Robert Saunders
@redhistorian
Author of "Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum & Seventies Britain". "A jaw-dislocating page turner"(Andrew Marr). Co-director @MileEndInst, Reader @QMHistory
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£25m in UK political donations in last quarter.
£15m to Tories alone.
Electoral Commission warning starkly today that Britain needs new laws to stop dark money.
Conservative government's response? Make dark money even easier.
We're in a v bad place
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-bri…
Think about this - 156 PAGES of new law without pre-legislative or Commons scrutiny. House of Lords will do its best as always but this sort of behaviour treats Parliament with contempt … /1
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