Responding to news that the Government will spend £9.3 million promoting its position on the EU referendum, Jonathan Isaby, Chief Executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:"This is a disgraceful abuse of taxpayers' money. When cash is scarce and budgets are tight, politicans should not be wasting nearly £10 million of our cash on political propaganda.
"The country is having an important debate about its relationship with the EU and it is essential that it is held on a level playing field. When provisions are already in place for each official campaign to receive equal amounts to help make their case to voters, this move will only serve to unfairly skew the debate.
"This is not 'government money', it is all taxpayers' money and it is deplorable that ministers see fit to use it to try and instruct us how to vote."
Even the stiff shirted electoral commission which never comments was moved to add its ire: We don’t think the government should have done it… [it gives Remain an] unfair advantage… undermines the principle [of spending limits]”
But then the commission is already investigating the overspend by Cameron who has form in this field regarding the election campaign against Nigel Farage
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David Cameron has even managed to breach the EUs own rules on conducting referendums as published by the Commission itself below:
EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR DEMOCRACY THROUGH LAW
(VENICE COMMISSION) CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE ON REFERENDUMS:-
The situation is different in the case of referendums, since it is legitimate for the different organs of government to convey their viewpoint in the debate for or against the text put to the vote.
They must not abuse their position, however. In any event, the use of public funds for campaigning purposes must be prohibited in order to guarantee equality of opportunity and the freedom of voters to form an opinion. In addition, the public authorities at every level (national, regional or local), must not engage in excessive, one-sided campaigning, but show neutrality.
Clearly, this does not mean they will not take a stand, but they must provide a certain amount of necessary information in order to enable voters to arrive at an informed opinion. The best solution is for the authorities to provide voters with an explanatory report setting out not only their viewpoint or that of persons sharing it, but also the opposing viewpoint, in a balanced way
David Cameron has even managed to breach the EUs own rules on conducting referendums as published by the Commission itself below:
EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR DEMOCRACY THROUGH LAW
(VENICE COMMISSION) CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE ON REFERENDUMS:-
The situation is different in the case of referendums, since it is legitimate for the different organs of government to convey their viewpoint in the debate for or against the text put to the vote.
They must not abuse their position, however. In any event, the use of public funds for campaigning purposes must be prohibited in order to guarantee equality of opportunity and the freedom of voters to form an opinion. In addition, the public authorities at every level (national, regional or local), must not engage in excessive, one-sided campaigning, but show neutrality.
Clearly, this does not mean they will not take a stand, but they must provide a certain amount of necessary information in order to enable voters to arrive at an informed opinion. The best solution is for the authorities to provide voters with an explanatory report setting out not only their viewpoint or that of persons sharing it, but also the opposing viewpoint, in a balanced way
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Taxpayer's Alliance? Funded by right-wing millionaires and most of the Brexit groups funded by hedgefund managers and non-dom media barons? Grassroots my behind!
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