International Marxist Group Archive

Magazines, bulletins and booklets of the IMG and its forerunners, 1961–1984

The cost of buying votes

· The Week Vol. 1, No. 25, 18 June 1964 · p. 8 of the scan · 104 words

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from Jim Wilcox

A recent issue of the Sunday Times had an article entitled "Is Labour going brékeé?" , the most interesting part of which was a table of expenditure by the Tory Party and other anti-Labour organisations, The figures for financial year ending April were: Tory Party, &62,000; Economic League, £56,000; Aims of Industry,£113,000; Iron & Steel Federation, £238,000; and Stewart & Lloyds, £57,000. The article prophesied. that these orgs. would spend even more between now and the election. In addition such groups as Colin Hurry, N.A.B.M., were not active yet, but had spent more than £550,000 prior to the last general election,

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