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SLG
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SNP donations pour inAll the good news paying off in terms of donations. Crucial when Labour are having financial problems.
| Quote: | SNP on course for £1m election war chest as donations pour in
MICHAEL SETTLE
The SNP is on course to have its largest election war chest ever with the Nationalists' fighting fund for the Scottish Parliamentary elections in May on course to top £1m.
The Herald has been told that, following on from the donation of £100,000 from Sir Tom Farmer, the Kwik-Fit founder, and a £50,000 pledge from Ian Watson, chairman of Galahad Gold mining company, another five people have matched the latter figure, meaning in just one week the party was promised £200,000.
Last night, a senior party source told The Herald: "We are very confident in the days ahead other people will come forward with more match-funding."
The SNP's election coffers now stand at £500,000 and party chiefs believe they will top the £1m mark well before the spring polling day as more people dip into their pockets. In 2003, the party's campaign budget was just £400,000.
A senior party source said: "We are making significant progress in campaign funding. The extra funds give us an opportunity to move up organisationally and do more things.
"We're looking to have our biggest fighting fund. The momentum is with us. We're getting very positive feedback. Nobody else is at the races at the moment."
While the SNP insists it traditionally gets most of its money from low level donations, the Electoral Commission shows registerable donations - ie gifts over £1000 - to the party were: in 2003, £150,871, most of which was down to a £74,000 bequest; in 2004 £116,054, including a bequest of £80,000; and in 2005 just £27,000.
For the first two quarters of 2006, registerable donations have already topped £100,000.
The SNP is using a number of American-style campaigning techniques including "text donations", where supporters pledge gifts over their mobile telephones.
The party is also using Activate, an IT system which enables it to target individual voters in specific areas to make campaigning more effective and maximise voter turnout.
"We have the most high-tech political campaigning of any party in the UK," said the source. "We are taking a much more professional approach."
SNP chiefs believe the surge in financial support is part of a wider picture; that more and more people are disenchanted with the Scottish Executive and are prepared at least to consider, if not actively support, Scottish independence.
Business leaders, in particular, are, claim sources, more willing than ever to talk about the party's economic policies.
There was positive news yesterday for the SNP with a poll in one Sunday newspaper suggesting Scots would prefer to see Alex Salmond as First Minister than Jack McConnell. According to a survey in the Sunday Mail, 33% of people support the SNP leader with 24% favouring Mr McConnell.
The poll also had the Nationalists ahead of Labour in both the constituency vote and the regional lists. 35% said they would vote SNP in their constituency against 32% for Labour.
For the regional list vote, 28% would select the Nats, compared to 25% for Labour. |
http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/72737.html
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franko
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Re: SNP donations pour in | SLG wrote: | All the good news paying off in terms of donations. Crucial when Labour are having financial problems.
| Quote: | SNP on course for £1m election war chest as donations pour in
MICHAEL SETTLE
The SNP is on course to have its largest election war chest ever with the Nationalists' fighting fund for the Scottish Parliamentary elections in May on course to top £1m.
The Herald has been told that, following on from the donation of £100,000 from Sir Tom Farmer, the Kwik-Fit founder, and a £50,000 pledge from Ian Watson, chairman of Galahad Gold mining company, another five people have matched the latter figure, meaning in just one week the party was promised £200,000.
Last night, a senior party source told The Herald: "We are very confident in the days ahead other people will come forward with more match-funding."
The SNP's election coffers now stand at £500,000 and party chiefs believe they will top the £1m mark well before the spring polling day as more people dip into their pockets. In 2003, the party's campaign budget was just £400,000.
A senior party source said: "We are making significant progress in campaign funding. The extra funds give us an opportunity to move up organisationally and do more things.
"We're looking to have our biggest fighting fund. The momentum is with us. We're getting very positive feedback. Nobody else is at the races at the moment."
While the SNP insists it traditionally gets most of its money from low level donations, the Electoral Commission shows registerable donations - ie gifts over £1000 - to the party were: in 2003, £150,871, most of which was down to a £74,000 bequest; in 2004 £116,054, including a bequest of £80,000; and in 2005 just £27,000.
For the first two quarters of 2006, registerable donations have already topped £100,000.
The SNP is using a number of American-style campaigning techniques including "text donations", where supporters pledge gifts over their mobile telephones.
The party is also using Activate, an IT system which enables it to target individual voters in specific areas to make campaigning more effective and maximise voter turnout.
"We have the most high-tech political campaigning of any party in the UK," said the source. "We are taking a much more professional approach."
SNP chiefs believe the surge in financial support is part of a wider picture; that more and more people are disenchanted with the Scottish Executive and are prepared at least to consider, if not actively support, Scottish independence.
Business leaders, in particular, are, claim sources, more willing than ever to talk about the party's economic policies.
There was positive news yesterday for the SNP with a poll in one Sunday newspaper suggesting Scots would prefer to see Alex Salmond as First Minister than Jack McConnell. According to a survey in the Sunday Mail, 33% of people support the SNP leader with 24% favouring Mr McConnell.
The poll also had the Nationalists ahead of Labour in both the constituency vote and the regional lists. 35% said they would vote SNP in their constituency against 32% for Labour.
For the regional list vote, 28% would select the Nats, compared to 25% for Labour. |
http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/72737.html |
Yes, donations from anti-trade union scumbags like Tom Farmer, who sacked workers from Kwik Fit who attempted to speak up for workers rights.
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SLG
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Re: SNP donations pour in | franko wrote: | | Yes, donations from anti-trade union scumbags like Tom Farmer, who sacked workers from Kwik Fit who attempted to speak up for workers rights. |
Depends whether you think the ends justify the means.
The SNP get almost all their funding from individual members.
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Mctosh45
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Franco,
Thats as may be,but are you pro Independence?
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