A New Statesman analysis of campaign finance data shows more than $2m has been contributed to the Republican cause in the past year by political action committees (Pacs) that represent the US arms of some of Britain’s largest employers, including BAE Systems, AstraZeneca, Serco, Barclays, Rolls-Royce and the London Stock Exchange Group.
The amounts are small compared to the sums donated by US billionaires, but they show that major participants in British business continue to engage with the Republican Party despite the armed insurrection of 6 January 2021, the party’s platform of aggressive and pre-emptive election denial, and Trump’s openly expressed enthusiasm for political violence.
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