Tag: political advertising
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Bethany Shiner: Just the Politics of Persuasion: Are Gaps in Regulation Affecting Political Campaigning Methods?
Introduction The chair of the Electoral Commission recently warned that British elections face a ‘perfect storm’ of threats to their integrity from developments in social media and political advertising, and third-party state actors. Such assessments, supported by allegations about the UK-EU referendum and the 2017 general election campaigns, call into question the effectiveness of the…
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Jacob Rowbottom: Cash for access and the problems of party funding
Following the Sunday Times cash for access sting, political parties are reported to be putting negotiations on reforming party funding on the fast track. Such discussions among the parties do not have a good record of success. The breakdown of negotiations over the Sir Hayden Phillips proposals in 2007 is well known. The report…