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Alice Thomson in the Telegraph writes about the public funding of political parties and mentions perhaps one of the reasons that both Labour and the Conservative leaders are keen on the issue of public funding.  That of falling membership of the main parties “Instead of playing endless games of tennis with Lord Levy, Mr Blair should have spent more time working on his party’s declining membership. Not only do members pound the streets, but they give their £10 without mentioning a CBE.”

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