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Recall of MPs Bill

Proceeding contribution from Lord Beamish (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 21 October 2014. It occurred during Debate on bills on Recall of MPs Bill.

What happens in practice in the United States is that individuals who take against a policy or a state or national representative can use their tremendous wealth to use a campaign in the lead-up to the recall election to undermine such a representative. The idea that that is somehow empowering the voters is not the case. Recall empowers very wealthy individuals who could then—

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
586 c789 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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