Who wants to buy an election?

tradertall

Reminder: none of this is normal, and most of this is illegal in other European countries.

Russian oligarchs. A fashion magnate turned cider maker. A theatre impresario. An online gambling entrepreneur. The wife of a Syrian-born arms dealer.

These are some of the big donors pouring hundreds of thousands (or even millions) of pounds into the political parties, and they are an intriguing bunch.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50686045

haridus

tradertall

'buy an election'?

techiebloke

tradertall Like the US then, we've inherited everything else so why not that?

sarahaxon

tradertall That's a very interesting article. Tells us who is giving - but not why. We'll just have to speculate who is giving out of pure principle and who is looking to buy influence and access.

willscarlett

sarahaxon Rich people don't give their money away for no reason. That's the predominant factor in them becoming rich in the first place...

nefarius

Comrade Johnson!

kevinjamesbell

Reality

gvmhb

Very few donations to lib dems.
It's interesting that the mega rich don't think that staying in the EU will help their businesses 😉

nefarius

gvmhb It's interesting that the mega rich don't think that staying in the EU will help their businesses 😉

They can afford to leave for any reason. Both of them. Lol!

timwilliams25

Money makes the world go around, When was the last US president not a multi million or billionaire?

williamwalker

timwilliams25
Apparently President Truman had less than million pounds when he became president.
I can imagine he had quite a few millions when he left office.😁

nerrin

Perhaps the most depressing bit of this article is how much (or how little) is being donated to the Green Party