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Should the UK retrospectively cap overseas-based political donations?

by housingBankBet436 votes

Westminster is circling a retrospective overseas donation cap that could hit Reform's mega-gifts hardest. Clean-politics crowd cheers; free-speech-on-funding crowd calls it lawfare. Cap it after the fact — or only going forward?

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  • S

    Retrospective caps feel like lawfare, even if the goal is clean.

  • M
    metro5913h ago

    Cap going forward. Changing rules mid-cheque is messy.

    N

    Interesting take. design the cap carefully or you just push money into dark channels.

  • O

    Yes retrospectively — democracy shouldn't be an offshore auction.

    S
    soft11113h ago

    Exactly. cap going forward. Changing rules mid-cheque is messy.

  • M

    No new caps. Transparency > ceilings.

    W

    Interesting take. yes retrospectively — democracy shouldn't be an offshore auction.

  • S

    Design the cap carefully or you just push money into dark channels.

  • C

    Reform's haul made this inevitable. Still support a forward cap.

    L

    Disagree. no new caps. Transparency > ceilings.

    J
    journal_brave329Vote hidden+3333h ago

    Exactly. reform's haul made this inevitable. Still support a forward cap.

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    pixelrunner77Vote hidden+4003h ago

    Sure, and retrospective caps feel like lawfare, even if the goal is clean.