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Here's a list of companies who donate to the Tories on 09:11 - Sep 4 by GlasgowBlue
That’s a bit daft. The Labour Party grew out of the Trades Union Movement.
The whole idea of trades union sis to get better working conditions for its members. That’s a natural fit with what Labour should stand for.
I am surprised that you follow a team that plays in blue! Your vision must be colour blind as your views are so one sided as to deny any other opinion to be valid. It makes me feel so sad that supporters of such a great club, that I have supported for over my lifetime, can be so intolerant when people have different views and cannot express them without attracting abuse.
Here's a list of companies who donate to the Tories on 10:02 - Sep 4 by Ryorry
Billingtons' sugar will be easy to replace; Asda mobile PAYG, Sainsburys, Ocado & Dorset Cereals Simply Oats Granola less so!
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But as Tate & Lyle and Silver Spoon are also on the list will Billingtons be so easy to replace? Although the real answer is to cut out refined sugars and get it all from fruit anyway.
I guess the Dorset Cereals can be replaced by Jordans or Co-op own brand in my case.
Sainsbury's I have gone right off in recent years so that is not a problem for me, I think it is something to do with their orange colour scheme and it's interrelation with large scale florescent lighting that is having an adverse effect on my ageing eyes. That and almost a hundred pounds worth of Nectar points being cancelled when I was out of Britain for a few months, oh and them closing down their mobile phone operation at very short notice with the result that I lost the number I had held since my first mobile phone.
Here's a list of companies who donate to the Tories on 10:19 - Sep 4 by meekreech
I am surprised that you follow a team that plays in blue! Your vision must be colour blind as your views are so one sided as to deny any other opinion to be valid. It makes me feel so sad that supporters of such a great club, that I have supported for over my lifetime, can be so intolerant when people have different views and cannot express them without attracting abuse.
This reply to Glassers?
WTAF?
I was born underwater, I dried out in the sun.
I started humping volcanoes baby, when I was too young.
Here's a list of companies who donate to the Tories on 10:19 - Sep 4 by WeWereZombies
But as Tate & Lyle and Silver Spoon are also on the list will Billingtons be so easy to replace? Although the real answer is to cut out refined sugars and get it all from fruit anyway.
I guess the Dorset Cereals can be replaced by Jordans or Co-op own brand in my case.
Sainsbury's I have gone right off in recent years so that is not a problem for me, I think it is something to do with their orange colour scheme and it's interrelation with large scale florescent lighting that is having an adverse effect on my ageing eyes. That and almost a hundred pounds worth of Nectar points being cancelled when I was out of Britain for a few months, oh and them closing down their mobile phone operation at very short notice with the result that I lost the number I had held since my first mobile phone.
Oh dear, esp re Sains. Yes, the quality of their fresh veg in particular I've noticed has gone right down in recent months, tho some of that may be outside their control with sources being more limited now than ever.
Have just looked in my cupboard, have a half-full bag of Waitrose own brand, fully Fairtrade compliant, unrefined Demerara cane sugar, which is what I'm using at the mo & which is lovely, esp in coffee, so will stick with that. Also an untried as yet small jar of Vermont organic maple sugar.
Here's a list of companies who donate to the Tories on 10:14 - Sep 4 by leitrimblue
Feck me! You don't by any chance have a non palm oil teacake recipe on yer?
'fraid not, but I volunteer every week at a local craft fair and get to take home some of the cake that is unsold at the end of the day so very rarely bake my own cake. I did go to a premiere of the film 'Tawai' in which 'Tribe' star Bruce Parry rails against the environmental destruction wrought by palm oil plantations in Malaysia. In the Q&A session that followed a local Scots woman was very vocal about how we should all buy Tunnocks tea cakes instead of what we buy at present to solve the problem and that is what prompted me to check the ingredients.
On a positive note, Paterson's make a point of advertising their Ornag-utan friendly shortbread's palm oil free constitution. And it has the red light light for fat and sugar content so that might fill the pie gap too...
Here's a list of companies who donate to the Tories on 10:19 - Sep 4 by meekreech
I am surprised that you follow a team that plays in blue! Your vision must be colour blind as your views are so one sided as to deny any other opinion to be valid. It makes me feel so sad that supporters of such a great club, that I have supported for over my lifetime, can be so intolerant when people have different views and cannot express them without attracting abuse.
