Neither political donations nor special interest groups should dictate policy | Letters
Readers respond to George Monbiot’s article on Andy Burnham and political donationsGeorge Monbiot condemns Andy Burnham for his alleged subservience to the interests of the wealthy (Andy Burnham has already made a mistake that will cost him his premiership: he lost his nerve over political donations, 2 September). If true, I agree. But the same could be said of any interest holding sway in our politics. Lobbying groups, activists, unions, thinktanks, people who obsess about this, that or the other.…
Source: www.theguardian.com