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[Jebus_lives]

I am right because I heard a top Remain MP declare that overall with government spending they easily putspent the Leave campaign.......I don't take any notice of what @JEBUS_LIVES post .......on this subject .....

Government spending doesn't count in the campaign contributions.

 

[Jebus_lives]

I dont believe anything I see in the Guardian until it is backed up by another source. They are called lead campaigns everywhere I've seen

The BBC article is very short. You can read it in less than a minute.

Will the electoral commission do

Electoral Commission | Designation of lead campaigners for the EU referendum

www.electoralcommission.org.uk

 

[Jebus_lives]

Joey. Remain outspent the Leave campaign by £5m even without including the Govt spending.

What I find interesting from that spending summary is that the Tories, as a party, never spent a penny.

They didn't have to, they spent the money in the £9m advice leaflet.

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

Are we taking into account the money spent by the leave.EU campaign here? Don't forget there were a few leave campaigns running at the same time

 

[Jebus_lives]

Are we taking into account the money spent by the leave.EU campaign here? Don't forget there were a few leave campaigns running at the same time

According to the Electoral Commission the Campaign Spending was £19m to £13m in favour of 'Remain' groups, where spending was over £10000. Of course it doesn't account for spending under £10000

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

According to the Electoral Commission the Campaign Spending was £19m to £13m in favour of 'Remain' groups, where spending was over £10000. Of course it doesn't account for spending under £10000

I read somwhere that Leave.EU received some £24million in donations yet were limited in their election spending to £700K as they were not the official leave campaigner. What happened to the rest of that money?

 

[Joey66]

Government spending doesn't count in the campaign contributions.

Watch the daily politics live today ......and educate yourself over this matter.....

 

[Jebus_lives]

Watch the daily politics live today ......and educate yourself over this matter.....

I'll take the Electoral Commission as my authority thanks. .

Public Bodies and EU Referendum material

www.electoralcommission.org.uk

Campaigners in referendums

www.electoralcommission.org.uk

Media-Handbook-EU-Referendum.pdf

www.electoralcommission.org.uk

 

[Joey66]

I'll take the Electoral Commission as my authority thanks. .

Public Bodies and EU Referendum material

www.electoralcommission.org.uk

Campaigners in referendums

www.electoralcommission.org.uk

Media-Handbook-EU-Referendum.pdf

www.electoralcommission.org.uk

Your incorrect .......ask @Barnfred 55 - he is spot on....

 

[Jebus_lives]

I read somwhere that Leave.EU received some £24million in donations yet were limited in their election spending to £700K as they were not the official leave campaigner. What happened to the rest of that money?

Good question.

 

[Jebus_lives]

Your incorrect .......ask @Barnfred 55 - he is spot on....

Yes I'm sure he will. @Barnfred 55 can you clarify if government spending counted towards the referendum campaigns please?

Electoral Commission | Electoral Commission statement on UK Government leaflet ahead of EU Referendum

www.electoralcommission.org.uk

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

Good question.

That's naughty Nigel's slush fund sorted then.

 

[Jebus_lives]

I dont believe anything I see in the Guardian until it is backed up by another source. They are called lead campaigns everywhere I've seen

The BBC article is very short. You can read it in less than a minute.

If it's this one https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39075244

I've read it. What's your point?

 

[Barnfred 55]

Yes I'm sure he will. @Barnfred 55 can you clarify if government spending counted towards the referendum campaigns please?

Electoral Commission | Electoral Commission statement on UK Government leaflet ahead of EU Referendum

www.electoralcommission.org.uk

Joey.

Government spending on the 2016 EU referendum was completely exempt from the budget restrictions laid down by the Electoral Commission. That is a fact.

However, I believe that when the electoral commission laid down those rules they fully expected the Government to stay impartial/neutral throughout the campaign that followed. Clearly they didn't and came out 100% behind the Remain campaign. In that respect, in my opinion, it stopped being a level playing field.

Having said that, you are still correct Joey in that the Remain side outspent the Leave side by around £5m without even including the £9m that The Govt spent on it's advisory leaflet, so I really don't understand why we're going on about it.

 

[Barnfred 55]

Joey.

Government spending on the 2016 EU referendum was completely exempt from the budget restrictions laid down by the Electoral Commission. That is a fact.

However, I believe that when the electoral commission laid down those rules they fully expected the Government to stay impartial/neutral throughout the campaign that followed. Clearly they didn't and came out 100% behind the Remain campaign. In that respect, in my opinion, it stopped being a level playing field.

Having said that, you are still correct Joey in that the Remain side outspent the Leave side by around £5m without even including the £9m that The Govt spent on it's advisory leaflet, so I really don't understand why we're going on about it.

Your incorrect .......ask @Barnfred 55 - he is spot on....

Sorry Joey. forgot to link this.