This week’s hot issue has been Labour’s problems with donations received through third parties, which has dominated the headlines quite substantially. The problem is that David Abrahams has donated more than £600,000 to the party under other people’s names. This is illegal, and Gordon Brown has acknowledged, and announced that the money will be returned. This has already cost Peter Watt, the Labour general secretary, his job, and may cost Jon Mendelsohn, Brown’s chief fundraiser and general election director, his job as well.
But the problems go deeper [...]
This has been yet another bad week for Labour and Gordon Brown. This is yet another nail in the coffin of Gordon Brown’s leadership, and allows the difficult-to-shift labels of “sleaze” and “scandal” to be attached to the entire party. Especially following on so soon after cash-for-honours, it certainly doesn’t help the general view of political parties and donations to them.
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But the problems go deeper [...]
This has been yet another bad week for Labour and Gordon Brown. This is yet another nail in the coffin of Gordon Brown’s leadership, and allows the difficult-to-shift labels of “sleaze” and “scandal” to be attached to the entire party. Especially following on so soon after cash-for-honours, it certainly doesn’t help the general view of political parties and donations to them.
