[pp.int.general] Pirate Party UK Critism

[Pasi Palmulehto]

> Erm... I mean we in the UK need money in order to offer a candidate in  
> every seat in every election.  Not every country has the same  
> democratic procedures.  In the UK, if we get enough votes, the party  
> gets its money back.  If we don't get enough votes, we don't get the  
> money back.  Currently the threshold for the general election is 5%,  
> so every seat where we get less than 5% of votes, we lose our deposit  
> of GBP500.  That means that if we matched the German result of 2%  
> overall, 3% in some places, it would cost us around 350,000 Euros if  
> we had a candidate standing for every seat, and we would need that  
> money to begin with, just to be allowed to compete in every seat.   
> That is why I don't feel bad that raising money is central to the  
> strategy for PPUK.

btw. how much is your member fee and do you clearly state why you have
it? it might help ppl to understand the reason for it.

-Scoffa