Voting age to be lowered to 16 in UK by next general election
Voting age to be lowered to 16 in UK by next general election
www.theguardian.com
Voting age to be lowered to 16 across UK by next general election
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This is a good start but it is not going far enough:
Political parties will be required to assess companies they are receiving donations from against a series of tests, proving their connection to the UK or Ireland. Companies used for political donations will have to prove they are generating income in these countries.
Only physical persons living in the UK should be allowed to donate and donations should be capped at £5k - £10k per person per year. Companies should not be allowed to donate at all.
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Political parties will be required to assess companies they are receiving donations from against a series of tests, proving their connection to the UK or Ireland. Companies used for political donations will have to prove they are generating income in these countries.
What is the thinking behind restricting all other countries apart from the UK but including Ireland? I'm not sure why I understand that. Why not France?
Surely if you're donating to a UK political party and you want to restrict where that donation comes from you'd insist on UK only?
Look at it the other way around. Should similar rules be introduced in Ireland would they be happy that UK companies are donating to Irish political parties?
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The rules are different for parties registered in Northern Ireland versus political parties registered in Great Britain.
Great British parties can only accept donations from UK sources. However Northern Irish parties can also accept donations from Irish sources.
Look at it the other way around. Should similar rules be introduced in Ireland would they be happy that UK companies are donating to Irish political parties?
This is already the case, in that Irish political parties can accept donations from any individual or organization in Northern Ireland. The position is reciprocal to the UK situation.
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Ok that makes more sense. Thanks 🙏.
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NI and GFA shenanigans, Éire and the UK are weirdly connected in many ways to one another still.
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Locking in favour of https://feddit.uk/post/33000121. Normally I'd remove, but as there's comments I'll keep this up.