Eliza is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Finance and Security at RUSI. Her research examines matters at the intersection of law, finance, and global security; with a particular focus on how evidence-based policy can promote democratic resilience and protect the rule of law against foreign interference. Prior to joining RUSI, Eliza worked as a lawyer at an international law firm and was Associate to the Hon. Justice Kenny AM, a senior judge of the Australian Federal Court and Chairperson of the Australian Electoral Commission. Eliza has degrees in law and public policy from the University of Cambridge.
Controlling crypto in UK politics: Is a ban what is really needed?
(34 minute listen)
As the UK brings forward new electoral legislation, what should the government do about crypto donations, and does it really understand the risks?
Discussion about cryptocurrencies is often polarised. Nowhere is this more so the case than in the ongoing discussion about the inclusion – or not – of cryptocurrency for donations to political parties in the UK.
In this latest episode of the STR podcast, host Tom Keatinge is joined by Eliza Lockhart, a Research Fellow in our CFS team leading our work onCryptocurrencies in UK Politicswhich examines the risk of opaque, foreign or malign influence entering UK politics via cryptocurrency donations; and James Gillespie, a CFS Associate Fellow, formerly of HM Treasury, to reflect on where the real threats from crypto to electoral integrity lie, and what to do about them.
