Because what our politicians are doing this week is not preventing people from buying an election. They're actually determining who can buy it. And they've very sensibly decided it should be them. While deftly wrapping a gag of red tape around everyone else's tongue, their bill specifically exempts parliamentarians from its provisions.
And fair enough too! Democracy is far too precious to squander on the common herd.
The Electoral Finance Bill comes up for its 3rd reading next week, sadly, it still looks set to pass (come on Greens, show some backbone!).
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