June 28th, 2024

Show HN: Six Degrees of Reform UK – Mapping the UK's Entrepreneurial Far Right

The Autonomy Data Unit Blog examines UK's far-right ties, focusing on Reform UK and Richard Tice. Tice, a real estate mogul, leads Reform UK, involved in green property management and various ventures with Arron Banks and Nigel Farage.

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Show HN: Six Degrees of Reform UK – Mapping the UK's Entrepreneurial Far Right

The Autonomy Data Unit Blog delves into the corporate connections of the UK's entrepreneurial far-right, focusing on Reform UK and its leadership, particularly Richard Tice. Tice, a real estate tycoon and party chairman, has been involved in various companies, including Quidnet REIT Limited, which manages properties and embraces green technologies. Additionally, Tice has loaned Reform over £1.4M and established businesses under the 'Tisun' name. The blog also explores Tice's past involvement with Bathurst Estate, where he was a director, and the controversial activities surrounding the estate, including a paywall at Cirencester Park. Furthermore, the blog discusses Tice's role in Leave.EU, a group advocating for the UK's exit from the EU, and his collaboration with Arron Banks in various ventures, such as Big Data Dolphins Ltd and Westmonster Ltd. Nigel Farage, co-founder and leader of Reform, is also highlighted for his past involvement with Leave.EU and Grassroots Out movement. The blog provides insights into the intricate network of companies and individuals associated with Reform UK and its leadership, shedding light on their business activities and political endeavors.

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By @pjc50 - 4 months
Related work: Mic Wright's diagram of "nepo babies", aka who in the media and politics is related to who else. https://brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/mapped-out
By @turblety - 4 months
Would be great to see this sort of thing for all political parties, or at least Labour and Conservatives.
By @pessimizer - 4 months
Is it a big conspiracy that Leave.EU, Reform UK, UKIP, and Nigel Farage are connected to each other? Other than that, the rest of this article seems to simply be talking about businesses that someone named Richard Tice (who is also connected to Reform UK) is involved with.

All of these people are publicly connected to each other. They also seem to be pretty small fry. Wouldn't be surprised if this itself were funded by the Tories, in order to quote in press releases. If not for Reform, the Tories would be at least running even with Labour in this election.

By @monero-xmr - 4 months
The correct axis is free vs. anti-free. If you map your ideology on economic freedom vs. government control of the economy, and personal freedom vs. government control of your body, then you get a quadrant rather than a left-right divide.

If you support personal liberty and economic freedom, you are a libertarian. But you would be labeled "far right" by many.

By @DarkNova6 - 4 months
There is this pervasive believe that the far right is somehow supported bottom-up. But historically, capitalists and technologists have only been too happy overthrowing status-quo to become part of the new oligarchy.
By @Teandw - 4 months
A blog post that says a lot of words without really saying anything at all.

The whole post boils down to "The founders of Reform have multiple companies."

By @rvz - 4 months
This is your last chance, somebody stop them please. /s