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The £72million pound question - how worried are you about big money in British politics?
Democracy for Sale is running a survey to find out what the public thinks about money in politics - and what we should do about it
Please take it and share widely.
The next UK general election appears to have been sold to the highest bidder, #crypto kid #BenDelo. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3v4zvyde15o
Delo has given £36 million to #ReformUK. Delo writes in the #Torygraph https://archive.is/vP5lA & https://archive.is/IisNT
That's more than half the £69.3 m total spending by ALL parties in #GE2024. https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/party-spending-in-the-2024-general-election/
#ukpol #DemocracyForSale ##UKpolitics #Farage
#Palantir’s Deepest #DARKEST #Secret #EXPOSED #DDN #EpsteinClass #yt #PeterThiel #NHS #Israel #ICE #DemocracyForSale
Palantir and #PeterThiel received from #AxelSpringer an awards that they are sooo pro #democratic xD
This should worry is all
"Paid-for political access and threadbare regulations have helped to embed the US tech firm Palantir in the NHS – and beyond. But there is a way to free ourselves, says Peter Geoghegan of Democracy for Sale"
#FuckPalantir #DemocracyForSale #UK #ukpol #FuckPeterThiel #palantir #NHS #peterthiel #USpol #TechFascism #tech
2) Good #DemocracyForSale piece on #AndyBurnham’s election win and associated implications.
The speed of #PM transition is a matter for conjecture, but a change at #Number10 is coming
#KeirStarmer has declared that he will contest the challenge to his leadership of #Labour. I think he may demur if the outcome has the potential for humiliation
#ukpolitics #Starmer #Labour #AndyBurnham #Burnhsm #KeirStarmer #ReformUK
Our latest investigation was on ITV News last night.
We went undercover with our friends at Democracy for Sale to explore how easy it is to get meetings with MPs, even when you’re a fake Chinese company!
#LedByDonkeys
#DemocracyForSale
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DR1SqqXjFtL/?igsh=aHJqdHNuMmhvcWxr
How are we to understand the Information Disordered Landscape created by #SocialMedia ?
Is Western Democracy being degraded by #algorithms ?
Excellent conversation hosted by Peter Geoghan of #DemocracyForSale, in conversation with Eliot Higgins of @Bellingcat
Real tour de force testimony from Peter Geoghan this week in Westminster.
For close to a decade Peter has worked to reveal the subterranean influence of money on #UKPolitics
Why Democracies Serve Donors, Not Citizens
#DemocracyForSale, #MonetarySovereignty, #NeoliberalismExposed, #PublicPurposePolitics
Democracies serve donors, not citizens—Australia, the US and UK prioritise corporate interests while claiming to represent the people.
https://socialjusticeaustralia.com.au/why-democracies-serve-donors/
@thejuicemedia This isn’t just a bad bill; it’s a betrayal of Australian voters. These changes were rushed through Parliament without proper scrutiny, debate, or transparency. The biggest changes to electoral laws in 40 years deserved a multi-party inquiry, not backroom deals.
It’s clear: the major parties are more interested in protecting their duopoly than serving the people. This is why we need strong, independent voices in Parliament, voices that aren’t beholden to corporate donors or party machines.
#DemocracyForSale #AusPol #Independents
Please do Peter Geoghegan's survey to help prepare a defence of our democracy
This is historic. More power to the SA Government and good luck for the inevitable High Court challenge. Of course, I must point out that this idea has been Greens policy for twenty years, but that doesn't matter right now. We need this. In fact, the world needs this precedent.
Link to story:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-13/south-australia-electoral-donation-ban/103970046
#democracy #DemocracyForSale #SouthAustralia #StateCapture #auspol #DemocraticReform #elections #PoliticalDonations
The House of Lords is full of people nominated for their financial contributions to a political party, rather than their public service. This is an abuse of democracy and undermines public trust in parliament.
Petition calling for a ban on Party Donors being nominated to the #HouseOfLords:
#corruption #DemocracyForSale
@greenaspen Environmental Social Governance (ESG) is a big deal in business. The financial manipulation of Parliamentary groups that are seen as experts on this issue by rogue players doesn’t suprise me…but this should be more widely known.
#DemocracyForSale with the #Tories
It’s smart Justice Thomas has a diversified portfolio of billionaires.
#Money in #politics is like #oil in #water: it doesn't mix well and it #pollutes everything. #GetMoneyOut #DemocracyForSale
#darkmoney #corruption
Do Lord Siberia and Tory donor billionaires Lords Spencer and Harding sit near you in the democratic House of Lords, Lord @danielmgmoylan ?
#DemocracyForSale #TheBestDemocracyMoneyCanBuy #Londongrad
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RT @danielmgmoylan
And for a shorter queue you’d sell your democracy? https://twitter.com/timatkin/status/1525478249823977473
https://twitter.com/danielmgmoylan/status/1525547548173295620