The Times has a story on Labour Party members suspended over incidents related to lobbying. Under lobbying laws, which are more relaxed than those in the United States, it seems unlikely that the suspended members will face prosecution, not least because they had discussed only the potential for deals.
Category: Foreign Laws
Former Members of Parliament and lobbying connections
There’s some news arriving from England about an undercover report about Members of Parliament apparently seeking lobbying work after they leave office. (A little like Turkmeniscam?) The Times (UK) has a report (with video) and The Guardian has an editorial on the topic. Whatever happened to the Committee on Standards in Public Life, you ask? […]
Fighting the $5,000 contribution limit
The Edmonton Journal provides a Canadian perspective on a new campaign finance law in this report. Councillors unleashed a torrent of abuse Wednesday aimed at a new provincial campaign-finance law they called patronizing, cumbersome and expensive. “It’s offensive, it’s degrading and it absolutely infuriates me, and when I talk to the minister I will give […]