Donorgate comes back into focus

The Telegraph is reporting that:

"The scandal over the Labour Party's £670,000 illegal donations will return to haunt Gordon Brown in the New Year as criminal charges may be imminent, according to an authoritative Whitehall source.

The Daily Telegraph can disclose that those leading the investigation into the so-called "donorgate" affair will complete their inquiries as early as the end of next month.

The source has said that Peter Watt, who resigned as Labour's general secretary, may be facing criminal charges over his role in the worst fundraising controversy since Labour took power in 1997."


I will be amazed if any charges are brought as this Labour government has got away with murder over the last 10 years without any legal sanction.


"the source added that failings in the drafting of electoral laws would make a prosecution problematic despite the matter being described as "illegal" by the Prime Minister.

It is understood that only the person directly responsible for signing off the Labour Party's donations with the Electoral Commission can be held legally accountable for any misleading statements.

The prosecuting authorities are very unsure as to whether someone who was, or claims to be, unaware that what they were doing was illegal can be successfully prosecuted.

"The CPS will have to be able to establish there is a strong public interest in pushing ahead with a prosecution," said the source.

However, Mr Watt is still expected to be charged for his role in the scandal."


Since the Labour party are "the political wing of the British people" how could any prosecution of a Labour figure be in the public interest? These people really make me feel sick.