Tag Archives: Political Donations

Celebrity small governments, buying their way to power

Posted on May 8, 2018 by ianchisnall

The weekend saw two disconnected but parallel pieces of news or information appearing on-line. The news that our Foreign Secretary has travelled to the USA to meet with Deputy President Mike Pence has been over shadowed by the claim that … Continue reading →

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78 Million reasons and more

Posted on December 14, 2014 by ianchisnall

The news today that one of our two largest Political Parties has a war chest of £78M for their General Election campaign in a time of the deepest austerity in almost a Century should make all of us stop what … Continue reading →

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That’ll do nicely

Posted on July 30, 2014 by ianchisnall

Yesterday BBC Radio broke the news that Labour were the best funded Political Party in the UK during 2013. This lead over the Conservatives was almost entirely due to the donations that you and I made to the Party. As the official Opposition Party they receive … Continue reading →

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