More undeclared donations to Labour

[wendigo100]

You must be tax resident in the UK to become a peer. Ashcroft assured the House of Lords that he would move his affairs here. Unfortunately, they gave him the peerage beforehand, and trusted that he would do it.

That rings a bell now you mention it.

Still, at least it shows he's got some common sense!

[hugebrain]

You must be tax resident in the UK to become a peer. Ashcroft assured the House of Lords that he would move his affairs here. Unfortunately, they gave him the peerage beforehand, and trusted that he would do it.

So maybe he changed his mind?

I don't think there was a contractual obligation or anything.

[TheFaQQer]

Oh, any laws broken there too?

You must be tax resident in the UK to become a peer. Ashcroft assured the House of Lords that he would move his affairs here. Unfortunately, they gave him the peerage beforehand, and trusted that he would do it.

[BoredBloke]

Wendy Alexander is the sister of Douglas Alexander (Secretary of State for International Development) who Brown appointed in June 2007 as his election co-ordinator. I hope dodgy payments are a family thing and that Brown gets caught up even more with this

[wendigo100]

The people that made donations in Abrahams name are at least registered to vote, and pay tax in this country.

Unlike Lord Ashcroft.

Oh, any laws broken there too?

[TheFaQQer]

The people that made donations in Abrahams name are at least registered to vote, and pay tax in this country.

Unlike Lord Ashcroft.

[wendigo100]

I was amused by something Geoff Hoon (Chief Whip) said about the Abrahams case:

"Don't forget it was Labour who introduced these laws, and without them nobody would have been any the wiser."

Irony upon irony!

[sasguru]

This is an absolute disgrace! Brown should be forced to step down for this, even if the problems pre-dated his leadership of NL.

The issue for me is this: there is a new political class now that clearly believes that those in power are somehow above and beyond the laws that they impose upon everyone else. Politicians no longer see themselves as servants of the state and electorate. Instead they are too arrogant and indignified to resign so are either forced out kicking or screaming or are covertly rewarded for unacceptable and illegal conduct. Remember Mandelson?

This is bad for democracy, bad for law and order and bad for society at large. What sort of example does such arrogant attitudes send out? It can only be this: it's fine to do whatever you want provided you have the power, money and contacts to protect yourself, and provided you don't get caught.'

Integrity, principles and honesty - basic concepts like right and wrong - seem to be distant values now and this tells me that Britiain is now a country in crisis that has lost its moral compass. It's no longer a bad apple syndrome, the problem is endemic and only seems to be getting worse.

No tulip, Sherlock!

[Denny]

This is an absolute disgrace! Brown should be forced to step down for this, even if the problems pre-dated his leadership of NL.

The issue for me is this: there is a new political class now that clearly believes that those in power are somehow above and beyond the laws that they impose upon everyone else. Politicians no longer see themselves as servants of the state and electorate. Instead they are too arrogant and indignified to resign so are either forced out kicking or screaming or are covertly rewarded for unacceptable and illegal conduct. Remember Mandelson?

This is bad for democracy, bad for law and order and bad for society at large. What sort of example does such arrogant attitudes send out? It can only be this: it's fine to do whatever you want provided you have the power, money and contacts to protect yourself, and provided you don't get caught.'

Integrity, principles and honesty - basic concepts like right and wrong - seem to be distant values now and this tells me that Britiain is now a country in crisis that has lost its moral compass. It's no longer a bad apple syndrome, the problem is endemic and only seems to be getting worse.

[BoredBloke]

How come he only noticed this after everybody else had declared their problems. Why didn't he come out and declare his at the smae time?

[TimberWolf]

So how come this didn't come out when the police were called in last time?

[sasguru]

This is getting interesting. Shame it didn't happen just before an election.

[wendigo100]

Hain to list all campaign donors

Welsh Secretary Peter Hain said he is preparing a "full declaration" on donations made to him during the Labour deputy leadership campaign.

The Neath MP had already revealed a £5,000 donation had not been registered due to an "administrative error".

He has since admitted there were more donations that had not been declared. He is drawing up a list for the Electoral Commission.

I can understand Peter Hain getting caught because he is a complete idiot, but it makes me wonder how many more administrative errors there have been...