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Originally Posted by frogstamper
I wonder if this has any bearing on Osbourne's inability to reach an accommodation with the banks?
I don't like the idea of state funded political parties but I can't see any other way of making funding transparent and clean, whether it be the unions or the city neither of these two are doing from an altruistic stand-point, they want influence in government.
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I have said it before and will say it again, for a while now (maybe forever?) the rich and pwoerful have always had too much say due to party funding and access to ministers.
State funding isnt perfect but is better than what we have now, although it wont stop behind closed door bribes tho.
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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
Not so much actually. They were funding Labour quite heavily during the Blair years.
Of course this was fine, just as Labour now receiving 80% of their funding from trade unions is likewise fine.
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It was wrong then also, to me the party dont matter but more the fact we have whoever in power effectively been bribed on policies.