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Charity fundraisers as model for political parties

Howard Lake | 24 January 2000 | News

“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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