{"id":2923,"date":"2024-12-18T08:50:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T08:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/chris-mason-the-challenge-of-disruptors-with-deep-pockets\/"},"modified":"2024-12-18T08:50:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T08:50:05","slug":"chris-mason-the-challenge-of-disruptors-with-deep-pockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/chris-mason-the-challenge-of-disruptors-with-deep-pockets\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Mason: The challenge of disruptors with deep pockets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Mason: The challenge of disruptors with deep pockets<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"ssrcss-1b5y2ub-ComponentWrapper-FullWidthWrapper ey0461q0\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-1vfya96-StyledFigure e34k3c22\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-6ybo2z-Placeholder etlorgc0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/240\/cpsprodpb\/1542\/live\/0f126d20-bcd0-11ef-9b50-e1ebaae4ab2f.jpg.webp 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/320\/cpsprodpb\/1542\/live\/0f126d20-bcd0-11ef-9b50-e1ebaae4ab2f.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/480\/cpsprodpb\/1542\/live\/0f126d20-bcd0-11ef-9b50-e1ebaae4ab2f.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/624\/cpsprodpb\/1542\/live\/0f126d20-bcd0-11ef-9b50-e1ebaae4ab2f.jpg.webp 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/800\/cpsprodpb\/1542\/live\/0f126d20-bcd0-11ef-9b50-e1ebaae4ab2f.jpg.webp 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/976\/cpsprodpb\/1542\/live\/0f126d20-bcd0-11ef-9b50-e1ebaae4ab2f.jpg.webp 976w\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Nick Candy, Elon musk and Nigel Farage pose for a photo\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AwIxcl.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/240\/cpsprodpb\/1542\/live\/0f126d20-bcd0-11ef-9b50-e1ebaae4ab2f.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/320\/cpsprodpb\/1542\/live\/0f126d20-bcd0-11ef-9b50-e1ebaae4ab2f.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/480\/cpsprodpb\/1542\/live\/0f126d20-bcd0-11ef-9b50-e1ebaae4ab2f.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/624\/cpsprodpb\/1542\/live\/0f126d20-bcd0-11ef-9b50-e1ebaae4ab2f.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/800\/cpsprodpb\/1542\/live\/0f126d20-bcd0-11ef-9b50-e1ebaae4ab2f.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/976\/cpsprodpb\/1542\/live\/0f126d20-bcd0-11ef-9b50-e1ebaae4ab2f.jpg 976w\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2160.2742857142857\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"><\/picture><\/span><span role=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20\">Reform UK\/PA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"byline-block\" class=\"ssrcss-1hbb5i-BylineComponentWrapper e8mq1e90\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-qt5zqv-BylineWrapper e8mq1e919\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-h3c0s8-ContributorContainer e8mq1e918\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1u2in0b-Container-ContributorDetails e8mq1e915\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-68pt20-Text-TextContributorName e8mq1e98\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1q14p6q-LinkWithChevronContainer e8mq1e91\"><span class=\"ssrcss-p7p0ja-LinkText e8mq1e94\">Chris Mason<\/span><span class=\"ssrcss-182tgvb-IconContainer-IconContainerChevron e8mq1e95\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\" class=\"ssrcss-xi5oyi-StyledIcon e161cein1\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M21.6 14.3 5.5 31h6.4l14.6-15L11.9 1H5.5l16.1 16.7z\" \/><\/svg><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-84ltp5-Text e8mq1e912\">Political editor<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-84ltp5-Text e8mq1e912\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1q14p6q-LinkWithChevronContainer e8mq1e91\"><span class=\"ssrcss-p7p0ja-LinkText e8mq1e94\">@ChrisMasonBBC<\/span><span class=\"ssrcss-1b62ywz-IconContainer-IconContainerChevron e8mq1e95\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\" class=\"ssrcss-xi5oyi-StyledIcon e161cein1\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M21.6 14.3 5.5 31h6.4l14.6-15L11.9 1H5.5l16.1 16.7z\" \/><\/svg><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-jlwt2c-Divider e8mq1e917\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"metadata-block\" class=\"ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1\">\n<div>\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"ssrcss-1ik71mx-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-13nu8ri-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" class=\"ssrcss-30fcoe-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1if1g9v-MetadataText e4wm5bw1\"><time data-testid=\"timestamp\" datetime=\"2024-12-18T01:30:49.235Z\">7 hours ago<\/time><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">The world&#8217;s disruptor-in-chief, Elon Musk, meets the UK&#8217;s political disruptor-in- chief, Nigel Farage.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">And subsequently, Reform UK publishes news-making, cor blimey, take-a-look-at-this photos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But they are more than that, for they are the most clear-cut proof yet of the richest man in the world&#8217;s desire to get involved in \u2013 meddle in, as some see it \u2013 British politics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There is another way of describing the pictures of three men at Donald Trump&#8217;s pad, Mar-a-Lago, in Florida: two billionaires and Farage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Farage had one mega rich man alongside him when meeting someone even richer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Reform UK&#8217;s new Treasurer is Nick Candy, a billionaire property developer who used to donate to the Conservatives and who, incidentally, is married to the former pop star Holly Valance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But Candy is a pauper compared with Musk, the serial entrepreneurial disruptor in business with his rockets, electric cars and social media platform, now doing the same in politics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Farage is the master of political storytelling freighted with an intrigue that keeps people interested.