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Nigel Farage's £5m donor has major stakes in arms industry

Nigel Farage's £5m donor has major stakes in arms industry

Christopher Harborne, a billionaire who gave Reform UK two-thirds of its funding, is the biggest shareholder in QinetiQ, a UK defence technology company. His firm AML Global also supplies jet fuel to US military operations worldwide and has received over $140m in Pentagon contracts. Harborne's growing military interests and Reform's defence policies raise questions about potential conflicts of interest.

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