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Sep 13, 2026
Reform's £72 million donation
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Robert HaywardGUEST
There is, as you say, a whole raft of changes, changes in practice, changes in terms of entitlement to vote.
Robert HaywardGUEST
And as you say, a series of clauses already in the bill, which has been through the Commons.
Robert HaywardGUEST
to change the process in relation to political donations and particularly to start addressing the question of cryptocurrencies.
Robert HaywardGUEST
I and a number of peers from different political parties have said to the government what they should do is take the bill back and consider introducing the bill just with 16 and 17 year olds and one or two other elements and then put carefully considered amendments in relation to donations in the next session of Parliament.

Paddy O'ConnellHOST
I wonder if you think there'll now be an arms race where, say, a Conservative or a Labour-inclined billionaire will get their checkbook out.
Robert HaywardGUEST
that the trade unions might suddenly make a mega donation to the Labour Party, that some, as you say, very rich donor to the Tory party makes big contributions.
#027 - 9/11 Rememberance Special
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22:37Eric DonaldsonHOST
And so I wanted him to come on, introduce himself, and then he can tell us what he was doing on nine 11.
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22:57Robert HaywardGUEST
I saw the planes hit the building and You know, we thought it was something like out of a movie or something like that, you know.
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27:28Robert HerrHOST
For you, what was going through your head as you were thinking about these brave men and women that were risking their lives on the ground as first responders, whether it was paramedics, whether it was firefighters that had to go into the building to try to rescue people? I mean, obviously, being on the other side of the country, dealing with a whole different type of disasters on a day-to-day basis, what was going through your head?
Did you get any sleep?
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8:18Robert HaywardGUEST
I think there are two groups of people in relation to Reforms stroke Nigel Farage supporters.
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8:24Robert HaywardGUEST
One of the absolute diehards, and there's a lot of them, his favourability of ratings amongst that group of people is very strong indeed.
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8:34Robert HaywardGUEST
But there's also a group of people who are inclined towards reform, towards Nigel Farage, and there's been some sign in recent weeks and months that they are actually flaking away from reform, from Nigel Farage, because they're going to restore, they're going to uncertains or whatever.
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8:54Robert HaywardGUEST
There's no question that it is having an effect on that second group of people.
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9:00Robert HaywardGUEST
And can I just pick up, for example, on the clips you've just played? You will be able to intersperse, one, the comments you were asking about the five million, which was supposed to go for security at one point in explanation.
02/05/2026
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Robert HaywardGUEST
Whether they can match their share of vote, which they got last year, I think is unlikely.
Robert HaywardGUEST
But Reform will be taking seats off the Labour Party in what one would regard as the traditional Labour heartlands, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, the North East, the West Midlands, and the like.
Robert HaywardGUEST
Greens will be taking seats off the Labour Party in London in particular, but also in the areas that are demographically similar, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds.
Isabel HardmanHOST
Well, but how are things looking more generally in, in the Holyrood elections?
Robert HaywardGUEST
Good for the SNP, who could never have expected to be in this position given all the difficulties that they've been through.