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> donated millions of pounds to the Conservative Party And somehow none to the liberal party? This kind of bias throws the rest of the article into suspicion.
by commandlinefan 5y ago
> donated millions of pounds to the Conservative Party
And somehow none to the liberal party? This kind of bias throws the rest of the article into suspicion.
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- anonymous_sorry 5y agoThe Conservative Party have been in power in the UK since 2010. It wouldn't be surprising if those aiming to buy influence focussed their donations on them. In general it feels like you're trying to extrapolate American politics onto British politics. For example, "liberal" in the UK (and I think most of the world) doesn't mean what it has come to mean in the USA. And the Conservative party at the moment tends to raise more of its money from large donations from wealthy individuals than the main opposition party in the UK [0]. [0] https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/general-election-2019-which-party-received-the-most-donations/ https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/general-election-2019-w...
- TillE 5y agoIf foreign billionaires are giving money to the Liberals, it's probably in an attempt to sabotage Labour, for the benefit of the Tories.