I thought this was the place for soft discussion and that the Backroom was for barking at eachother?

I'm sure we can discuss things with civility


I think too much has already passed for a major change in the trend of party donations. Here in the UK we are trying to limit the amount a party can use to 'advertise' itself but the cash is flowing at a staggering amount in the US. I think it was the New York Mayor (cant remember the name Rudey or something) spent $50 million plus for just the mayoral position of one city.

On a personal note this is just another reason for me feeling like a socialist - I am one and this affirms my faith

The money saved by not donating could what? ..... cure AIDS? feed the staving? build 100 schools - probably, and here we see another area that is seeing a massive increase in private funding. The local education authority i work for is a private company, schools are being built funded with corporate money and the 'partners' have a say in the curriculum. To me that is disgusting and I can't believe its the so called left wing party, Labour, that is making these drastic changes.