foreign billionaires like Elon Musk to bankroll UK political parties bylinetimes.com/2025/03/07/g... - ThreadSky

bylinetimes.bsky.social • 4 days ago

🔴Needs Musk: Minister Pledges Crackdown on ‘Dark Money’ in British Politics

Keir Starmer’s Government looks set to close loopholes that would allow foreign billionaires like Elon Musk to bankroll UK political parties

https://bylinetimes.com/2025/03/07/government-crackdown-dark-money/

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peterdavieson.bsky.social•4 days ago

Labour need to stop telling us what they PLAN to do and just DO IT .. and then tell uu.

Tick, tick, tick .. it's later than they think .. and at this point they shouldn't want to end up like the US Democrats wondering why they twiddled their thumbs until they woke up in a fascist dictatorship.

supernovalabs.co.uk•4 days ago

A smarter long term plan would be to close tax loopholes and collect taxes owed to the government including this one.

markmfc1885.bsky.social•4 days ago

Let’s see how that’s watered down before it becomes reality.

bluebaby1967.bsky.social•3 days ago

What, in the same way as the Employment Bill was watered down?

dartzap.bsky.social•4 days ago

They'll need to do the same for thinktanks as well, as that's a more frequent attack vector.

chr1sj.bsky.social•4 days ago

Excellent. No brainer.

donaldcoppen.bsky.social•4 days ago

Finally. About as obvious a risk to UK democracy as you could think, initially Starmer refused to countenance this, so v welcome if he’s changed his mind.

stdomingo1878.bsky.social•4 days ago

How would any right minded person in the UK have a problem with that. Besides the snide bastards in Reform and the Tories

karenmonroy.bsky.social•4 days ago

It's almost like the US is acting as a warning label for the UK. As it should.

snootyvonb.bsky.social•4 days ago

It’s hopefully a clarion call to every democratic country.

simonehochgreb.bsky.social•3 days ago

Not enough. Must ban support on X, which will give them advertising for free.

rktecture.bsky.social•4 days ago

How will it regulate flows via crypto, direct to individuals, say?

fantasticmrshiba.bsky.social•4 days ago

KYC’s probably. Hard to fake it when you need a passport and corroborating tax documents.

vglntgrandma.bsky.social•4 days ago

Wishing America would have done this. It’s too late. “Dark Money” was invested and now oligarchs are cashing in our green hard earned money. 😫

classicade.bsky.social•4 days ago

I will believe it when I see it.

motorthing68.bsky.social•4 days ago

About damned time we practiced some basic self defence.

top1c.bsky.social•4 days ago

Not before time!

jasongass.bsky.social•4 days ago

About time!

bowie12.bsky.social•3 days ago

Less talking more action would be good.

desolateplanet.bsky.social•4 days ago

Does any think this will be a genuine attempt at doing so? It’s the usual promises, unlikely to be kept, used to distract from other government failings and only suggested because Reform pose a threat rather than doing it on the basis of principles and morals.

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