Donations... it is never called bribery or corruption
this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2026
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It is open bribery that has been legalized to give the wealthy control over the government. Getting money out of politics is the only way forward. Representation shouldn't be going to the highest bidder.
Shocked Pikachu face: British political system is corrupt? It wasn't that long ago that rich people had more than one vote if they had houses in different constituencies and would travel across the country to vote many times. Or that graduated from Oxford or Cambridge had two votes. Or not long before that that candidates could round up voters take them to the pub and buy them drinks and then to cast their votes. And that's before all the cash for honours scandals...
Surely people don't believe that there was ever a time when parliamentary politics was ever honest.
A century is plenty long ago.
Oxbridge graduates double votes only ended in 1950. 2021 for the last major cash for honours scandal. Not so long ago really.
I think you’re glossing over the fact that plural voting also applied to graduates of Durham, Bristol, U of Wales, U of London, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Reading, Manchester and Sheffield.
Yes, you are correct. And I'm also not being accurate in that the second vote was for the University's constituency rather than two in the home constituency.
This is bigger than most realize. It’s exactly the long term plan enacted by the religious right in the US to slowly gain a foothold (and ultimately power) in politics.
Seems to be an export to other continents now.
It's scary to see the UK going down the same steps as the US. It's like we're sleepwalking into it, having seen the effects, without really acknowledging what's happening.
The 2 main parties are failing.
As such the powerful are desperate to be owed by whomever replaces both. So will donate to gain control.