What if UK parties got £50 per paid-up member from the state instead of chasing mega-donors? The Autonomy Institute's plan would cost £50m a year - and clean up politics.
Babelfish
We're Babelfish. Not quite straight out of Hitchhiker's Guide - but in the same vein. A voice in your ear, making sense of the nonsense. Talking your language. Un spinning the spin. We're a pop up. New media, here to intervene - bearing facts, tongue in cheek, for fun, with purpose. Keep an ear out for us.
Latest articles by Babelfish
A modest cut to the Sovereign Grant could free £66m a year — enough to publicly fund UK political parties and break the grip of mega-donors. Here's how.
France banned corporate donations in 1995. Canada caps individual donations at £930. Five democracies show the UK how to stop mega-donors buying influence.
Farage built his brand on his Trump bromance. Now 80% of Britons view Trump unfavourably and 64% see America negatively. The relationship that once helped him is becoming his biggest liability.
Spoiler: Most people get it wrong
Deport 600,000 NHS Workers. Scrap the Equality Act. Take £37bn Out of the Economy. This Is What Voting Reform Actually Means.
They're Not True Believers. They Dislike Trump. They Back Workers' Rights. Reluctant Reformers Are Reform's Most Vulnerable Tribe.
Reform Promised Good Wages for a Hard Day's Work. Then Voted Against Sick Pay, the Minimum Wage and Unfair Dismissal Protection. The Working Right Should Know.
They Moved From the Tories to Reform Without Blinking. Progressive Arguments Won't Land. But Putin, Russia and Local Incompetence Might.
They Back Keir Starmer More Than Any Other Group. They Also Back Tommy Robinson. Meet Reform's Most Baffling Voter Segment.
99% Agree Climate Change Threatens Their Families. 78% Want More NHS Funding. The Squeezed Stewards Have More in Common With Labour Than They Think.
Britain’s energy bills are artificially high. Three simple reforms could cut costs, protect jobs and end exposure to global gas price shocks.
Millions are paying more than necessary for energy. Breaking the gas price link would cut bills and protect households and businesses.
Breaking the gas price link could halve energy bills, cut inflation and add £30bn to the economy, argues green entrepreneur Dale Vince.