A family member has sent me
Nothing to see here folks, nothing dodgy going on, just significant sums changing hands for access to senior tories...
Business Insider: Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has received a surge in cash from Russian donors |
So much for 'The Transparency of Lobbying Act' by which Conservative/Liberal Democrat UK Government attacked trade unions' capacity to take political action!A new investigation reveals that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has received a surge in cash from Russian donors over the past year, news that comes as his government continues to block publication of a report into Russian influence over recent elections.
- UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has received a surge in donations from Russians in recent months.
- Donors with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin have donated hundreds of thousands of pounds to the party.
- They have previously paid for meetings with senior government figures including Johnson.
- The figures come with Johnson blocking publication of a report examining whether Russia had influence over recent UK elections.
- Johnson's senior strategist Dominic Cummings is also under the spotlight following reports about time he spent in Russia in the 1990s.
- Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=transparency+gagging+act+trade+union+finance
First Past the Post as an electoral parasite, sucking the life blood out of free choice in the UK
The story from Business Insider helps outline consequences of previous 'access for cash' Tory Government policy. See alsohttps://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/media/Documents/9781510449220_sample.pdf
and
https://newsforwardsfromalanwheatley.blogspot.com/2019/10/government-and-fiona-bruce-backing-for-mipim-uk-summit-2019.html
Meanwhile, there has previously been this from Make Votes Matter sitting on my desktop PC:
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It's time to make votes matter
Dear Alan,
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think our democracy is worth saving, and we hope you agree. That's why
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history to be held under a failed system: First Past the Post.
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Electoral Reform Society: "It's time to move to a voting system fit for the 21st century" |
Why our next General Election will be an unfair lottery
Westminster’s voting system of First Past the Post fails time and again to represent the interest of British voters...
Read the articleElectoral Reform Society: "Loopholes in the current laws put free and fair elections under threat" |
Dark ads and dodgy donors: How the Queen’s Speech missed a chance to protect our democracy
Britain’s
election rules are nearly 20 years old. In many ways, they ignore the
existence of the internet – which has completely changed the face of
political campaigning...
Read the articleOver the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, there is another man who has had questionable pre-election dealings with Vladimir Putin. How was or how will that matter be resolved?
Voters beware! Ballots to Boris and his dodgy allies!
That's it for me for now.
Alan Wheatley
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