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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has said two big donations given to his party are "100% compliant with the law today", but was not able say whether they would be permissible if a rule change, currently being debated in Parliament, were passed.
改革英国领导人奈杰尔*法拉奇（Nigel Farage）曾表示，给予他的政党的两笔大笔捐款"今天100％符合法律"，但无法说明如果目前正在议会辩论的规则变更获得通过，
Ministers are seeking to put a £100,000 annual cap on donations from British expats, backdated to 25 March 2026.
部长们正在寻求对英国外籍人士的捐款设置100,000英镑的年度上限，追溯到25March2026。
Farage argued the government should not retrospectively declare donations illegal and threatened to retaliate by limiting trade union donations, if elected PM.
法拉奇认为，政府不应该追溯性地宣布捐赠是非法的，并威胁要通过限制工会捐赠来报复，如果当选PM。
Trade union leader Paul Nowak said there was no similarity between "care workers chipping in a few quid a year through their union and a party bought and paid for by billionaires."
工会领袖保罗*诺瓦克说，"护理人员每年通过工会削减几英镑，与亿万富翁购买和支付的派对之间没有相似之处。"
Over the weekend, Reform announced that it had received two donations of £36m each from wealthy businessmen Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne, who are both British but have until recently lived abroad.
上周末，改革宣布收到两笔3600万英镑的捐款，分别来自富有的商人Ben Delo和Christopher Harborne，他们都是英国人，但直到最近才在国外生活。
Speaking to the BBC, Farage said there was "no question" their donations - the largest in British political history - were within the law "as it stands".
法拉奇在接受BBC采访时表示，"毫无疑问"他们的捐款-英国政治史上最大的捐款-"按原样"在法律范围内。
Asked if the two men were resident in the UK by 25 March, Farage said: "I'm not going into their particular details."
当被问及这两名男子是否在3月25日之前居住在英国时，法拉奇说："我不会讨论他们的具体细节。"
He went on to criticise the government's attempts to retrospectively declare some donations illegal, saying: "This cannot be."
他接着批评政府试图追溯性地宣布一些捐赠是非法的，他说："这不可能。"
"If the government was allowed to do this, you know what would happen? There would be a response the other way.
"如果政府被允许这样做，你知道会发生什么吗？ 会有相反的反应。
"We or the Conservatives would say 'if you're going to stop legitimate donors like this, we would say to the trade unions, you can't give money'."
"我们或保守派会说'如果你要阻止这样的合法捐助者，我们会对工会说，你不能给钱'。"
Farage argued such a move would "collapse" the system of political funding and lead to taxpayers having to fund political parties, a system he said would be opposed by the British public.
法拉奇认为，这样的举动将"崩溃"政治资助制度，并导致纳税人不得不为政党提供资金，他说这一制度将受到英国公众的反对。
Since 2020, Labour has received almost £43m from trade unions, who raise their money through individual workers' membership fees.
自2020年以来，工党从工会那里获得了近4300万英镑的收入，工会通过个人工人的会员费筹集资金。
Donations law changes to be debated after Reform's £72m windfall Will record donations to Reform go down as a moment of political change?
改革7200万英镑暴利后仍有待商榷 创纪录的改革捐款会成为政治变革的时刻吗？
Who is Reform donor and crypto billionaire Ben Delo?
谁是改革捐助者和加密亿万富翁Ben Delo？
The House of Lords is currently debating the government's Representation of the People Bill which caps the amount British people living overseas can donate to political parties at £100,000.
上议院目前正在辩论政府对人民法案的代表权，该法案限制了居住在海外的英国人可以向政党捐赠100,000英镑的金额。
The bill also states that those who moved back to the UK would have to wait for at least a year before donating more than £100,000.
该法案还规定，那些搬回英国的人必须等待至少一年才能捐赠超过100,000英镑。
The legislation states that donors must have been registered as in the UK by 25 March 2026 in order to avoid the cap.
立法规定，捐赠者必须在25March2026之前在英国注册，以避免上限。
It is not currently clear exactly when Delo and Harborne returned to the UK.
目前尚不清楚Delo和Harborne究竟何时返回英国。
Education Minister Georgia Gould told the BBC's Today programme the government was "really worried about the big money that is coming into politics... and sometimes money from overseas that is shaping politics rather than the ordinary voters".
