Herald Editorial: Speak now, or next year hold your peace

5:00AM Tuesday December 04, 2007
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Is the bill restricting political campaigning an attack on democracy?

The Herald has today, for the second time in a month, run a front page editorial calling for the Electoral Finance Bill to be scrapped, saying it is an attack on democracy

There will be no winners if the Electoral Finance Bill is passed into law this week. The Labour Party will have revised the electoral rules to suit itself, but that will be a pyrrhic victory if it loses the next election, as polls suggest it will. The National Party has promised to repeal the bill as soon as it gets the chance.

Go to the link at the top of the page for the full editorial.

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Clare Swinney

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