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Originally Posted by devilskitchen
The £18k is the amount of actual impermissable donations, i.e. the money that was given whilst Bown was off the electoral role, etc. The EC is looking to confiscate all donations given in that year, which is about £350k.
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And that of course excludes the legal bill, which presumably Alan Bown is footing. I can realistically see that being in the £30-40K range already, without the appeal.
I don't think that the EC are doing themselves any favours with this appeal, and if they lose it and have to pay costs (is that possible in this case?) it will just give UKIP more credence in its criticisms.