Comments on: Party funding http://www.voxpolis.com/2006/party-funding/ Politics, culture, surrealism... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:45:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Jonny http://www.voxpolis.com/2006/party-funding/#comment-148 Jonny Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:40:07 +0000 http://www.voxpolis.com/2006/party-funding/#comment-148 Surely the reason that party membership's falling is the lack of influence that ordinary members have. Why be a member when all you get is a tickets to conferences (that you get thrown out of if you try to protest). I agree it's not ideal but the key point is that party membership is open to everyone; lobbyists and 6 figure donations aren't. Surely the reason that party membership’s falling is the lack of influence that ordinary members have. Why be a member when all you get is a tickets to conferences (that you get thrown out of if you try to protest).

I agree it’s not ideal but the key point is that party membership is open to everyone; lobbyists and 6 figure donations aren’t.

]]> By: dogpatch http://www.voxpolis.com/2006/party-funding/#comment-147 dogpatch Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:19:22 +0000 http://www.voxpolis.com/2006/party-funding/#comment-147 Hmm...not sure that returning power to the party members will mean that political decisions wil be made for the true benefit of the majority. Currently political party membership is falling, giving power to a diminishing, ideologically (small) minded group is as bad as allowing policies to be decided by the Daily Mail. Only in the long term would political party policy making be beneficial as party membership (hopefully) increases... but which leader is going to bet on that?! Hmm…not sure that returning power to the party members will mean that political decisions wil be made for the true benefit of the majority. Currently political party membership is falling, giving power to a diminishing, ideologically (small) minded group is as bad as allowing policies to be decided by the Daily Mail.

Only in the long term would political party policy making be beneficial as party membership (hopefully) increases… but which leader is going to bet on that?!

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