Comments on: Labour’s secret donor: what the law says

By: Jock Coats

Jock Coats — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:50:28 +0000

Tory boys never grow up @ 4…

Marked registers are available for inspection.

By: David Rowe

David Rowe — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:17:09 +0000

Well its like this,If there is!or was! giving a donation to another and calling it corrupt thats not correct is it!Just think how many millions of donations of everykind given to all nations and projects its what the world is based upon!its not ideal but it works so be assured of this if you give me £500,000!! you wont get it back .Have fun.

By: Rob F

Rob F — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:36:18 +0000

The General Secretary has now quit, no doubt thanks to Lib Dem Voice’s tireless campaigning

By: Bridget Fox

Bridget Fox — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:04:59 +0000

Emily Thornberry Labour MP on the Westminster Hour http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml?http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio4_aod.shtml?radio4/westminsterhour
was struggling to defend this dodgy deal, basically saying, well, the Tories are no better.

She may be a lawyer; I’m glad she’s not mine….

By: tory boys never grow up

tory boys never grow up — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:45:32 +0000

How the hell does Greg Stone know if the guy voted – don’t the Lib Dems have a moral/legal requirement to keep such details confidential – perhaps I should tell all LibDems to f*** off in future when they contact me during elections?

By: Greg Stone

Greg Stone — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:25:25 +0000

We have checked EARS in Newcastle and Mr Ruddick is registered, although the only record we have of him voting in the last decade or so was May 2004.

By: Stephen Tall

Stephen Tall — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:46:09 +0000

Sigh… the usual Tory smears about “that dodgy donation”… so tedious.

Let’s be clear what the Electoral Commission said about it:

“The Electoral Commission has previously made clear its view that it was reasonable for the Liberal Democrats – based on the information available to them at the time – to regard the donations they received from 5th Avenue Partners Ltd in 2005, totalling just over £2.4m, as permissible.

“It remains the Commission’s view that the Liberal Democrats acted in good faith at that time, and the Commission is not re-opening the question of whether the party or its officers failed to carry out sufficient checks into the permissibility of the donations.”

There is a separate issue about whether the money Michael Brown gave the party was his to give away – but it is perfectly clear that the Lib Dems acted properly according to the Commission. So why the continued smears, LFAT?

By: Letters From A Tory

Letters From A Tory — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:43:31 +0000

I don’t think Labour will get away with this – the only question is how serious will the punishment be?

And what happened to that dodgy Lib Dem donation that you were supposed to be paying back sometime soon?