Good work Meekreech. About time someone had a word with that commie GB. Him and his hard-core left wing views make this board unusable at times
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Here's a list of companies who donate to the Tories on 10:54 - Sep 4 with 2157 views
Clinton Cards (donations to individual MPs of which this is an example)
Cobra Beer
Country House Weddings Ltd
Crusha (milkshakes — owned by Associated British Foods)
CVC Capital Partners (via co-founder Bruce Hardy McLain)
Delamere Dairy
DFS Furniture (historical — Tory donor Lord Graham Kirkham lost control in 2013)
Dorset Cereals (owned by Associated British Foods)
Dow Investments plc
Dunelm (owner Bill Adderly donated £500,000 to the Tory 2019 election campaign)
Dyson (household appliance manufacturer)
EADS UK
E.On (gas and electricity supplier)
Express Newspapers
Flamingo Land (Yorkshire theme park)
Garden Centre Group
Gatwick Airport
GCH Capital (manufacturing and distribution)
Genix Healthcare (NHS and private dental clinics)
Ginsters (pasty and pie manufacturer, owned by Tory donors Samworth Brothers)
Golden Wonder (crisps)
Heathrow Airport
Hooch (drink, owned by Tory donor Global Brands Ltd)
Iceland (supermarket)
Imperial London Hotels Ltd
Jacksons of Piccadilly (tea — owned by Associated British Foods)
JCB (construction, but has also licenced hundreds of other products)
Jordans (cereals — owned by Associated British Foods)
JP Morgan Cazenove (via former chairman David Mayhew)
Kingsmill (bread — owned by Associated British Foods)
Kurt Geiger (shoemakers)
LNT Group (boss Lawrence Tomlinson donated £40,500 to 13 Tory candidates in 2019 election)
The London Cabaret Club
Lycamobile (SIM card company)
McLaren (automotive)
Meggitt (aerospace engineering)
Melton Mowbray pies (owned by Tory donors Samworth Brothers)
Microsoft Ltd (UK branch of the US corporation. This could be tricky as I expect we all have Microsoft products!)
Moonpig.com
Mothercare
National Express
New Cross Nursing Group Ltd (nurse agency)
Next
Nielsen Massey (vanilla and food flavourings — owned by Associated British Foods)
Numis (investment banker)
Ocado
Ovaltine (owned by Associated British Foods)
OVO Energy (through managing director Stephen Fitzpatrick)
Palantir
Parabis Group (legal & professional services)
Patak’s (owned by Associated British Foods)
Petrofac (via chairman Ayman Asfari)
Pimlico Plumbers
Powerleague (five-a-side football group)
Radnor Hills Mineral Water
Frederic Robinson Ltd (owns Robinson Breweries and 280 pubs in the North West, producer of bottled and cask beers)
Ryvita (owned by Associated British Foods)
Sainsbury’s (supermarket) (due to donations by Tory Lord John Sainsbury, the company’s president, totalling more than £1 million between 2001 and 2017. There is also a Lord David Sainsbury who donated £8 million to the Liberal Democrats — but his holdings in the firm are now managed as a ‘blind’ trust to prevent any conflict of interest with his political career.)
Scottish Power (although this firm seems confused and has also given to Labour)
Selfridges (department store)
Serco
Shop Direct
Silver Spoon (suger manufacturer, owned by Associated British Foods)
Soreen Malt Loaf (owned by Tory donors Samworth Brothers)
The Spectator (magazine, via former owner Sir Henry Keswick)
Speedibake (bakery products — owned by Associated British Foods)
The Sun (newspaper (it says))
Sunblest (bread — owned by Associated British Foods)
Tate & Lyle (sugar manufacturer)
Telecom Plus
Tempcover (car insurer)
Towergate Partnership (insurance/financial)
Truvia (sweeteners — owned by Associated British Foods)
Tullow Oil
Twinings (tea manufacturer, owned by Associated British Foods)
Tyrells (crisps)
Veetee Rice (food)
VK (alcopop owned by Tory donor Global Brands Ltd)
Warburtons (bread manufacturer)
Wates (construction)
Westfield (shopping centre operator)
Wetherspoons (pub chain)
Wittington Investments (food)
Wren Kitchens
Ta.
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Here's a list of companies who donate to the Tories on 11:41 - Sep 4 with 2117 views
To be transparent, it is probably non ethical for any political party to receive donations as there is always a hidden agenda. But I guess they need the money from somewhere.
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Here's a list of companies who donate to the Tories on 11:51 - Sep 4 with 2108 views
All those companies obviously believe that they can buy influence by donating to the Tories. The last few years has proven them to be right.
It not necessarily an indication of any alignment with Tory views. Airbus, for instance, were vehemently anti brexit and have been badly damaged by it.
