Party Funding
pingupete | 25.08.2004 13:53
Astonishingly, UKIP were the recipients of £1.25 million worth of donations (or donations in kind) in the run up to the European elections.
They managed to elected 12 MEPs who now draw an annual salary of around £80,000 each and with expenses and other entitlements, their income is potentially £200,000 a year, of which some might get donated to UKIP. That is £12 million over the next 5 years, although how much actually work or communication will be done is debatable.
Some Random Questions:
Out of the £1.25 million donated to UKIP, £715,000 was donated by Paul Sykes in the form of billboards paid for by his company. Does this buy Paul Sykes influence?
Is the £600,000 donated by Paul Drayson to Labour in any way connected to his peerage and his company winning a lucrative government vaccine contract?
Do bears defecate in woods?
Is UK electoral politics accelerating towards the US model of campaign finance?
What can we do about it?
They managed to elected 12 MEPs who now draw an annual salary of around £80,000 each and with expenses and other entitlements, their income is potentially £200,000 a year, of which some might get donated to UKIP. That is £12 million over the next 5 years, although how much actually work or communication will be done is debatable.
Some Random Questions:
Out of the £1.25 million donated to UKIP, £715,000 was donated by Paul Sykes in the form of billboards paid for by his company. Does this buy Paul Sykes influence?
Is the £600,000 donated by Paul Drayson to Labour in any way connected to his peerage and his company winning a lucrative government vaccine contract?
Do bears defecate in woods?
Is UK electoral politics accelerating towards the US model of campaign finance?
What can we do about it?
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