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Following the money - Blair, Levy and Dromey

23

July

MatGB 05:08 pm Add comment
On the subject of the Lords as an accident waiting to happen, we have two interesting post. Garry Smith shows that the loans were probably not, really, on commercial terms, and were really donations in disguise.
In fact, the loans are actually only repayable six months after the lender specifically asks for them to be repaid. If the lender does not do so, the loan might conceivably never be repaid. It’s almost as if the terms of the loans have been specifically written so that they could be turned into donations at a later date.

In the meantime, Shaun Rolph has all the evidence pointing that Levy and Blair acted illegally if they did withhold details of the money to the elected party treasurer, Jack Dromey (via).

anyone who, with intent to deceive, concealed from Jack Dromey (i) the amount of any donation made to the party, or (ii) the person or body making such a donation, has committed a criminal offence.

It’s probably a good thing for tired Tony that he knows a few decent lawyers, right? When I wrote that post, I didn’t even think to dream he’d be out because he broke a law he himself wrote.

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Party funding: democracy versus centralism

18

June

MatGB 09:18 pm 4 comments

Well, party funding is in the news again. Apparently, the leader of the House of Commons “has called for a permanent cap on the amount political parties are allowed to spend”. Hmmm. Good, I think. Or maybe not. At what point do you control things? Mandatory spending limits? Not very, well, liberal, is it? Except that, well, I’ve called for such limits before. Most certainly, they can’t be along the lines that “The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have proposed an upper limit of about £50,000″. So, if you have a huge fundraising drive, and manage to persuade everyone in the coutnry to give you, say £5, you still can’t spend it all? What do you do with the rest, bank it?
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Reform, POWER, Parties, Party funding and campaign financeDigg this storyAdd to Del.icio.us

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