In the UK there are no limits on the amount of donations a political party may receive. Political parties may only accept donations over £200 from registered voters, party members, companies, trade union or a building society. Political parties may only spend £30,000 for each constituency that it contests in a general election. If a party ran a candidate in each of the 650 UK constituencies, its maximum spend would total £19.5m.
@9LPHX5Q6 days6D
Yes, but put a limit on the amount they can donate and make sure they release information about the amounts they pay.
@9LDRMDW3wks3W
Yes, but it has to be on the public record with full transparency so voters can hold everyone accountable come election time.
@9G5MCLJ7mos7MO
They can donate, but should be closely monitored to see if they turn into bribes and accounts should be made available to the public.
@jg991yr1Y
Yes, but information on donation should be disclosed
@98GYQLM1yr1Y
Yes, but there must be full transparency.
@98GFPZ21yr1Y
Yes, but there shouldn’t be tax deductions available for them
@98FB6H61yr1Y
No, donations amount to bribes and just fund propaganda campaigns; all campaigns should be and fairly and equally funded at public expense.
@98C7HKS1yr1Y
Yes, but improve transparency and all donations from organisations should be publicly declared
@9866KWG1yr1Y
No, but I would rather abolish the government all together
@97TP4YT1yr1Y
Yes but this information should be publicly available so we can all see how much and from who our political parties are getting their funding from
@97SQ3HL1yr1Y
Corporations should but unions should be illegal
No but its impossible to prevent them campaigning so an independent authority must limit and regulate them. Additionally a public broadcaster must have a core system for distribution of all campaigns (anything not released there (or delayed in release) should be considered abuse)
@97K667M1yr1Y
Yes if there is no lobbying.
@97CMT2N1yr1Y
Yes, but publically show what they spend it on
@96RFV7S2yrs2Y
Unions and non profits are the voice and feelings of the people and therefore should be the only ones entitled, not corporations
@96R8WKM2yrs2Y
Yes, but not corporations and all organisations should be fully transparent about their interests and any discussions minuted and documented for public review.
@96J2DG72yrs2Y
Yes but it must be public knowledge that this happened .
@96BJB8D2yrs2Y
Yes, but add limits to campaign spending.
@96BBM9N2yrs2Y
I'd prefer funding to be more grassroots instead of corporations and unions and I'd respect the mainstream party that commits to it more; although it is unlikely to happen.
@948C72CLiberal Democrat2yrs2Y
Political campaigns should be funded from a public purse with traditional funders (eg. Corporations, Unions) mandated to share a proportion of income or profits to maintain the system.
@946872J2yrs2Y
No, but they should be able to donate to individual candidates rather than the party, eg, supporting LGBT+ candidates.
@945K7TRLiberal Democrat2yrs2Y
If their donations (and the purpose of those donations) are made public, and there is a cap on the amount that can be donated to political parties, in relation to purpose,
@942NJLG2yrs2Y
Yes but all donations must be publicly disclosed.
@93Y7PML2yrs2Y
Yes but the donations have to be disclosed to the public in manifestos and party political broadcasts.
@93XGM962yrs2Y
donation should be made on an individual basis
@93QGWBZ2yrs2Y
Yes and politicians should be required to make that information known to the public.
@93KMSLZ2yrs2Y
Yes, but all should be publicly disclosed.
@93JVVCV2yrs2Y
The state should equally fund or fund proportionally political parties.
Donations should be done on an individual bias
@9387DNL2yrs2Y
Yes, but these should be published
@937BN552yrs2Y
yes but they need to be publicly declared
@92XPV372yrs2Y
Yes, but all donors must be announced publicly if they are over a threshold amount.
@92Q473D2yrs2Y
If declared transparently
@92LWTB72yrs2Y
Yes, mainly because public funding would be widely unpopular. Limits should apply to donations.
@92CBY5B2yrs2Y
Yes, so long as this information is made public
@929C6TZ2yrs2Y
Donations show be done on a individual based
@923M4RT2yrs2Y
Yes, but limit campaign spending generally.
@8ZZDZJ8Liberal Democrat2yrs2Y
Allow contributions from public-subscription organisations such as non-profits and unions, not corporations
@8ZNL4RH2yrs2Y
Yes but which companies donate and the amount donated should be publicly announced
@8ZKKW6J2yrs2Y
Yes but this should be available as public information and should not influence political parties
Yes, but release publicly
@8Z736C42yrs2Y
No, but if is to continue, make it mandatory that all donations are made public, with serious ramifications if this is bypassed.
@8Y3JSV92yrs2Y
If it’s the party I belong to yes if it’s not then no
@8Y2RQ2S2yrs2Y
Yes, but donations must be publicised on all advertising for both political party and company
@8XQNPHD2yrs2Y
only corporations out of those 3.
@8XNJ3FH2yrs2Y
Only with full disclosure to the public.
Yes, but it must be declared exactly how much and from where
@8XKL8F62yrs2Y
No donations from businesses should be allowed. Unions and non-profit organizations - OK.
Individuals - OK but with a cap (say, average national annual wage, or less.)
ALL* donations to be publicly declared and accessible online
(*perhaps, excepting the details of donations under some minimum threshold amount, say average weekly wage or somesuch; instead, just declaring the number of those small donations and number of such donors and the lump sub-total received.)
@8WWQGG23yrs3Y
Yes but it should be reported as a matter of public record
No, as long as private donors are also not allowed.
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