Category Archives: Labour Party

Those dodgy Labour group donations in full . . .

Posted on December 5, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Here they are. Labour Party donations originating from an unincorporated association based in a publicly-owned building at an office staffed by council officers . . .

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Labour funding: Do we have two associations with one member working from the same office?

Posted on December 4, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

It gets murkier and murkier with regards to whatever ‘the Bristol Labour Group’ is and their generous £10k cash donation to the Bristol North West Constituency Labour Party. It almost seems as if there’s two Bristol Labour Groups operating at … Continue reading →

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Labour funding: now we have an association of one!

Posted on December 3, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

As reported yesterday, ‘the Bristol Labour Group’ – an unincorporated association listing a Council House address – has donated £10,000 in cash in this year alone to the Bristol North West Labour Constituency Party. The presumption yesterday was that ‘the … Continue reading →

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Labour funding: local angles (1)

Posted on December 2, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

While leafing through the Electoral Commission’s register of donations to political parties we find a most unusual couple of entries. It seems that the Bristol Labour Group – an unincorporated association registered at the Council House – made two donations … Continue reading →

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Labour funding: it's getting very personal!

Posted on December 1, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Any hopes that the Labour government might get a day off and a chance to regroup today were destroyed when the increasingly disgruntled dodgy donor, David Abrahams, took to the pages The Guardian to give his side of the story. … Continue reading →

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Labour funding: corruption's coming home!

Posted on November 30, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

It’s been very quiet over on Kerry McCarthy’s blog since the Labour Party funding scandal caught fire earlier this week. It’s just silence – not even an attempt at the latest unbelievable and threadbare “line to take” – from the … Continue reading →

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Labour Party funding: more, more, more!

Posted on November 30, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

David Abrahams – “The man they don’t know”! Peter Hain is now admitting he received a £5k donation for his deputy leadership campaign from the Labour Party fundraiser at the centre of the row, Jon Mendolsohn. Apparently he just “forgot” … Continue reading →

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Labour Party funding: another day, another writ?

Posted on November 29, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

It just gets better and better. Gordon Brown’s under siege fundraiser the increasingly calm and rational Jon Mendelsohn has now threatened – live on BBC Radio Five Live – to sue the Evening Standard for libel!!! Great news. That’s Labour’s … Continue reading →

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Questions, questions 1: The bearded weirdoes investigate . . .

Posted on November 28, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Some more excellent news regarding Bristol’s Labour administration’s use of our council tax. Their latest money wasting wheeze has, apparently, been to launch an investigation into how The Bristol Blogger came to get a copy of their aimless and pointless … Continue reading →

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Labour Party funding: beyond farce

Posted on November 28, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

New rumour circulating is that the latest Labour donor under the microscope is Joseph Waugh, a bicycle shop manager from the North East. There must be a lot of money in bicycle shop management ’cause Mr Waugh donated £50,000 to … Continue reading →

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