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"Dear Big Media, Lately we havent received enough campaign funding. We have made polite inquiries before, but they have gone unanswered. We're trying really har
by ldar15 15y ago
"Dear Big Media, Lately we havent received enough campaign funding. We have made polite inquiries before, but they have gone unanswered. We're trying really hard to keep a hold on these pesky liberals, but they are doing a really good job on gaining seats. Here's our idea for new copyright laws. What do you think? Ideas / monetary contributions to the usual accounts. Also, we've just lost the Murdoch account so we need some of our other contributors to step up. Thanks, The Conservative Party"
- josephcooney 15y agoI think you're confusing the UK with the USA...or perhaps I'm just naive.
- heyimfromreddit 15y agoYeah the second one.
- cabalamat 15y agoI don't know whether you're naive or not. I do know that in 2010Q3, Universal Music was the Conservative Party's largest corporate donor: http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/party-finance/party-finance-analysis/party-funding/party-finance-analysis-Q3-2010#Top http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/party-finance/party-fi...
- josephcooney 15y agoThanks for the link. Although you're right, Universal Music was the largest corporate contributor in that quarter the amount in question wasn't huge (80,000 pounds) and much smaller than a lot of private contributions (12th overall). Also looking at subsequent quarters (http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/party-finance/party-finance-analysis/party-funding/party-finance-analysis-Q4-2010 http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/party-finance/party-fi... and http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/party-finance/party-finance-analysis/party-funding/Q1-2011 http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/party-finance/party-fi...) there doesn't seem to be a pattern of ongoing contribution.....which maybe backs up the original poster's claim that the content industry is late on its payments.
- earnubs 15y agoIt's hard to argue with a comment so lacking in substance.
- moultano 15y agoThe grandparent is a good example I think sarcasm should be verboten on any serious discussion forum. It's impossible to argue with because it shields the wielder from having to make an actual clearly stated argument.
- bobds 15y agoI'd say it's a fairly clearly-stated argument.
- tybris 15y agoSarcasm can work, but it needs to be based on widely accepted truths that people can identify with. Problems with great grandparent: -Campaign finance is heavily regulated in the UK and about half of it comes from the state. -UK media is less of a political frenzy. They have other things to talk about, like the premier league, or human affairs. -The closest thing to US liberals language-wise are the Liberal Democrats, who are part of government. The closest thing to US liberals politically are the Conservatives (e.g., combating climate change is high on the conservative agenda) -Liberals aren't gaining any seats in polls That's a few too many errors for sarcasm to work.
- cabalamat 15y ago> Campaign finance is heavily regulated in the UK This is true, in that there are limits both locally and nationality to how much candidates can spend on election campaigns. > and about half of it comes from the state AIUI this is not true; political parties have to raise their own money not get it from the state. There is funding of political parties, (see Short Money http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Money http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Money ), but it isn't for the running of campaigns.
- hactually 15y agoDear Conservative Party, We already bought off the Labour party to get the Digital Economy Act passed so we're a bit short at the moment. Just to be clear we're not happy with those rascally LibDems one jot - liberal policies? In my government? Best, Big Media