Seems that--In the minds of many (yes, many!)--the PM did the opposite of "buying other people's votes" with "your money" just the other day, THatcher--by giving thumbs up to the $10 million award to Omar Khadr. To believe the hundreds (and hundreds!) of angry comments and some of the G&M opinion pieces, the PM probably LOST many "other people's votes."  

Given your disgust with the notion of "attempting to buy my vote with my money", maybe you've found a way to be happy with the Khadr decision after all!