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Elections Bill returns to the Commons tommorow

Started by Fambo Number Mive, September 05, 2021, 08:29:58 PM

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Labour plan to vote against but with a majority of 80 the bill will get through.

QuoteNow Boris Johnson 's Tories have been accused of "bending the rules to benefit themselves" with a new Elections Bill, which allows donors who live in tax havens to fund political parties indefinitely.

Currently donors can only fund parties from abroad for 15 years - but this will be abolished under the Elections Bill, which returns to the Commons on Monday...

Along with tearing up rules on 'non-dom' donors, the bill introduces draconian new photo ID rules for voters and clips the wings of the Electoral Commission - even as it investigates the financing of Mr Johnson's flat refurbishment.

Ms Smith added: "There is no possible justification for changing this law other than to open a loophole so that Conservative donors can continue to funnel money into the Conservative Party.

"These changes threaten the integrity of our elections and give the wealthy friends of Conservative Ministers unlimited access to our democracy. They must be stopped."...

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-law-change-would-donors-24910652

Closer and closer to being a one-party state.

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