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Christopher Harborne (left) and Ben Delo (right) Reform UK has received a second £36m donation in as many days, as cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne matched a record-breaking donation announced late on Friday.
克里斯托弗·哈博尼（左）和本·德洛（右） Reform UK 收到了几天内第二笔 3600 万英镑的捐款，加密货币投资者 Christopher Harbourne 与周五晚间宣布的破纪录捐款相当。
Thailand-based Harborne wrote in the Telegraph, external that his "competitive spirit" inspired him to equal Ben Delo's donation - the largest ever given to a UK political party - adding he expected "nothing personally" in return.
总部位于泰国的哈博尼在《每日电讯报》上对外写道，他的“竞争精神”激励他与本·德洛的捐款相媲美——这是有史以来向英国政党提供的最大一笔捐款——并补充说，他个人并不期望得到“任何回报”。
Reform said the £72m would be used to hire "the brightest and best minds to work on policy and the most comprehensive plan for government ever".
Reform表示，这7200万英镑将用于聘请“最聪明、最优秀的人才来制定政策和政府有史以来最全面的计划”。
The party is facing scrutiny over its finances, as the government seeks to cap donations to UK political parties from British expats.
由于政府试图限制英国侨民向英国政党的捐款，该党正面临财务审查。
There have also been renewed calls by MPs from other political parties for donations from individuals to be capped.
其他政党的议员也再次呼吁限制个人捐款。
The £72m from the two donations is more than the total received by all UK political parties last year, which stood at just over £69m.
这两笔捐款共 7200 万英镑，比去年英国所有政党收到的捐款总额略多于 6900 万英镑。
Reform leader Nigel Farage said Harborne and Delo's "generosity" meant the party would "now be able to fight and win the next general election on a level playing field".
改革领袖奈杰尔·法拉奇表示，哈博恩和德洛的“慷慨”意味着该党“现在能够在公平的竞争环境中争取并赢得下届大选”。
A Reform UK spokesman added: "We will now also be able to hire up to 400 campaign managers in every target constituency.
Reform UK 发言人补充道：“我们现在还可以在每个目标选区雇佣多达 400 名竞选经理。
We are now on election footing." Speaking to BBC Radio 4's PM programme on Saturday, the party's deputy leader Richard Tice denied accusations the donations were bad for democracy.
我们现在正处于选举的基础上。” 周六，该党副领导人理查德·泰斯在接受 BBC 广播四台的 PM 节目采访时否认了捐款不利于民主的指控。
"It's the opposite actually, we're delighted and very humbled by the confidence expressed by two very successful entrepreneurs who realise Britain's in serious trouble," he said.
他说：“实际上恰恰相反，两位非常成功的企业家意识到英国陷入了严重的麻烦，他们所表现出的信心让我们感到高兴和谦卑。”
"To have that support, to know we can focus on employing the best people, whether it be on social media, policy, campaign managers, that's a good thing."
“获得这种支持，知道我们可以专注于雇用最优秀的人才，无论是在社交媒体、政策还是竞选经理方面，这是一件好事。”
Earlier, speaking to Sky News, Tice said Delo's donation had been an upfront sum "so that the Labour Party can't legislate against it" and would be spent over two or three years.
早些时候，泰斯在接受天空新闻采访时表示，德洛的捐款是一笔预付款，“这样工党就无法立法反对它”，并将在两到三年内花费。
Who is Reform donor and crypto billionaire Ben Delo?
改革捐助者、加密货币亿万富翁 Ben Delo 是谁？
Reform receives record £36m donation from crypto billionaire Harborne has already donated millions to Reform and Farage, who is currently under investigation by the parliamentary standards commissioner over whether he should have declared a £5m cash gift from Harborne ahead of the 2024 election.
Reform 收到加密货币亿万富翁创纪录的 3600 万英镑捐款 Harborne 已经向 Reform 和 Farage 捐赠了数百万英镑，目前议会标准专员正在调查他是否应该在 2024 年大选之前宣布 Harborne 提供 500 万英镑的现金礼物。
Farage has argued that he was under no obligation to register the "purely private" gift, as it was unrelated to his parliamentary or political activities.
法拉奇辩称，他没有义务登记这笔“纯粹私人”的礼物，因为这与他的议会或政治活动无关。
The party is also facing scrutiny after a broadcast by Channel 4 News last week showed two senior Reform aides apparently suggesting a way around electoral law to secure foreign party donations.
在上周第四频道新闻播出的节目中，两名改革高级助手显然建议绕过选举法以确保外国政党的捐款，该党也面临着审查。
The Metropolitan Police has said it is investigating, while the party denies any wrongdoing.
大都会警察局表示正在调查，但该党否认有任何不当行为。
The force is also looking into donations given to the party by Fiona Cottrell, mother of longstanding Farage ally George Cottrell, as well as a company controlled by Tice.
警方还在调查法拉奇长期盟友乔治·科特雷尔的母亲菲奥娜·科特雷尔以及泰斯控制的一家公司向该党提供的捐款。
Harborne wrote on Saturday that he had "already accumulated enough wealth for the rest of my life", while Reform was a "start-up party" that lacked "the benefit of hundreds of years of patronage".
哈博恩周六写道，他“已经为我的余生积累了足够的财富”，而改革派是一个“初创政党”，缺乏“数百年赞助的好处”。
"A start-up party needs more money than can be provided by membership fees alone, to build and sustain itself and be ready for government," he said.
