Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party has other billionaires ready to follow Elon Musk’s lead and invest money in the UK’s “disruptive” politics, a senior party figure claimed today .

Nick Candy, property billionaire and husband of ex-popstar Holly Valance, claimed the Reform Party would raise more money than any other British party, as Mr Musk was set to open his wallet.

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In an interview with the Financial Times, Mr Candy, the party’s treasurer and former Tory donor, said the party would cause “political disruption like we have never seen before”, with the money intended to be spent on grassroots campaigns, data and surveys.

Earlier this month, the Reform leader and treasurer met Mr. Musk at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, fueling speculation about a substantial donation.

However, new Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch accused the party of all talk and no action, who questioned whether any money would come from Musk.

“I don’t think he’s actually giving them anything… all we’ve seen is Nigel Farage saying ‘he’s going to give me money,'” she told the BBC Radio 4’s Today show.

“Mr Farage says a whole bunch of things. I don’t say things unless they’re true…aAll the Reform Party does is talk.

Nick Candy, property billionaire and husband of ex-popstar Holly Valance, claimed the Reform Party would raise more money than any other British party, as Mr Musk was set to open his wallet.

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However, new Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch accused the party of all talk and no action, who questioned whether any money would come from Musk. “I don’t think he’s actually giving them anything… all we’ve seen is Nigel Farage saying ‘he’s going to give me money,'” she told the BBC Radio 4’s Today show.

Property developer Mr Candy said FT Reform would have more members than the Conservative Party within three months.

The party launched an online site with a counter displaying its members and the target needed to overtake the conservatives.

“We have a number of billionaires willing to donate to the party, not just Elon,” Mr. Candy said.

“The Reform Party is the disruptor – it’s the round, the Series A. It will be a political disruption like we’ve never seen before.”

Mr Candy, who arranged the meeting between Mr Musk and Mr Farage, said the US billionaire would be “the first of many wealthy donors legally allowed to donate”, although he did not name others.

The treasurer, who distanced himself from the Conservatives and promised a “seven-figure sum” for Reform, said the party had “more conservative values ​​in its little finger than the Conservative party”.

“Even big conservative donors are calling me,” he told the Financial Times. “A lot of people will join us. The movement has started.

Rules banning foreign donations mean Mr Musk would have to route any donations through one of his UK-based companies.

Parties can accept donations from several sources, including people registered to vote in the UK or a business registered in the UK.

The head of the Election Commission, Vijay Rangarajan, called for strengthening the rules to “protect the electoral system from foreign interference”.

Commons leader Lucy Powell said any proposals to change the law would not be brought forward until next year.

She told Sky News Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips that there would be an electoral bill “probably in the next parliamentary session” that could include “ensuring that questions around donations are… fair and robust”.

Shadow minister Kevin Hollinrake said he would not seek to stop Mr Musk from donating, but suggested he would instead like him to support the Conservatives.

He said: “I have great confidence in the British public. I don’t think the British public can be easily bought off. I think they will decide in the next election who they think will be the best party to lead this country. And I think they will choose the conservatives.