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[–] tal@lemmy.today 7 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

Mmm...an important caveat there is that that effect would happen if one considers the impact on the UK as it exists in the absence of such hypothetical rules. I think that you'd find that if you put a cap in place, you would shortly thereafter discover a bunch of lawyers have produced financial structures designed to effectively work around said rules.

For example, there's a limit on how much one can contribute to a political party in the US, but one might contribute to various political action committees or to various non-specific-candidate-centered NGOs or so forth. I don't think that there's any limit on how much one can personally spend promoting a candidate.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 hours ago

Yeah, if you pass a new rule, they'll try to find workarounds. It's an arms race.

[–] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

PACs are far more limited outside of the US, they are obviously a way to get around spending limits and most countries treat them as such because they aren't bound by the immutable lore of some dead Slavers.

But yes you're correct in that they will find ways to work within the rules, so it will likely be much less effective than stoping 85% of Reform donations.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 4 points 22 hours ago

🫢 shocking