Post by @JugglingWithEggs@mstdn.social

2026-09-13 11:46 UTC

Political donations have always been about buying favour and privilege. A true democracy would not be dependent on donations. They undermine concept everyone has one vote and those votes count equally (they don’t in the UK also because of FPTP). Notice that neither #Labour nor #Tories are suggesting political donations be banned from UK residents - just capped. #Reform are just making clear how obscene and undemocratic political donations are by the scale of those they accepted. #ukpol

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@JugglingWithEggs@mstdn.social 2026-09-13 12:11

£36M is expected to be around limit to contest every seat in next GE… ‘Limits only apply to party spending during the 365 days before polling day – known as the ‘regulated period’.3 For the last general election on 4 July 2024, the regulated period began on 6 July 2023. Each party can spend £54,010 for each constituency that they contest. A party that chooses to contest all 632 seats in Great Britain at the election will therefore be able to spend just over £34m.’ https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/election-spending-regulated-uk

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@JugglingWithEggs@mstdn.social 2026-09-13 12:16

This obscene buying of political influence is purported to be enforced by the toothless #ElectoralCommission … ‘How are spending limits enforced? Political parties and registered non-party campaigns submit spending returns to the Electoral Commission. Parties have three months to submit these, or six months if they have spent more than £250,000. The Committee on Standards in Public Life has recommended that this latter limit be reduced to four months.’

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@TimWardCam@c.im 2026-09-13 12:14

@JugglingWithEggs@mstdn.social So when the system is "not dependent on donations" who pays for the leaflets?

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