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Reform faces police probe over funding in biggest crisis for party after undercover sting

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00:00So I won't bring a word of this to anybody, obviously, and Nigel won't know, doesn't know, won't know.
00:07And it's the kind of thing he doesn't want, he would rather not know.
00:10Hello, how are you? Very, very good to see you.
00:12Hello, how are you? Good to see you again. Yeah, very good, very good.
00:15You're on the Guinness for it.
00:16We are, we are.
00:19Really? Proper porter?
00:23Oh.
00:24Guinness with a champagne top.
00:25Frighty.
00:28Frighty.
00:28Okay, I run an American family office and I haven't been able to donate directly to this, up to this
00:35point.
00:36But I was thrilled to be able to pick up the tab for the polls that you had a commission.
00:43That was great.
00:43And the third poll.
00:45It worked. Boom.
00:46Right.
00:47When I saw the third poll on the front page of the Times, because William sent it to me, I
00:51thought, well, all right, these are people who know how to spend their own money.
00:55And that's what I want to see.
00:56Bang for the buck.
00:57Bang.
00:59That's exactly the phrase.
01:00Bang for the buck.
01:02Standard option.
01:04Prime option.
01:05Mm.
01:06Super prime.
01:07I said, look, we're going to do it.
01:08Do it properly.
01:11And so we're going to run this.
01:1318k goes for out.
01:15Mm-hmm.
01:15And then I said, there may be somebody I could think of who they can send an invoice to.
01:20Mm-hmm.
01:21Well, that would just be a suggestion or not.
01:25Like, it's not an entire, it's not an indirect campaign.
01:28Party contribution.
01:29Mm-hmm.
01:30It's going to be legit.
01:32I need somebody to pay for it.
01:33And it can't be...
01:36Can't be a reform donor.
01:38Yeah, it can't be a reform donor.
01:39So you...
01:40Well, it sounds perfect.
01:41Which sounds great.
01:44And in terms of bang for the buck, I mean, it could be a great story.
01:48And allows us to be, it all to be completely legit.
01:51Mm-hmm.
01:51With the arm's length.
01:53And nothing untoward about it at all.
01:54Mm-hmm.
01:55Great.
01:55I love it.
01:56Yeah.
01:56Even if everything were to go out, I wish it weren't.
02:00It'd be fine.
02:02It's just...
02:03There's nothing...
02:04It's a private family commissioning polling.
02:09No, exactly.
02:09There's no tie between this.
02:11No tie.
02:12No money's exchanged.
02:14You know, we're not artists.
02:16It's just a suggestion.
02:17Mm-hmm.
02:18But, so I won't bring a word of this to anybody, obviously.
02:22And Nigel doesn't know why there.
02:26So, it's the kind of thing he doesn't want, he would rather not do.
02:29Mm-hmm.
02:29Mm-hmm.
02:30What you're doing right now means that you can contribute.
02:34A, it's an amazing sweet spot.
02:36You have a relatively good grab of money.
02:39Yeah.
02:39With a huge impact.
02:40And it don't shows up anywhere in public records.
02:44Exactly.
02:45Tell me where that sits for you guys.
02:47Uh, highly important.
02:49Okay.
02:49Highly important.
02:50Okay.
02:50Um, the relationship that we have, particularly with James,
02:55uh, is a really, really discreet, bro.
02:58Um, but it allows us to, he's made.
03:02He's very good, he's very good.
03:02Yeah, yeah.
03:03Yeah, yeah.
03:04He's, um, to be honest, he's, ooh, he ticks, okay, you know, he ticks every box.
03:09And it, basically, we were able to, if you read it, it was completely hand-like, hand-like.
03:14Yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:15To be honest off.
03:15Yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:16Yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:16And yet, and yet, it was a big story in a telegraph on page six.
03:19And in the top left of the telegraph as well, which stood up to public support for our slogan,
03:25right?
03:26So, those little, those little clandestine projects are so valuable for the sake of four and a half grand.
03:31Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:32I honestly can't take it out of use for that.
03:34Okay.
03:34Yeah, good.

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