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Monday, April 10, 2006
State Funding Poll Result
In the latest poll on this blog 80% of those who voted are against any form of State funding of political parties, with only 18% in favour. I must admit that margin has slightly surprised me.
I'm surprised there were 18% in favour! Politicians have their hands in our pockets up to the elbows already, don't want to give them the chance to dig even deeper.
It funny how both of the main established political parties are in debt up to their eye-balls. New Labour owe some £27m, the Tories owe a whooping £30m - is it any wonder that both parties are begging the State to step in and bankroll their bankrupt organisations.
Talk about dependency culture!!
In any case, there is no democratic reason as to why the public purse must be used to keep those bankrupt parties alive. If they can't be bothered to go out and convince the general public that their worth donating money to - then they are bankrupt in more ways than one.
It's also ironic, that both parties seem to have come to an agreement with each other on this issue - surprise, surprise - how boring can you get? I suppose this points towards the future of politics in Britain.
Nationalised politicians? Who the hell needs that?
3 comments:
Do the public trust MPs? No.
Would you give money to someone you don't trust...? No.
Why not get funding from Al Fayed instead?
I'm surprised there were 18% in favour! Politicians have their hands in our pockets up to the elbows already, don't want to give them the chance to dig even deeper.
It funny how both of the main established political parties are in debt up to their eye-balls. New Labour owe some £27m, the Tories owe a whooping £30m - is it any wonder that both parties are begging the State to step in and bankroll their bankrupt organisations.
Talk about dependency culture!!
In any case, there is no democratic reason as to why the public purse must be used to keep those bankrupt parties alive. If they can't be bothered to go out and convince the general public that their worth donating money to - then they are bankrupt in more ways than one.
It's also ironic, that both parties seem to have come to an agreement with each other on this issue - surprise, surprise - how boring can you get? I suppose this points towards the future of politics in Britain.
Nationalised politicians? Who the hell needs that?
Best wishes.
Courtney
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