Reform, and the death of the Tory Party

[Joey Shabadoo]

Reform hate foreigners but seem peculiarly drawn to their money.

 

[Pblakeney]

Reform hate foreigners but and seem peculiarly drawn to their money.

FTFY. 😉

 

[Pross]

Pure & simple racism. As if there was any doubt.

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Or to put it another way, ‘non-white kids brighter than white kids’.

 

[Pinno718]

I decided to see if I could find who funds Labour. The results came as a surprise to me.

How much has Labour received in donations?Labour has received £368,422,723.84 in total donations from 11508 documented donations.
Who are the top donors to Labour?The top donors to Labour are: House of Commons(£93,482,615.56), Unite the Union (£52,863,405.53), UNISON(£27,954,012.78), GMB (£26,509,609.90), and Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) (£23,290,029.17).
What was the largest single donation to Labour?The largest single donation was £4,000,000.00 from Quadrature Capital Ltd on 28 May 2024.
Who is the biggest overall donor to Labour?The biggest overall donor to Labour is House of Commons with total donations of £93,482,615.56.
Who has made the most donations to Labour?Unite the Union has made the most donations to Labour with 892 separate donations totaling £52,863,405.53.

Very informative, thank you. It adds relativism to the Reform donations.

 

[Pinno718]

Pure & simple racism. As if there was any doubt.

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Asian and far eastern ethnic groups tend to out perform the rest anyway. Perhaps he's made the realisation he's much much thicker than them.

 

[Ian H]

I can see there is a distinction but also that the current way it's structured given the Unions the power and influence.

I do wonder if donations by union membership could be structured differently such that donations move directly from member to their chosen party. Current arrangements do seem to give the Unions power eg

Which does give the impression that the Unions are buying something (or trying to).

Unions don't have the power to protect their members unless they act collectively.

 

[farfromtheland]

Unions don't have the power to protect their members unless they act collectively.

Natch

 

[Psamathe]

Unions don't have the power to protect their members unless they act collectively.

But should protection of members extend to buying influence with politicians?

Eg as example I posted earlier in the thread
https://ncap.cyclechat.net/threads/reform-and-the-death-of-the-tory-party.734/page-311#post-192827

Unite announces cut to Labour membership fees by £580,000​

UK union cutting contributions as talks with Birmingham council fail to reach resolution over bin strike

Unite announced the 40% cut, which will cost Labour as much as £580,000, on the anniversary of the bin strike in Birmingham. in which workers have been pitted against a city council controlled by the party