More United: Paddy Ashdown's new political movement launched today
Strange he didn't mention the Government spending £9million of Government money on remain...
lets see how long he lasts...
Firstly, some context. In politics, money matters. That’s a reality that many of us (me included) don’t like, but a reality it is.
Having more money than your opponent can be decisive in a close election, so the people writing the cheques wield huge and often unaccountable power.
On the left, the Trade Unions contribute the overwhelming bulk of Labour’s money. Trade Unions are a great thing, and we need them, but having a party so totally reliable on a single source of income cannot be healthy.
On the right, most of the Conservative party’s money comes from big business, and often from the kinds of businesses that aren’t subject to much public scrutiny. Again, big business are not bad things, but having them wield so much power is not healthy.
Here’s an example. In the recent EU referendum we saw Aaron Banks write a cheque for £11m to support the leave campaign, an amount of money that
undoubtedly swung the result his way.
Once you realise who’s paying the bills, it doesn’t take long to realise why our politics is being dragged to the extremes, on all sides.
Having more money than your opponent can be decisive in a close election, so the people writing the cheques wield huge and often unaccountable power.
On the left, the Trade Unions contribute the overwhelming bulk of Labour’s money. Trade Unions are a great thing, and we need them, but having a party so totally reliable on a single source of income cannot be healthy.
On the right, most of the Conservative party’s money comes from big business, and often from the kinds of businesses that aren’t subject to much public scrutiny. Again, big business are not bad things, but having them wield so much power is not healthy.
Here’s an example. In the recent EU referendum we saw Aaron Banks write a cheque for £11m to support the leave campaign, an amount of money that
undoubtedly swung the result his way.
Once you realise who’s paying the bills, it doesn’t take long to realise why our politics is being dragged to the extremes, on all sides.
lets see how long he lasts...
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