Many thanks to Robert Livingstone
Article originally posted on Political Scrapbook, 13 Jan, 2014.
They’ve already been accused of trying to “buy the General Election” by quietly raising the legal spending limit by £6.2 million to £32.7m in the face of concerns from the Electoral Commission over ‘undue influence’. The party has reportedly amassed a war chest of more than £70 million.
So if you want a flavour of how much cash Tories could be splashing on their bid to retain power, have a look at the document below. It’s a £114,000 invoice from Facebook to the Conservative Party — and that’s for just one month.
The bill (which Scrapbook obtained as part of the spending returns for the Rochester and Strood by-election) is dated 2 December and lists its ‘billing period’ as ‘NOV-14′.
The invoice is itemised as follows:
- “Email Collection New” — £71,147.25
- “Page likes – Conservatives” — £23,998.82
- “4040 Likes” — £12,713.38
- “Kelly Tolhurst for Rochester and Strood” — £3,084.41
- “Video advertising” — £4,014.35
If this is representative, it means they could be spaffing around £1 million per year on Facebook alone.
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We now enter the new world of political corruption for (DEMOCRACY) thanks to TTIP & Bankers.
I am in for the fight for humanity . Just hope I’m not alone !
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Nope you are not alone.
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Its appalling and frankly Repugnant and abhorrent.. A disgrace when so many folk are struggling to just make do..WE DON’T WANT THEM BACK…We don’t believe them or trust them Our nickname for the party are SELF-SERVATIVES because they only serve themselves NOT the people of the UK.
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Reblogged this on sdbast.
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I question the validity of Facebook likes. And I am somewhat ticked that the conservative party are wasting money in this way. It just shows how out of touch they are.
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If I have an objective to done by this page so I need many supporters and funs
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if i have an objective I must get funs to promote it.
Pay money is not always for lucrative projects.
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