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This time it was all about eye-catching imagery and a teasing but not exactly straight answer about a donation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Money was discussed, we are not told how much, we don&#8217;t know for certain if it&#8217;ll ever happen and if it does what it will amount to, but the next chapter was trailed \u2013 Trump&#8217;s inauguration next month, which Farage will be attending.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Reform UK leader, now back from Florida, told me the suggestion Musk might give his party $100m (\u00a378m) was wildly over the top.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But a number much smaller than that could still be very big, and game-changing for Reform&#8217;s prospects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The question is whether it would be legal \u2013 and whether it would be seen as legitimate.<\/p>\n<p 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data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The danger for the government is any change in the law might look like self-interest and changing the rules of the game half way through.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But never before have we seen a man as rich, with a megaphone as large, so enthused about strutting the political stage \u2013 abroad as well as at home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">That poses profound questions about how much influence and from where is judged to be too much influence from too far away.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"ssrcss-1b5y2ub-ComponentWrapper-FullWidthWrapper ey0461q0\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-1vfya96-StyledFigure e34k3c22\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span 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class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The former Conservative minister Miriam Cates wrote on X: &#8220;Now imagine\u2026a picture of Bill Gates with Keir Starmer, pledging support for the Labour Party. You are either for or against foreign interference in British politics. It can&#8217;t just depend on whether you agree with or like the individual billionaire concerned.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Farage will be back across the Atlantic in a few weeks to toast Trump&#8217;s return to the White House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On this latest visit he also managed a photo with the US Vice President Elect, JD Vance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Reform UK leader has friends in high places and friends with deep pockets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Little wonder he is causing Labour, the Conservatives and others to fret about the political threat they fear he increasingly poses to them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"topic-list\" class=\"ssrcss-1qmkvfu-TopicListWrapper etw6iwl1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-113c0cq-StyledTagContainer ed0g1kj1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-50vlbt-TopicListHeaderWrapper etw6iwl0\">\n<h2 type=\"normal\" 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role=\"text\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1sen9vx-PromoHeadline exn3ah96\"><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Musk in talks over Reform UK donation, says Farage<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div spacing=\"2\" class=\"ssrcss-1f3bvyz-Stack e1y4nx260\">\n<div>\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"ssrcss-1ik71mx-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-13nu8ri-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" class=\"ssrcss-30fcoe-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1if1g9v-MetadataText e4wm5bw1\">11 hours ago<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-z60stg-PromoImageContainer en81kx34\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17h6w1t-PromoImageContainerInner en81kx32\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-fec6qv-ImageWrapper en81kx33\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1noth71-Placeholder etlorgc0\"><span><\/p>\n<div><picture><source 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edrdn950\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>Published at Wed, 18 Dec 2024 01:30:49 +0000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Mason: The challenge of disruptors with deep pockets Reform UK\/PA Chris Mason Political editor @ChrisMasonBBC 7 hours ago The world&#8217;s disruptor-in-chief, Elon Musk, meets the UK&#8217;s political disruptor-in- chief, Nigel Farage. And subsequently, Reform UK publishes news-making, cor blimey, take-a-look-at-this photos. But they are more than that, for they are the most clear-cut proof&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/chris-mason-the-challenge-of-disruptors-with-deep-pockets\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chris Mason: The challenge of disruptors with deep pockets<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk-politics","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}