Even the proposed but now abandoned limit of £500,000 is an unimaginable sum of money for all but the tiniest fraction of voters.
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I would support the following limits:
Donations under £25 do not have to be accounted to individuals but may be no more than 10% of a party's total income (donations that are accounted to an individual do not count towards the 10% cap, even if below £25).
No individual may donate more than £10,000 in total to political parties, including donations to multiple candidates or donations to multiple parties.
Individuals may not donate to support individual candidates that they are not eligible to vote for (modulo the 10% loophole).
Individuals may not donate to support political parties that do not field candidates in elections that they are eligible to vote in during the election following their donation (modulo the 10% loophole).
No organisation may donate to a party, though organisations may encourage their members to donate to specific parties.
Any elected official who is found to have violated these rules is removed from office immediately and may not stand in the by election.
Any losing candidate who is found to have violated these rules may not stand for election for four years.
Any candidate who is found to have violated these rules more than once is banned from standing for elected office and barred from corporate directorships, in perpetuity.
Any political party that is found to have violated the rules in more than 10% of the constituencies in which it stands candidates in any election is barred from fielding any candidates in the following election for the same class of official (MP, city, county councillor, whatever) and any by elections for that class of official until the next full election. Candidates from constituencies where the rules were not violated may stand for other parties or as independent candidates, but if they reaffirm their original party affiliation (including receiving any funding or support) after being elected then this triggers an immediate by election in which they may not stand.
Of course, the parties that are in power by routinely violating the rules would never vote for something that would introduce consequences for their behaviour.
But this would completely torpedo Reform.
@david_chisnall My first thought is how to get my opponent sanctioned by donating to them 🤔
@buherator Anyone who is accepting money to stand in an election would need to have a process in place and keep careful accounts. If they have a mechanism in place that lets you make an unattributable donation that would violate the rules, then they deserve to be sanctioned. If they receive, say, an unsolicited bank transfer, cryptocurrency donation, or bag of diamonds in the post, then they must not spend it, must declare it to the regulator as soon as they realise they have it, and must surrender the money.
