party funding Flashcards

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why do political parties need funding

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  • campaigns
  • research policy
  • admin
  • office space and equipment
  • Tv adverts - US
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where do political parties get this funding

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  • membership
  • donations, Lord sainsbury 8 mil to LD
  • state funding –> short money from C and Cranbourne from L, for admin and research for policy, for opposition BUT NOT FOR CAMPAIGNING
  • businesses
  • labour: maj from trade unions, in 2019 due to historic affiliation
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why do businesses fund parties

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  • to gain influence over policy created
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main parties funding for 2019 election

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C - 19, 370, 908
L - 5,411,296
LD - 1,245,998

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cash 4 questions scandal

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  • cash 4 questions, neil hammond
  • ask questions in parl for money
  • eg neil was paid to ask why they were against Mohammed al fayed buying Harrods
  • led to Nolan report 1995: cannot ask questions for money, disclose any salary they receive from other work, breached by owen patterson
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1998 neill rep

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  • new labour wanted cig adv in sports to be removed except for f1
  • bernie eccelstone gave 1 mil to labour and he wanted cig ads in f1, corruption?
  • neil report:
  • any donation more than 5000 nationally and 1000 locally must be publicly declared
  • anonymous donations more than 50 banned
  • no blind trusts
  • every shareholder of a business needs to be aware of a donation
  • cannot accept donations from foreign organisations
  • electoral commission created, parties submit accounts to public
  • 20 mil pound GE limit for all
  • ref funding for each side kept equal and gov keeps neutral
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political parties, elections and refs act 2000

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  • limits how much a candidate can spend
  • can spend more on marginal seats, and less on safe seats
  • made stricter in 2009, where electoral commission can punish with fines etc
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why is state funding for pol parties bad

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  • how much do all parties get?
  • tax money can be better spent
  • need money before they can get the vote, but will not get enough until they gain the vote, but cannot
  • people dont want money to be spent on particular parties
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pol parties SHOULD receive state funding

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  • diminishes the influence of big money donations (eccelstone and f1), makes funding more transparent
  • 2014: sir michael hintze, gave C 1.5 mil, biggest in 6 years –> hedgefunds received a 150 mil tax break and he was awarded a peerage
  • leaders group for those who donate more than 50,000 to C who enjoy benefits , private evenings with PM
  • labour and trade union funding, 3/4 of funding under miliband came from them
  • state funding can eradicate excessive influences of single individuals/groups in politics
  • would only cost the voter less than 50p
  • funding allocated by votes -> funding reflects the will of the people, and all parties are encouraged to target all areas
  • state funding takes away the 2 party dominance and promotes pluralism, small parties can effectively compete on a national scale
  • can make pol parties reflect society; parties that recieve state funding may be required to field a balanced number of female/ethnic minority candidates
  • it already exists: extending it would be realising the expense of party pol in 21 cent
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pol parties SHOULD NOT be state funded

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  • we should be allowed to donate to causes we believe in, fundamental right –> denies support, undermines a principle of a pluralist liberal democ
  • there is effective reg: pol parties acts 2000 and 2009 –> spending in 2010 was less than 30 mil, while C spending in 1997 was 28 mil –> less than this in 2001 asw
  • would primarily benefit historically large parties, smaller parties rely on their individual funding, would drown them out
  • allows for dynamism: UKIP breakthrough in 2014 due to individual funding
  • parties lose independence, cannot challenge the state and offer radicalism when needed
  • will separate parties from electorate, apathy, mistrust
  • parties no longer need to appeal to public for funding, so disconnect and requirement to reflect public opinion gone
  • money can be better spent
  • should the state fund all parties, even non democratic ones
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