Re: Energy Utility Bosses Donate to the Tory Party
 

Well they seem to claim for just about everything else on expenses.

Re: Energy Utility Bosses Donate to the Tory Party
 

Well, if you don't want the endless arguments that the Tories are in the pockets of fat cats and Labour the pockets of the Unions, there is one solution: Public funding for political parties.

That way there can be no pandering for donations, no accusations of foul play, or sleaze etc, and would mean people can be confident that their elected lawmakers are actually working for them, not whoever donated the most to their party.

Of course, such an idea is never going to fly, because who wants a fair political system? Far easier to use a bad one to point the finger at whoever you don't vote for than to actually fix it.

Re: Energy Utility Bosses Donate to the Tory Party
 

:clap::clap:

Re: Energy Utility Bosses Donate to the Tory Party
 

Not from me, i have just signed the form the CWU sent out that asks if you want some of my subs paid to the union paid to Labour or not, i said NO use it on something else. I dont pay money to any political party

Re: Energy Utility Bosses Donate to the Tory Party
 

I didn't say expenses I said general taxation in other words the parties are funded by grants from taxes

Re: Energy Utility Bosses Donate to the Tory Party
 

I knew his Dad good bloke

Re: Energy Utility Bosses Donate to the Tory Party
 

When the energy prices start going through the roof again as they surely will, would the Tory party mothers who will probably be in office again rein-in the energy companies who donated to their party.

Re: Energy Utility Bosses Donate to the Tory Party
 

... and then there was this guy whose ID, for some odd reason, it seems Labour weren't too keen to reveal... :confused:

Quote:

Labour has received a huge donation from a multimillion-pound hedge fund manager whose identity the party tried to keep secret, The Independent can reveal. Martin Taylor has given Labour nearly £600,000 since 2012, making him the party’s fourth-largest donor, and has had at least one meeting with the Labour leader, Ed Miliband.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-10124387.html

Same Old Labour - The party of hypocrisy...

Re: Energy Utility Bosses Donate to the Tory Party
 

Don't let it all wind you up Osem. they're all as bad as each other.

Calm dwn. take a deep breath and vote UKIP.

Re: Energy Utility Bosses Donate to the Tory Party
 

For once Gary l agree with you.

Re: Energy Utility Bosses Donate to the Tory Party
 

And now we have a LibDem peer resigning over alleged dodgy donations:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31996192

Re: Energy Utility Bosses Donate to the Tory Party
 

If its meant to be illegal why weren't people prosecuted over donations(£600,000+) made by David Abrahams via third parties? Apparently trade union Unite is paying the membership fees for some people to be members of the Labour party and therefore eligible to vote for prospective MPs. Wouldn't that also be 3rd party donations?