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Thinking about donations to political parties, do you think there should or should not be a limit on the donations that the following can make to political parties? Businesses donating money to political parties
Public funding increases the distance between political elites (party leadership, candidates) and ordinary citizens (party members, supporters, voters). Not sure why “the people” haven’t solved this one yet. It kind of matters.
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You can contact your MP and have them meet you in Parliament. My Mrs and I did and it was an experience I will never forget.
Rubbed Churchill’s foot, walked through the commons and held the despatch box and squeezed through Cecil Parkinson’s extra huge turnstile in the lobby.
Bumped into Dougie Turd on the steps of Westminster Hall and watched that larl cheeky speaker John Bercow open the chamber for the day.
Chief whips are the real chaos merchants. Quote from a former tory chief bully boy:
“Problems involving members “might be debt, or it might be a scandal involving small boys”.
“They would come and ask if we could help,” Fortescue said. “And if we could we did, and we would do everything we could, because we could store up brownie points.
“That’s one of the reasons we would get a chap out of trouble – because he’d then be ours forever-more.”
Edward Heath's Tory whip would cover up 'scandals involving small boys' and MPs
Falling asleep in front of Question Time the week before last I was jolted awake by a question I’d given up writing in my notebook. “Why,” a woman in the audience asked the panel of politicians and
I read this one, which gives the impression they should be watched around the clock. Since Thatcher reinvented the role as “cabinet enforcers” and my local MP was a tory chief whip, no MP is likely to get a free vote. Great book btw.
Chief Whip: The Role, History and Black Arts of Parliamentary Whipping
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May not be as effective as a commission to be honest. Plus, how would you get her out of the seat when needed?
You can have cross-party positions. Well they, in the US can. Check this article out, shows how most things can be non-partisan.
1 in 3 people in the UK think there should be no funding by businesses at all. So it’s a fair idea to explore further I think.
Public funding increases the distance between political elites (party leadership, candidates) and ordinary citizens (party members, supporters, voters). Not sure why “the people” haven’t solved this one yet. It kind of matters.
It’s not a new idea, but it may be a good one nevertheless.
Many companies now have money to burn, thanks to Trumpers.
Corbin helped write their rule book, looks like they still stand by it.
Here’s why…
You can contact your MP and have them meet you in Parliament. My Mrs and I did and it was an experience I will never forget.
Rubbed Churchill’s foot, walked through the commons and held the despatch box and squeezed through Cecil Parkinson’s extra huge turnstile in the lobby.
Bumped into Dougie Turd on the steps of Westminster Hall and watched that larl cheeky speaker John Bercow open the chamber for the day.
Not that his constituents are going to change his voting habits though.
Chief whips are the real chaos merchants. Quote from a former tory chief bully boy:
“Problems involving members “might be debt, or it might be a scandal involving small boys”.
“They would come and ask if we could help,” Fortescue said. “And if we could we did, and we would do everything we could, because we could store up brownie points.
“That’s one of the reasons we would get a chap out of trouble – because he’d then be ours forever-more.”
you can meet your mp, not sure if they will listen to your ideas though. worth a pop I guess.
so true, maybe.
Socialism works though – join us
For the many, not the few
(2 upvotes)Labour Isn’t Working
(3 upvotes)I read this one, which gives the impression they should be watched around the clock. Since Thatcher reinvented the role as “cabinet enforcers” and my local MP was a tory chief whip, no MP is likely to get a free vote. Great book btw.
Please read this book to discover exactly why we should never go down this route