教育部长乔治亚*古尔德（Georgia Gould）告诉英国广播公司（BBC）的今日节目，政府"真的很担心进入政治的大笔资金。.. 有时来自海外的钱正在塑造政治而不是普通选民"。
She said the new rule changes had been added to the bill, following a report by former senior civil servant Sir Philip Rycroft into foreign interference in British politics, published on 25 March.
她说，在3月25日发表的前高级公务员菲利普*里克罗夫特爵士(Sir Philip Rycroft)关于外国干涉英国政治的报告之后，新的规则变化已被添加到该法案中。
The two £36m donations to Reform have reignited questions about political funding.
这两笔3600万英镑的改革捐款重新引发了关于政治资金的问题。
Speaking to Matt Chorley on Radio 5 Live, Sir Philip said examining domestic donations had not been within the remit of his review but that there was a case for capping all donations, whether they came from British citizens living in the UK or overseas.
菲利普爵士在电台5直播中对马特*乔利（Matt Chorley）说，检查国内捐款并不在他的审查范围内，但有一个限制所有捐款的案例，无论这些捐款来自居住在英国或海外的英国公民。
"I don't see any reason why we should have these mega sums of money coming into British politics," he said.
他说："我认为我们没有任何理由让这些巨额资金进入英国政界。"
He added that the government's decision to retrospectively ban certain donations was "going to be controversial" but said: "If you say, you're going to change the rules to cap donations at some point in the future, then clearly the risk is that you get a lot of those donations coming through the door before you're able to do that."
他补充说，政府决定追溯性地禁止某些捐赠"将是有争议的"，但他说："如果你说，你会改变规则，在未来的某个时候限制捐赠，那么很明显的风险是，在你能够"
Farage said the donations would allow his party to "catch up with the other big parties" and enable them to "professionalise".
法拉奇说，这些捐款将使他的政党"赶上其他大党"，并使他们能够"专业化"。
He argued that trade unions gave money to Labour so that it would enact their policies and that donors gave money to the Conservative Party in order to get "knighthoods and peerages".
他争辩说，工会给工党钱，以便它制定他们的政策，捐助者给保守党钱，以获得"骑士和贵族"。
By contrast he said neither Harborne or Delo would get peerages or government contracts, if Reform won the next general election.
相比之下，他说，如果改革赢得下一次大选，Harborne或Delo都不会获得贵族或政府合同。
Asked if the two men had influence over Reform's policy on cryptocurrency, Farage said he had shown them his party's paper on the subject and they both "thought it made sense".
当被问及这两个人是否对改革对加密货币的政策有影响时，法拉奇说他已经向他们展示了他党关于这个问题的论文，他们都"认为这是有道理的"。
He added that the two men "will not benefit" from Reform's policies, which he said aimed to properly regulate cryptocurrency.
他补充说，这两个人"不会从改革的政策中受益"，他说这些政策旨在正确规范加密货币。
Farage was speaking on the same day as the Trade Unions Congress, the federation of trade unions, held its annual conference.
Farage是说在同一天作为工会大会上，工会联合会举行其年度会议。
TUC general secretary Nowak said Reform were a "party for sale" and their donations were "a crisis for democracy".
TUC总书记诺瓦克说，改革是一个"出售党"，他们的捐款是"民主的危机"。
Sharon Graham, leader of the Unite union, said the government should go further and put a cap between £500,000 and £1m on individual donations made by UK residents Speaking on Sunday, Conservative shadow foreign secretary Tom Tugendhat said it was important to ensure "we do not end up with a sort of Americanisation of politics where money just sort of runs free".
Unite union领导人Sharon Graham表示，政府应该更进一步，对英国居民的个人捐款设置50万英镑至100万英镑的上限 保守党影子外交大臣汤姆*图根哈特（Tom Tugendhat）周日发表讲话时表示，重要的是要确保"我们不会以一种美国化的政治结束，即金钱只是免费运行"。
Liberal Democrat Cabinet Office spokeswoman Lisa Smart called for emergency legislation to cap campaign donations and spending.
自由民主党内阁办公室发言人丽莎·斯玛特呼吁紧急立法限制竞选捐款和支出。
Similarly, the Green Party urged the Labour Party to "find its spine and support a tight cap".
同样，绿党敦促工党"找到骨气，支持严格的限制"。
What you need to know about the mega donations to Reform UK
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