# Charity fundraisers as model for political parties

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/01/24/charity-fundraisers-model-political-parties/
- Published: 2000-01-24T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

“Why can’t [political] parties raise money without resorting to chicanery or coercion?”
asks Geoffrey Wheatcroft in The Times today. 
“Why can’t [political] parties raise
money without resorting to chicanery or coercion?” asks Geoffrey Wheatcroft in The
Times today. “After all, plenty of other organisations require neither. The Royal
National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and Oxfam raise their funds entirely through
voluntary donations. Why shouldn’t political parties do the same?”

To enjoy the sensation of charity fundraisers being held up as models of good or
at least better business practice, read Why our political parties should be more
like Oxfam at The Times.

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