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Author:  pcernie [ Sun Dec 14, 2014 8:03 pm ]
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http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... n-spending

Might the Lib Dems not have thought to mention it? We really need a sarcasm smilie...

Author:  l3v1ck [ Sun Dec 14, 2014 8:11 pm ]
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The competition can spend more too. That cancels out the effect, but costs more.

It's like the opposite of when fag adverts were banned. All companies spend less on advertising, but none lost market share as they all had the same rules. Profits went up massively in the short term.

Author:  jonbwfc [ Sun Dec 14, 2014 9:46 pm ]
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l3v1ck wrote:
The competition can spend more too. That cancels out the effect, but costs more.

Depends if they have it. The Tories have generally had more funds than the competition.

Author:  l3v1ck [ Sun Dec 14, 2014 11:51 pm ]
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jonbwfc wrote:
l3v1ck wrote:
The competition can spend more too. That cancels out the effect, but costs more.

Depends if they have it. The Tories have generally had more funds than the competition.

I thought all the political parties were in debt. I though most of their money comes from party members and Rich donors (Tories) or the unions (Labour).

Author:  big_D [ Mon Dec 15, 2014 4:51 am ]
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Didn't there used to be rules on how much political parties could spend on elections? Or was that individual MPs?

Author:  l3v1ck [ Mon Dec 15, 2014 5:13 am ]
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I'm not sure. There could be as they don't spend 'American' amounts on elections.

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