Via UKIPWebMaster, an article titled Alan Bown and Michael Brown - spot the difference(s) on Newsnight's political editor Michael Crick's BBC 'blog.
The main thrust of which will not be news to the well-informed reader:
Case A: Alan Bown gave a political party £363,697
1) It was his money
2) He had a business trading in this country, making him eligible to donate money
3) He was not on the electoral register when he donated although he was the year before, and also the year afterwards.
Case B: Michael Brown gave a political party £2.7m
1) It was not his money, he had defrauded it
2) His business was not trading in the UK, so therefore he was ineligible to donate money
3) He was not on the electoral register; neither was he the year afterwards, nor the year before.
Do you see the difference(s)?
I'd like to say that not much surprises me any more, but seeing this on a BBC 'blog did, to be honest.
Weird.
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
What on Earth is this doing on a BBC 'blog?
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MW 'here' link appears kaput? page not found.
Alan Bown is a good man and we need to help him and the party out.
Why don't we start an appeal to cover this? If every member donated £30, added together with donations from sympathetic members of the public we'd soon cover it.
If UKIP HO start the ball rolling my cheque will be in the post to them.
Any surplus could go towards the General election campaign.
Every bit helps.
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