OOOPS I DID IT AGAIN, WENDY ALEXANDER NEW 12K FUNDING ROW!!!

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Labour chief in new funding row

WENDY ALEXANDER, the Scottish Labour leader, is facing an investigation by the Electoral Commission into a claim that she channelled £12,000 through a Labour front organisation to fund her constituency office. The police have also been asked to investigate.

The development put her under renewed pressure just days after the commission had ruled that it was not in the public interest to report her to police over a £950 illegal donation from Paul Green, a Jersey-based businessman, to her 2007 campaign for the party leadership.

Businessmen, including a Scottish Conservative party fundraiser, claim they were misled into contributing to her office in the run-up to the 2003 election to the Scottish parliament.

They attended two dinners organised by the nominally independent Scottish Industry Forum (SIF), held to promote the economic renewal of Renfrewshire, unaware that the money raised would effectively be used to help Alexander to be re-elected as MSP for Paisley North.

Yesterday Alex Neil, a Scottish National party MSP, said he would refer the matter to the commission. Strathclyde police have been asked by a different complainant to investigate whether deception took place.

Sir Alistair Graham, former chairman of the Commons committee on standards in public life, said that if the allegations were true she should consider resigning. “It is fairly fraudulent to invite people as a paying guest to discuss one subject, when the real purpose is to collect money for a political party,” he said.

Yesterday Labour gave conflicting accounts of the nature of the SIF. Lord Foulkes, a Labour peer, said that the forum was “never billed as politically neutral”. A Labour spokesman said the forum was separate from the party.

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October1974

Here we go again. Shocked

Someone very close to Wendy must be the mole. Her Shadow Cabinet appears to contain the said person. I wonder who it is?

William_Cleland

Maybe Gordon Brown is the one who wants shot of her.

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Reluctant Hero

Don't think it looks too good on Alex Neil either. Just days after saying that the Commission's decision was a whitewash, he is going to refer this matter to the Commission.

It could look as if he has a personal vendetta against her. The SNP have the moral high ground at the moment and Labour are a mess, so there is no need to stick the knife in too deep.