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Monday, May 16, 2022

Sean Plunkett: Political puff pieces funded by your tax dollar


Imagine being a support party for an incumbent government with a general election eighteen months away, the polls show the tide is going out for you and your big party mate and the pundits are picking a close-run thing come polling day.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could get a 90 minute documentary made about one of your most high profile MPs and have it aired on a major TV channel, shared on social media, and replayed on demand across the internet. That sort of publicity and exposure might just be enough to tip the scales of the election in your favour, to get you, and the big party you support, back into power.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could get someone else to pay for the whole thing, if you didn’t have to raise money through donations or declare the funding through the electoral commission.