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David Lilley is a natural resources investor and longstanding political donor who has been friends with Nigel Farage since the late 1980s, when both worked in commodities. He has donated hundreds of thousands of pounds to Reform UK, £580,000 to the Conservative Party between 2013 and 2023, and £150,000 to Vote Leave. He is also a co-founder of the Centre for a Better Britain alongside Mark Thompson. DeSmog revealed that Lilley controls companies owning 12,000 hectares of farmland in Russia's Stavropol region, assets he confirmed he still held during the 2024 general election campaign, stating he had been prevented from selling them by the Russian state.

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Nigel Farage Lilley has reportedly been friends with Farage since the late 80s or early 90s, when they both worked in commodities. Farage's senior advisor has described them as "fellow travellers". [src]

Centre for a Better Britain co-founder Lilley is the co-founder of Centre for a Better Britain [src]

Reform UK donor Lilley has donated hundreds of thousands of pounds to the Reform party [src]

Vote Leave donor Lilley gave £150,000 to Vote Leave [src][src]

Mark Thompson Thompson and Lilley co-founded the Centre for a Better Britain together [src]

Michael Farmer Farmer and Lilley co-founded Red Kite metals hedge fund together. Lilley and Farmer were reportedly known in the city as being part of the "God squad", ostensibly due to their strong shared Christian beliefs [src][src]

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