他说：“一个初创政党需要更多的资金来建立和维持自身，并为政府做好准备，而仅靠会员费是不够的。”
Harborne and Delo's donations mark the largest sums received by a UK political party since they had to begin declaring them in 2001.
哈博恩和德洛的捐款标志着英国政党自 2001 年开始宣布捐款以来收到的最大一笔捐款。
Delo, who also announced his donation in a Telegraph op-ed, said he was giving the money away because he wanted a "fair fight and a level playing field".
德洛也在《每日电讯报》的一篇专栏文章中宣布了自己的捐款，他表示，他捐出这笔钱是因为他想要“公平的战斗和公平的竞争环境”。
He said in April he was moving back to Britain from Hong Kong.
他四月份表示，他将从香港搬回英国。
Addressing the recent scrutiny of Reform's finances, he said: "My conclusion from Reform's recent troubles is that they should spend less time trying to raise funds to compete on equal terms and more time preparing for government." Last year, he was given an unconditional pardon by US President Donald Trump over a breach of anti-money laundering laws at his crypto trading platform, BitMEX, to which he had pleaded guilty in 2022.
在谈到最近对改革公司财务的审查时，他说：“我从改革公司最近遇到的麻烦中得出的结论是，他们应该花更少的时间来筹集资金以进行平等竞争，而应该花更多的时间为政府做准备。” 去年，他因加密货币交易平台 BitMEX 违反反洗钱法而获得美国总统唐纳德·特朗普无条件赦免，他已于 2022 年承认有罪。
There are currently no restrictions on the amount of money UK-based donors can give to political parties.
目前，英国捐助者可以向政党捐赠的金额没有限制。
However, the Labour government has introduced a £100,000 cap on donations from British citizens living overseas, and plans to introduce a similar one for those who have recently returned to the UK.
然而，工党政府对居住在海外的英国公民的捐款设定了10万英镑的上限，并计划对最近返回英国的人设定类似的上限。
There were nine donations of £1m or more to political parties in 2025.
2025 年，共有 9 笔向政党捐款超过 100 万英镑。
The largest was £9m given to Reform UK by Harborne.
其中最大一笔是 Harbourne 向 Reform UK 捐赠的 900 万英镑。
Labour had five donations of £1m or more - totalling nearly £10m - and the Conservatives had three of £1m each. Labour said Reform and Farage still had "serious questions" to answer about their finances.
工党有五笔捐款超过 100 万英镑，总计近 1000 万英镑，而保守党则有三笔捐款，每笔 100 万英镑。 工党表示，改革党和法拉奇党仍然有关于其财务状况的“严重问题”需要回答。
Party chairwoman Bridget Phillipson said Reform were "drowning" in "sleaze and scandal".
该党主席布里奇特·菲利普森表示，改革党“淹没”在“肮脏和丑闻”之中。
She added: "It's time Farage and Reform came clean with the public, fully co-operated with the ongoing police investigations and prove they're not just in it for themselves."
她补充道：“现在是法拉奇和改革向公众坦白的时候了，充分配合警方正在进行的调查，并证明他们不仅仅是为了自己。”
Rachel Millward, deputy leader of the Green Party, told BBC News it wanted a cap on donations from individuals of £500,000.
绿党副党魁雷切尔·米尔沃德 (Rachel Millward) 告诉 BBC 新闻，绿党希望个人捐款上限为 50 万英镑。
She said the donations to Reform were "absolutely staggering amounts", adding: "What I am very frustrated about is the influence of extreme wealth and the super rich.
她表示，对改革的捐款“绝对是惊人的数额”，并补充道：“令我感到非常沮丧的是极端财富和超级富豪的影响。
What I want to see is people in politics representing the needs of their communities and ordinary people."
我希望看到政界人士代表其社区和普通民众的需求。”
Liberal Democrat Cabinet Office spokeswoman Lisa Smart called for the government to introduce emergency legislation to cap donations. She said: "These are eye-watering amounts of money.
自由民主党内阁办公室发言人丽莎·斯玛特呼吁政府出台紧急立法来限制捐款。 她说：“这些钱令人眼花缭乱。
This is real emergency for our democracy.
这对我们的民主来说是真正的紧急情况。
It presents a very clear and present threat." Labour MP Stella Creasy and other backbenchers had proposed an amendment to the Government's Representation of the People Bill that would stop donors giving parties over £100,000 a year. But the amendment was never debated in the Commons after the government said it would set up a task force to investigate the issue.
它提出了一个非常明确且现实的威胁。” 工党议员 Stella Creasy 和其他后座议员提出了对政府《人民代表法案》的修正案，该修正案将阻止捐助者每年向政党提供超过 10 万英镑。 但在政府表示将成立一个特别工作组来调查该问题后，该修正案从未在下议院进行辩论。
The bill will be debated in the House of Lords on Monday.
该法案将于周一在上议院进行辩论。
Duncan Hames, Director of Policy and Programmes at campaigning charity Transparency International UK, said: "This is a watershed moment, with two billionaires pledging £72m to one political party in less than 48 hours. "This situation is now completely out of control, and makes an irrefutable case for government to bring forward an annual cap on political donations, and fast."
英国透明国际慈善组织政策与项目总监邓肯·哈姆斯 (Duncan Hames) 表示：“这是一个分水岭，两位亿万富翁在不到 48 小时内向一个政党承诺捐赠 7200 万英镑。 “这种情况现在已经完全失控，这为政府提供了无可辩驳的理由，要求政府尽快设定政治捐款的年度上限。”
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