Reform donor Ben Delo loaned £350k to academic found to have engaged in online bullying
It has not been previously reported that Delo gave funding to Power ahead of the case going to court. Photograph: The Ben Delo FoundationView image in fullscreenIt has not been previously reported that Delo gave funding to Power ahead of the case going to court. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The GuardianAfter the failure of the cases, Turner was awarded costs of £1m amounting to 80% of the total, and Power was declared bankrupt.
- ▪It has not been previously reported that Delo gave funding to Power ahead of the case going to court.
- ▪Photograph: The Ben Delo FoundationView image in fullscreenIt has not been previously reported that Delo gave funding to Power ahead of the case going to court.
- ▪Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The GuardianAfter the failure of the cases, Turner was awarded costs of £1m amounting to 80% of the total, and Power was declared bankrupt.
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It has not been previously reported that Delo gave funding to Power ahead of the case going to court. Photograph: The Ben Delo FoundationView image in fullscreenIt has not been previously reported that Delo gave funding to Power ahead of the case going to court. Photograph: The Ben Delo FoundationReform UKReform donor Ben Delo loaned £350k to academic found to have engaged in online bullying Judge said Nina Power and her friend’s social media posts had ‘the whiff of threat and antisemitism’Rowena Mason and Juliette GarsideFri 18 Sep 2026 11.25 EDTLast modified on Fri 18 Sep 2026 11.27 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleReform UK’s new mega-donor Ben Delo gave a £350,000 loan to a conservative writer fighting a legal case in which a judge later found she had engaged in online bullying…
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