Tag Archives: Party Funding

Promises, promises we’re all through with promises

Posted on July 22, 2018 by ianchisnall

The opening words of the Burt Bacharach song “Promises, promises I’m all through with promises, promises now I don’t know how I got the nerve to walk out” make it clear that it would make a great theme song for … Continue reading →

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Those who pay the piper….

Posted on November 24, 2017 by ianchisnall

This set of figures represent the amount of party funding received around the General Election, but it does not include the donations that fall below the £7,500 threshold. The many smaller sums are likely to have benefited Labour over the … Continue reading →

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Funding our Democracy

Posted on February 24, 2016 by ianchisnall

Yesterday in Parliament, some of those MPs and Ministers not entirely caught up in debates on the EU referendum were discussing what is known as ‘Short Money’. Short Money is the funding provided from our taxes to help assist the … Continue reading →

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Party Political Donations

Posted on May 4, 2014 by ianchisnall

Given the frequency with which some Politicians refer to the things that they are told on the doorsteps they visit, one would assume that most of them would be keen to respond to our views on matters of significance, even recognising that our democracy … Continue reading →

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Lets have a bit of int£grity

Posted on February 17, 2014 by ianchisnall

According to a report in yesterdays Independent newspaper, in the year before the next General Election, our Political Parties are awash with money. That is not quite how the news was reported but if as the article reports, in the … Continue reading →

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