State funding of parties is advantageous - Allows for parties to concentrate focus on representing
the people rather than courting donors. (Blair in 1995 met Murdoch in Australia to gain support, led to
1997 Sun headline, "Sun backs Blair")
Legislation passed to reduce inequalities between parti...
Politics parties essay plans
State funding of parties is advantageous - ✔✔✔Allows for parties to concentrate focus on representing
the people rather than courting donors. (Blair in 1995 met Murdoch in Australia to gain support, led to
1997 Sun headline, "Sun backs Blair")
Legislation passed to reduce inequalities between parties. (Political parties, Election and Referendums
act 200 limits party spending at elections. All donations >£5000 need to be declared to the electoral
commission)
No state funding means that parties are funded by people with an agenda, removing level-playing field.
(In 2012, Ed Miliband proposed a limit on the amount individual donors could give, he suggested £5000)
State funding of parties isn't advantageous - ✔✔✔Parties can seek funding from interest groups;
engaging in real world issues. (Greenpeace financially support the GreenParty. They fight to save the
environment amidst global warming)
Would lead to unequal resources due to unequal membership numbers. (In 2017, Labour had 540,000
members, the largest party membership in Europe)
Parties are funded by the tax payer, meaning they could fund a party they oppose. Private donations
allow people to fund at their discretion. (2007, Sir Phillip Hayden suggested moving to a system where
tax payers directly fund parties. This didn't materialise)
The function or political parties enhance democracy and representation. (Fill government,
representation, provide a medium for participation) - ✔✔✔Parties represent through their policy
choice, with Conservatives warming to status quo policy like private property. (Despite May being a
remainer, she still attempted to act on the EU referendum result)
Political parties allow people to engage through party-memberships or campaigning with them at
election time. (Labour has the largest party membership in Europe with 540,000 as of 2017)
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