Here's a list of companies who donate to the Tories on 11:41 - Sep 4 by CityBlue
To be transparent, it is probably non ethical for any political party to receive donations as there is always a hidden agenda. But I guess they need the money from somewhere.
Political donations are small in purely financial terms. Instead, I’d give parties this 5-10 million or whatever it is out of the public purse if it meant protecting and retaining the purpose of a representative democracy.
Political parties already get public money to operate (forget what it’s called and Google isn’t my friend looking for it). So there’s no reason the Tories or Labour need to be receiving big donations from private individuals and companies. Private donations could be capped at a more deomocratically accessible and responsible rate of say 50 quid.
Pronouns: He/Him
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Here's a list of companies who donate to the Tories on 12:05 - Sep 4 with 2063 views
Here's a list of companies who donate to the Tories on 12:00 - Sep 4 by Darth_Koont
Political donations are small in purely financial terms. Instead, I’d give parties this 5-10 million or whatever it is out of the public purse if it meant protecting and retaining the purpose of a representative democracy.
Political parties already get public money to operate (forget what it’s called and Google isn’t my friend looking for it). So there’s no reason the Tories or Labour need to be receiving big donations from private individuals and companies. Private donations could be capped at a more deomocratically accessible and responsible rate of say 50 quid.
About 40% of Tory donations in 2020 came from Russians. They are still taking donations from Russians, even during the Ukraine war.
Here's a list of companies who donate to the Tories on 12:00 - Sep 4 by Darth_Koont
Political donations are small in purely financial terms. Instead, I’d give parties this 5-10 million or whatever it is out of the public purse if it meant protecting and retaining the purpose of a representative democracy.
Political parties already get public money to operate (forget what it’s called and Google isn’t my friend looking for it). So there’s no reason the Tories or Labour need to be receiving big donations from private individuals and companies. Private donations could be capped at a more deomocratically accessible and responsible rate of say 50 quid.
Here's a list of companies who donate to the Tories on 12:12 - Sep 4 by Darth_Koont
Exactly why donations shouldn’t be as acceptable in the first place. This money is way too much about buying influence and/or receiving favours.
I know our FPTP system and resulting parties are a democratic embarrassment. But this stuff adds insult to injury.
It is a disgrace. First past the post is an apology for true democracy, however I don't think that PR would improve the bribery issue very much. It might even make it worse. We need state funded political parties.
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Here's a list of companies who donate to the Tories on 13:02 - Sep 4 with 1962 views
Here's a list of companies who donate to the Tories on 09:29 - Sep 4 by Darth_Koont
To be fair, trade unionists and workers have been taking a kicking until the middle class also started to feel the effects of living costs.
Very true.
In the spirit of reconciliation and happiness at the end of the Banter Era (RIP) and as a result of promotion I have cleared out my ignore list. Look forwards to reading your posts!
Why would Clinton Cards make individual donations to particular MPs? That stands out as especially suspicious. I can understand big businesses supporting the party overall to ensure the party of low taxation, high debt and minimal public services continues in power.
Here's a list of companies who donate to the Tories on 10:19 - Sep 4 by meekreech
I am surprised that you follow a team that plays in blue! Your vision must be colour blind as your views are so one sided as to deny any other opinion to be valid. It makes me feel so sad that supporters of such a great club, that I have supported for over my lifetime, can be so intolerant when people have different views and cannot express them without attracting abuse.
What is it you like about the Tories the best?
The open racism? The homophobia? The transphobia? The corruption? The incompetence? The ope spite directed towards anyone vulnerable? The criminality? The lying? The willingness to accept money from dodgy Russians?
I'm one of the people who was blamed for getting Paul Cook sacked. PM for the full post.
Here's a list of companies who donate to the Tories on 09:03 - Sep 4 by meekreech
Do you support the donations from the arrogant trade unions who have been shown to be greedy beyond belief and unaware of the damage they do peoples lives. When they become responsible in their attitudes to people then you can complain about people who support a different point of view. There are also companies and individuals who donate to the labour party so please show us that list, or would that be against your argument?
I'm not against the Labour Party, so you'll need to do your own homework.
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Here's a list of companies who donate to the Tories on 16:29 - Sep 4 with 1825 views
Here's a list of companies who donate to the Tories on 10:19 - Sep 4 by meekreech
I am surprised that you follow a team that plays in blue! Your vision must be colour blind as your views are so one sided as to deny any other opinion to be valid. It makes me feel so sad that supporters of such a great club, that I have supported for over my lifetime, can be so intolerant when people have different views and cannot express them without attracting abuse.
GlasgowBlue is a former Conservative Party member who is simply making a historically factual point in response to your post. You couldn't have got it much wronger!
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