State funding of parties

Biscuitman · 03-08-2006, 10:51 PM

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Subject: State funding of parties

Given that the UK Independence Party is thoroughly opposed to the taxpayer funding of political parties can I suggest that those who are interested in this topic visit the site below

http://forum.partyfundingreview.gov.uk/

Sir Hayden Phillips is conducting a review and asking for public submissions.

Well, what are you waiting for?

Gawain

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mkpdavies · 03-08-2006, 11:01 PM

Been there, done that.

Independent UKIP · 04-08-2006, 01:31 AM

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Well, what are you waiting for?

Perhaps some people are totally unaware of this as it is not on ukip.org at time of writing. It has not been sent to my old email address which some UKIP statements are sent to and it has not been sent to my new email address which my UKIP membership is now linked to which has to date never received any UKIP reports. Gawain, if you are reading this, you might want to have a look at your distribution list & perhaps link up with some other UKIP lists I suppose.

Colin McNamee · 04-08-2006, 11:23 AM

I made this suggestion last May to UKIP Press Office and four NEC members following my letters in several newspapers in South West. Other posts on other threads covered this.

The idea was also circulated throughout UKIP South West in May.

One of my posts resulted in Clive Page phoning me on 19July suggesting I contact Stuart Gulleford regarding including on ukip.org, which I did the same day.

Stuart referred it to DCB for consideration and a couple days later it was on DCB's web site :evil:

Still not on, to my knowledge, ukip.org :roll:

gawain · 04-08-2006, 11:43 AM

Couple of points.

The party has made an officail submission through the offices of the party leader. This was an encouragement for us to do stuff as individuals as the website calls for individual submissions.

Independent UKIP.

I take your point about the spread of distribution. However by sending it out to the RO's and the press officers in the regions I was hoping that they would have their own lists that they could send out to. For me to try to create a database big enough to cover all bases would be a titanic job, and to be frank, not one that I have the time to do. Sorry but I have to cut my cloth.

That being said feel free to send it out to the four winds. After all we cannot allow the current crop of discredited parties to dig even furtyher into the pockets of the British people. Somebody has to stand up for them.

I hope that, whilst accepting the caveats in this thread, you feelk that this sort of initiative is something that you approve of.

Colin McNamee · 04-08-2006, 12:09 PM

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I hope that, whilst accepting the caveats in this thread, you feelk that this sort of initiative is something that you approve of.

Yes.

Have pm'd you.

John Page · 04-08-2006, 12:48 PM

Hi gawain

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The party has made an officail submission through the offices of the party leader.

Could you give us the URL for this?

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I take your point about the spread of distribution. However by sending it out to the RO's and the press officers in the regions I was hoping that they would have their own lists that they could send out to. For me to try to create a database big enough to cover all bases would be a titanic job, and to be frank, not one that I have the time to do. Sorry but I have to cut my cloth.

Yes, we have to make do with what we've got until the party sorts out its database. One thought - David Lott sends out European Parliament updates. Could you use his list?

gawain · 04-08-2006, 02:49 PM

The newsletters go through Head office,not directfrom here. I would have to speak to them, not impossible.

I will try and find out about the official submission. Not today though, got to collect children from station.

John Page · 04-08-2006, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by gawain

The newsletters go through Head office,not directfrom here. I would have to speak to them, not impossible.

I will try and find out about the official submission. Not today though, got to collect children from station.

I wasn't thinking of the printed newslatter. David Lott sends stuff out by e-mail.

Hereward · 04-08-2006, 05:51 PM

Here are some thoughts under the heading Publicly funded political parties . . . another step along the road to dictatorship?:

http://englishdemocrats.org.uk/news.php

You might find one or two useful suggestions there, such as separate accounting and extending Sched 1 of the FOI Act 2000 to include information about the expenditure of such funding.

Another might be allowing small parties with less than a specified revenue income (say £1 million pa?) to be exempt from the capping of donations from individual donors.

03-08-2006, 11:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
mkpdavies Uber Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Woking Posts: 30,825 Party: Libertarian Party	Been there, done that. __________________ http://brits4ronpaul.blogspot.com/ http://wokinglibertarians.blogspot.com/ http://lpuk.org My ignore list Labour, Blue Labour, Lib Dems

04-08-2006, 11:43 AM	#5 (permalink)
gawain Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 268	State funding Couple of points. The party has made an officail submission through the offices of the party leader. This was an encouragement for us to do stuff as individuals as the website calls for individual submissions. Independent UKIP. I take your point about the spread of distribution. However by sending it out to the RO's and the press officers in the regions I was hoping that they would have their own lists that they could send out to. For me to try to create a database big enough to cover all bases would be a titanic job, and to be frank, not one that I have the time to do. Sorry but I have to cut my cloth. That being said feel free to send it out to the four winds. After all we cannot allow the current crop of discredited parties to dig even furtyher into the pockets of the British people. Somebody has to stand up for them. I hope that, whilst accepting the caveats in this thread, you feelk that this sort of initiative is something that you approve of.

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04-08-2006, 11:23 AM	#4 (permalink)
Colin McNamee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Somerset Posts: 894	I made this suggestion last May to UKIP Press Office and four NEC members following my letters in several newspapers in South West. Other posts on other threads covered this. The idea was also circulated throughout UKIP South West in May. One of my posts resulted in Clive Page phoning me on 19July suggesting I contact Stuart Gulleford regarding including on ukip.org, which I did the same day. Stuart referred it to DCB for consideration and a couple days later it was on DCB's web site :evil: Still not on, to my knowledge, ukip.org :roll:

04-08-2006, 02:49 PM	#8 (permalink)
gawain Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 268	The newsletters go through Head office,not directfrom here. I would have to speak to them, not impossible. I will try and find out about the official submission. Not today though, got to collect children from station.

04-08-2006, 05:51 PM	#10 (permalink)
Hereward Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: York, ENGLAND Posts: 345	Here are some thoughts under the heading Publicly funded political parties . . . another step along the road to dictatorship?: http://englishdemocrats.org.uk/news.php You might find one or two useful suggestions there, such as separate accounting and extending Sched 1 of the FOI Act 2000 to include information about the expenditure of such funding. Another might be allowing small parties with less than a specified revenue income (say £1 million pa?) to be exempt from the capping of donations from individual donors.