You cannot understand the politics of this country until you grasp the Pollution Paradox:
The most antisocial commercial interests have the greatest incentive to buy political favour, otherwise they would be regulated out of existence. So politics comes to be dominated by them.
The most antisocial commercial interests have the greatest incentive to buy political favour, otherwise they would be regulated out of existence. So politics comes to be dominated by them.
What this means is that nothing can really change without a radical reform of political funding (campaign finance). Here (next tweet) is my idea of what it should look like.
Every party would be allowed to charge the same, modest fee for membership (perhaps £50). It would then receive matching funding from the state, as a multiple of its membership receipts.
*There would be no other permissible sources of income*.
*There would be no other permissible sources of income*.
Some people are saying £50 is too much. Maybe. I'm not attached to this figure. But I would point out that it's lower than the current standard price of Labour Party membership (£56.04 pa). 
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