Reform, and the death of the Tory Party

[Stevo 666]

Wow, that's a leap. You think being funded by organisations that support UK employees within the UK is worse than being funded by wealthy people living in other countries that don't have the UKs best interests at heart?

Oddly enough, most parties won't accept dodgy money. Reform is reaping the benefits of having no moral compass.

If the donations are legal then who are we to argue. You clearly don't like the donors to certain parties but that is no concern of mine.

 

[BoldonLad]

The full register is kept viewable at two places by every council. Electoral services and a publicly accessible place, usually the local central library or the town hall.
You can view and make written notes of it, but no photographs or scanning of it allowed.

They may have had an observer at the polling station, who can mark a copy of the register, with who has voted.
They can then take the information on that marked copy, which could include the ballot paper number issued to you, and then have one of their counting agents at the count keeping an eye out for numbers.
You may have not have been a guess.

We do postal votes, and have for about 18 years

 

[Pblakeney]

They may have had an observer at the polling station, who can mark a copy of the register, with who has voted.
They can then take the information on that marked copy, which could include the ballot paper number issued to you, and then have one of their counting agents at the count keeping an eye out for numbers.
You may have not have been a guess.

Not possible. I started doing postal votes while working away from home, as per BoldonLad.

 

[Beebo]

If the donations are legal then who are we to argue. You clearly don't like the donors to certain parties but that is no concern of mine.

Should someone who doesn’t live in the UK be able to influence the outcome of an election by donating millions of pounds?

I’m not sure anyone should be able to donate more than £100k pa, as no one donates huge sums without expecting some sort of kick back.

 

[BoldonLad]

Should someone who doesn’t live in the UK be able to influence the outcome of an election by donating millions of pounds?

I’m not sure anyone should be able to donate more than £100k pa, as no one donates huge sums without expecting some sort of kick back.

Why not just ban donations, full stop?, and have a basic funding model. Yes, it would cut down the size of the Party "machines" but, would that be a bad thing?, a few, well, a lot, less "SPADS" would be a good thing (except, possibly, for SPADS)

 

[icowden]

If the donations are legal then who are we to argue.

Last time I checked, the electorate.

You clearly don't like the donors to certain parties but that is no concern of mine.

So you aren't bothered about citizens of other countries bribing our politicians for personal and financial gain? Most of us are very bothered. There are no examples I can think of where a corrupt government has worked well.