Foreign interference alert! US billionaire Mike Bloomberg to help run UK mayoral training programme

The Prime Minister met with the three-time Mayor of NYC this week

Left-wing politicians often like to complain about foreign billionaires interfering in British democracy, especially when it comes to Elon Musk:

Clearly the same rules don’t apply to them, though, otherwise why would Keir Starmer have met with US billionaire Mike Bloomberg this week, never mind allow him to run a new “training and leadership program” for UK mayors?


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