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8·1 day agoThis is long overdue. The United Kingdom has the second worst campaign finance system in the Western World. I mean, David Cameron got caught selling access in exchange for donations:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/mar/26/david-cameron-private-dinners-tory-donors
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/mar/25/david-cameron-peter-cruddas-pressure
The same thing happened again with Boris Johnson:
https://www.ft.com/content/8c6041ff-a223-43e9-9e45-53c3f7cf47f7
After scandals like this, many Western Democracies changed their campaign finance laws. Britain never did. A single guy just gave £9 million to Reform:
https://theconversation.com/reforms-9m-gift-and-the-rise-of-the-political-mega-donor-271428
What makes the UK particularly vulnerable to foreign powers is that:
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Donations from non-UK citizens are legal.
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MPs are allowed to have second jobs.
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The one easy thing that every country should do is ban parking requirement.
Requiring developers to build parking in every apartment building significantly increases the cost of housing. These costs are always passed on to new buyers.
Parking requirements also encourage extreme car dependency.
A UK government spokesman said: “Our special relationship with the US remains strong and the UK is firmly committed to ensuring the tech prosperity deal delivers opportunity for hardworking people in both countries.”
The UK-US special relationship is special because only Brits believe it’s true.
From what I understand, in exchange of agricultural products from Brazil and Argentina, these countries will make it easier for large EU corporations to sell cars and planes.
It’s basically bad for farmers but good for industry.
In theory, the winners are supposed to compensate the losers. In theory…
I’m not against international trade, but EU elites have lost the plot
Trade deals should have much stronger environmental and labor norms.
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