January 27, 2007
BACK UNDER THE THUMB?:
Gordon Brown will rely on unions to escape £40m 'black hole' (Patrick Hennessy, 1/27/06, Sunday Telegraph)
Gordon Brown will shun the appointment of a powerful Lord Levy-type fundraiser as he grapples with a "black hole" of more than £40 million in Labour Party finances, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt.The Chancellor must tackle debts of around £25 million, attracting interest charges of more than £1.2 million a year, and build up a war chest of about £15 million for the next general election if, as expected, he takes over from Tony Blair this year.
Mr Brown is likely to rely on a mixture of individual donations and more money from trade unions as he prepares for the next election, possibly in 2009. The party's finances are in such a parlous state after the cash-for-honours affair that it is thought highly unlikely that Mr Brown would want a poll before then.
It would be tragic for the Blair era to end with his party back in thrall to the unions he broke them free of. Posted by Orrin Judd at January 27, 2007 11:17 PM
Blair's party doesn't support his policies, so why would it be tragic for it to revert to the default position of being in the thrall of the unions and the rest of the multi-culti moonbats?
Voters would have a clear choice. Return to the bad old leftie days of gloomy socialism or move on to a bright future of free trade and prosperity.
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