Hayden Phillips and Jack Straw: The continuation of British exceptionalism in party finance?

Parliamentary Affairs

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 298-317

  Fisher, Justin ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67650828067     PISSN: 00312290     EISSN: 14602482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pa/gsn047     Document Type: Article

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6. Fisher, op. cit., n. 2.
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17. Ibid., p. 15.
18. Ibid., p. 16.
19. Ibid., pp. 20-3.
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21. Clift and Fisher, op. cit., n. 1.
22. Scarrow, op. cit., n. 10.
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27. van Biezen and Kopecký, op. cit., n. 23.
28. Pierre, Svåsand and Widfeldt, op. cit., n. 13, p. 1-24.
29. van Biezen and Kopecký, op. cit., n. 23, p. 245.
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32. M. Pinto-Duschinsky, British Political Finance 1830-1980, American Enterprise Institute, 1981, p. 26.
33. Although the evidence to suggest enhanced national performance as a result of increased spending is not compelling. See J. Fisher, 'Party Expenditure and Electoral Prospects: a National Level Analysis of Britain', Electoral Studies, 18, 1999, 519-32.
34. Clift and Fisher, op. cit., n. 1.
35. See J. Fisher, 'Party Finance and Corruption: Britain', in R. Williams (ed.), Party Finance and Political Corruption, MacMillan Press, 2000, pp. 15-36.
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37. Clift and Fisher, op. cit., n. 1.
38. Scarrow, op. cit., n. 10.
39. Clift and Fisher, op. cit., n. 3, pp. 234-57.
40. See Clift and Fisher, op. cit., n. 1.
41. Phillips, op. cit., n. 30, p. 1.
42. Clift and Fisher, op. cit., n. 1.
43. Ibid.
44. See, for example, J. Fisher, E. Fieldhouse, D. Denver, A. Russell and D. Cutts, The General Election 2005: Campaign Analysis, Report produced for the Electoral Commission, 2005.
45. Clift and Fisher, op. cit., n. 1.
46. Phillips, op. cit., n. 30, p. 13.
47. van Biezen, op. cit., n. 23.
48. See J. Fisher, 'Whither the Parties?' in R. Hazell (ed.), Constitutional Futures Revisited, Palgrave, 2008, pp. 249-66.
49. Committee on Standards in Public Life, The Funding of Political Parties in the United Kingdom, HMSO, 1998.
50. J. Fisher, 'Party Funding: Back to Square One (and a Half), or Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining?', Political Quarterly, 79, 2008, 119-25.
51. Ministry of Justice, Party Finance and Expenditure in the United Kingdom, HMSO, 2008, p. 4.
52. Committee on Standards in Public Life, op. cit., n. 49, R49, p. 124.
53. This is calculated at 2008 prices using the annual RPI (including all items) with 2000 as the base.
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55. Committee on Standards in Public Life, Eleventh Report: Review of the Electoral Commission, HMSO Cm 7006, 2007; Constitutional Affairs Committee, Party Funding, HMSO HC 163-1, 2006.