UKIP funding If you want to know about the real agenda of a political party it is vital that you understand how the party is funded. If UKIP were some kind of alternative, then surely they would have an alternative funding model, rather than relying on huge donations from super-wealthy individuals, just like the Tory party? Well the evidence speaks for itself,: UKIP are funded in exactly the same way as the Tory party, and were they ever to obtain any real measure of power, you can be absolutely sure that their financial backers will be looking for payback (in the form of favourable legislation, seats in the House of Lords, knighthoods, political appointments, subsidies and outsourcing contracts or even the chance to actually write government legislation for them) in exactly the same way major donors to the Tory party have been handed countless favours by the Tory led government. Aside from being funded in exactly the same way as the Tories, there is another absolutely compelling piece of evidence that they are nothing like the alternative people are looking for, which is the fact that the majority of their political donations come from people that used to finance the Tory party! UKIPs biggest donor is Paul Sykes, an ex-Tory donor, who has made his level of control over the party absolutely clear with statements like Me and Nigel work well together. Hes articulate and hes learned a lot ... but remember I binned Nigel once before in 2004. Another major Tory party donor turned UKIP backer is Eton educated Stuart Wheeler, who has risen rapidly through the UKIP party ranks to become their treasurer. Before he defected to to UKIP Wheeler handed out over £625,000 to the Tory party. Other major Tory donors that have taken to bankrolling UKIP include James Hanson, £10,000; Robin Birley, £15,000; Michael Stone, £20,000; John Scott, £7,500; John Craven, £12,500; William MacDougall, £8,000; and David Caldow, £16,000. Aside from the major Tory party donors turned UKIP backers, there are also the Tory wives. Theres Yvonne Vinson, the wife of Tory bigwig Nigel Vinson, whose donation seems to be related to her husbands threat to defect to UKIP if David Cameron doesnt take a more Euroskeptic stance. Then theres a £100,000 donation from Clare Barbour, who is the wife of Tory donor Patrick Barbour. Aside from the donations from people with clear and demonstrable links to the Tory party, there are also a number of donations from the classic Tory territory of the landed gentry. UKIP donors from the establishment upper-classes include James Charteris, Michael Cowdray, William Legge (more on him below) and David Stevens. Aside from the fact that UKIP are clearly bankrolled by Tories, they were also caught up in a ludicrous financial scandal in 2007 when they broke the electoral rules by accepting £367,697 in donations from an individual not registered to vote in the UK and a company not registered in the UK under the Companies Act 1985.For a party that bangs on endlessly about British sovereignty, accepting donations from unregistered voters (ie foreigners) and foreign registered corporations is stunningly hypocritical.
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 08:34:43 +0000
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