The slow motion car crash that is Nigel Farage’s funding “arrangements” is shining a fierce spotlight on the threat to this country’s democracy from a small number of ultra-wealthy donors. For Farage and Reform UK we are talking about a mind-blowing amount of cash given by crypto barons, a Thailand-based billionaire, and other “colourful” characters. But in many ways that is not the point. No single individual should wield the kind of financial influence that these individuals have over our fragile and precious democracy. No matter which party they support. Our political parties of all colours have drifted into an arms race for ever larger donations. Now, there are a few mega-rich individuals who contribute millions of pounds, giving the widespread impression that wealth grants access and