Next weeks Dispatches looks interesting, I wonder who they have caught out this time ? Just hope that it is not Michael Green or whoever he is calling himself this time.
Next weeks Dispatches looks interesting, I wonder who they have caught out this time ? Just hope that it is not Michael Green or whoever he is calling himself this time.
You can buy into various Tory groups depending on your donation. This entitles you to eat with the minister and discuss 'issues'. Been going on for years, surprised no one apart form Private Eye ever mentions it.
Next weeks Dispatches looks interesting, I wonder who they have caught out this time ? Just hope that it is not Michael Green or whoever he is calling himself this time.
Why is this news? Certainly I have had letters from the Conservative Party telling me if I donate X amount then I can get a meeting with the PM (usually at some Dinner). I'm sure Labour Party supporters get the same thing.
If you want a letter to get to a minister you could always spend money on a postage stamp and write to your MP.
TBH it's not the money/favours that matter so much as when/where and in whose presence the meetings take place.
In office hours in the presence of a proper civil servant (not a SpAd masquerading as one) with recordings made or notes taken by the civil servant and with those records kept/maintained is a very different situation to un-minuted/unrecorded meetings over boozy country suppers
You can buy into various Tory groups depending on your donation. This entitles you to eat with the minister and discuss 'issues'. Been going on for years, surprised no one apart form Private Eye ever mentions it.
You can go shoe shopping with the Home Secretary or Hobo Hunting with IDS - all for a 'small' donation
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You can buy into various Tory groups depending on your donation. This entitles you to eat with the minister and discuss 'issues'. Been going on for years, surprised no one apart form Private Eye ever mentions it.
Why is this news? Certainly I have had letters from the Conservative Party telling me if I donate X amount then I can get a meeting with the PM (usually at some Dinner). I'm sure Labour Party supporters get the same thing.
If you want a letter to get to a minister you could always spend money on a postage stamp and write to your MP.
In office hours in the presence of a proper civil servant (not a SpAd masquerading as one) with recordings made or notes taken by the civil servant and with those records kept/maintained is a very different situation to un-minuted/unrecorded meetings over boozy country suppers
You can go shoe shopping with the Home Secretary or Hobo Hunting with IDS - all for a 'small' donation
It's anti-democratic and bad for everyone that some people can buy some degree of influence. Whether it's from wealthy individuals or the unions.