Excessive-profile controversies surrounding the funding of political events have shown how inequalities in wealth can enter the political process. The expansion of the professional lobbying of MPs and the chief raises related questions on cash in politics. Extra broadly, inequalities emerge by way of the alternatives the public need to take part in political debate. This analysis of the methods wealth can be utilized to influence politics in Britain explores the threat posed to the principle of political equality. In addition to inspecting lobbying and party funding, the discussion additionally focuses on the ownership and control of the media, the prospect to be heard on the web and the impression of the privatisation of public spaces on rights to assemble and protest. Taking a look at this vary of political activities, the creator proposes various strategies designed to guard the integrity of British democracy and stop inequalities in wealth becoming inequalities in politics.
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