Well, we now know that at least one Labour bigwig knew that David Abrahams was using proxies to make donations to the party. Baroness Margaret Jay, daughter of the late Prime Minister, Jim Callaghan, warned Hilary Benn not to accept a donation from a third party because it was in fact from Mr Abrahams. Next question: how did Baroness Jay know and how many others knew?
Last night it emerged that the sums donated by Mr Abrahams are higher than previously stated and amount to at least £673,975.
Gordon Brown must be dreading PMQs today. Not only is he likely to be savaged over the donations affair, but he will still have to contend with the ongoing nightmares of the Northern Rock and HMRC.
Labour MPs are clearly in a state of shock at the moment. Last month they were gearing up for an election they expected to win; now they are mentally battening down the hatches and preparing for a two-year slog towards an election they expect to lose.
Some are reacting in an extraordinarily brittle way; last night, a North Wales member became remarkably tetchy with me when I mildly suggested to him that his party was in a bit of a stew.
Others are more resigned. Bob Marshall-Andrews, MP for Medway, is quoted in today’s Telegraph as saying: “There is a growing sense that we are part of a Shakespearean tragedy here. Blow after blow is falling; they are not in themselves related but they have a cumulative effect. The net effect is an atmosphere of inevitable and impending doom.”
Should the Chief Constable of North wales be less of a politician and be more of a Policeman?
Even he in fairness may well make a better job of it than this bunch are making of it.
Talk about the right arm not knowing what the left is doing is an understatement with this shower.
If Gordon was an animal , you would do the kind thing and put him out of his misery now!
Bulls eye at PMQ’s Mr Jones, shame you did not, as others did not, get a straight answer.
Dennis Skinner by the way could have done with been thrown out for the his despicable behaviour aimed by the look of things at David Cameron.
I have no doubt the Taxman will be looking into the personal accounts of some of these indviduals involved!
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