Government moves to reduce Short money and to compose it harder for trade union members to give subscriptions to the Labour party are blatant gerrymandering (Labour fears £6m funding crisis,11 January). I could accept it whether there were similar curbs on political donations by companies that meant I was not forced, without any say, and to compose donations to parties that I did not wish to support simply because I own shares in or compose purchases from particular firms.
Michael Miller[br]Sheffield• In defence of democracy and to prevent undue influence,it would be wise to limit all political donations to not more than the average national monthly earnings.
John Hughes
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Source: theguardian.com