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Tomorrow, MPs have a chance to stop big money buying political influence.
92% of voters support a cap on political donations.
The public gets it. Now politicians need to act.
@kyletaylor explains why 👇
Fair Vote UK retweeted
Another leadership crisis
Another donor scandal
Another round of Westminster chaos while trust in politics collapses
Meanwhile, the Representation of the People Bill feels like it’s quietly being pushed aside.
Watch our Exec Director @kyletaylor explain below 👇
Another leadership crisis
Another donor scandal
Another round of Westminster chaos while trust in politics collapses
Meanwhile, the Representation of the People Bill feels like it’s quietly being pushed aside.
Watch our Exec Director @kyletaylor explain below 👇
Fair Vote UK retweeted
🌹 The most exciting thing @AndyBurnhamGM will bring to British politics?
🙌 His strong backing for Proportional Representation.
He wants the collaborative, grown-up politics he’s delivered in Manchester at national level.
✅ Fix First Past the Post first. FPTP is why our politics are broken to win parties have to rely on big tents with opposing views.
Then we can actually sort Brexit and everything else.
@OpenBritainHQ and @fairvoteuk have been working hard on this 👏
One man. Tens of millions. One political party.
This is what broken political funding looks like.
If “game-changing donations” are a threat, why allow them at all?
Cap donations.
A mystery moneyman's donations could carry Nigel Farage to power. He lives in Thailand and is “intensely private”. I’ve spent months investigating who he is, what he wants and his crypto fortune. Here, for the first time, is the story of Chris Harborne theguardian.com/politics/202…
When decisions can’t be defended in the open, it’s a sign the rules aren’t strong enough. That’s exactly what the Representation of the People Bill needs to fix.
Fair Vote response to Mandelson vetting row:
Parliament was told one thing. The reality looks different.
If rules can be bypassed, power gets away with it.
This is a test for the Representation of the People Bill.
#mandelson #Starmer
Rules: exist
Power: simply ignores them
Public: finds out later
System working exactly as designed 👍
#Mandelson
EXCL: Peter Mandelson failed his security vetting clearance but the decision was overruled by Foreign Office to ensure he could take up his post as ambassador to US - a Guardian investigation by @PaulLewis @Direthoughts & me
theguardian.com/politics/202…
Security experts: no
Power: lol yes
Public: not told
And we’re meant to trust this system?
#Mandelson
"This is one of the biggest scandals and problems of Keir Starmer's career."
Deputy Political Editor @samcoatessky reveals Peter Mandelson was denied access to the very highest level of security clearance, as the Prime Minister faces calls to resign.
trib.al/PIdf0x1
This has happened because it’s allowed to happen.
The question is whether the Representation of the People Bill changes that or not.
"Never in our history has a political party been so in hock to people from a certain industry... in many ways [Reform is] becoming the political wing of the crypto industry."
Fraser Nelson on Nigel Farage's association with cryptocurrency businesses.
#Newsnight
Politics isn’t neutral. It runs on power
78% feel they have little or no influence. Millions are missing from democracy
Now the rules are being rewritten
This is the test of the Representation of the People Bill:
power for people, or power for those with money and access?
👇
Politics isn’t broken, it works as designed
People are an afterthought. Money buys power
As our founder argues in this piece, we measure economic impact, not human cost.
The #ElectionsBill is the test:
power vs people.
Change the rules.
bylinesupplement.com/p/where…
@BylineTimes
Good to see our work on the Rycroft Review landing in @POLITICOEurope
The risks are not new. The gaps are not unknown
The question is no longer what needs to be done. The question is whether the govt is willing to do it
The Elections Bill is the test. Time to close the gaps
Fair Vote UK retweeted
More coverage in @politico London Influence newsletter on the #RycroftReview.
Reaction from @TransparencyUK, @fairvoteuk and @EndCorruptionUK to the huge steps forward recommended by the report and the acceptance of Sec @SteveReedMP on the need for a debate on a donation cap!
Fair Vote UK retweeted
A new report into foreign interference in British politics has been released. In response to the findings, Steve Reed has announced a series of changes, including an annual cap on political donations from British citizens overseas of £100,000
Fair Vote UK retweeted
We're also inching closer to a cap on all political donations - Parliament must debate this ASAP!
You can read more here, including reaction from @UnlockDemocracy and @fairvoteuk:
radixbigtent.org.uk//news-co…
Not about Reform.
Not about any one party.
It’s about whether the system has rules strong enough to stop money distorting politics.
Right now, it doesn’t.
1/5 The Rycroft Review confirms what has been clear for years:
Foreign interference in UK politics is real.
And the system still has gaps.
#PMQs
4/5 The solutions are already known:
Greater transparency
Limits on big money
Stronger enforcement
Rules that reflect how influence actually works
#PMQs
5/5 If the Elections Bill fails to act, that is a conscious decision to leave those risks in place.
This is about trust in our democracy, and that trust is already fragile.
We’ve had the evidence for years. The Rycroft Review confirms it.
It’s time to act.
#PMQs