".there’s nothing fair about a system in which a few people, whether born here or not, can buy political influence. In my view, the only equitable system is one in which everyone can pay the same small fixed fee for membership of a political party, and no further private funding can be taken. Otherwise, democracy gives way to plutocracy."
George Monbiot on the shady unincorporated associations subverting democracy.
#Corruption #Politics #UKPolitics #Democracy
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/03/cure-democracy-ban-donors-british-foreign-politics-membership-fees
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