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Bob FM · 09-05-2008, 06:07 AM

Strange, if the information as you say is in the public domain, why will you not post it on here. As for the Lib-dem thing. The person donating, donated the funds from a UK holding company as I understand it and it wasn't theirs to donate the guy got 8 years for fraud. I think I am right in saying this was brought up at the UKIP trial, where as you well know the Judge ordered just 14k to be forfeit. The Judge totally accepted that our donor was legally resident and just forget to sign the voters form. I think your attitude to the party on here probably explains why you weren't elected to the NEC

By Dominic Kennedy and Greg Hurst
THE deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats says today that he would take more money from a multimillionaire who is wanted in the US for jumping probation in a fraud case.

Sir Menzies Campbell says that the party has no intention of returning a £2.4 million gift from Michael Brown and has already spent the money, in its general election campaign.

His defiant attitude follows disclosures in The Times that Mr Brown, 39, was arrested three times in Florida, accused of bouncing 12 cheques for a total of $7,000 (£3,925).

The Lib Dems took the money from a newly formed British-registered company wholly owned by Mr Brown’s parent business in the Swiss tax haven of Zug. Mr Brown, a Scotsman living in Majorca, is not on Britain’s electoral roll. The party used his aircraft and senior figures, including Charles Kennedy, made £30,000 worth of flights during the campaign. It won a record 62 seats using its biggest-ever donation.

The Electoral Commission may yet call in prosecutors and force the Lib Dems to surrender the money for failing to make sufficient checks that the business was trading at the time that it made the donation.

09-05-2008, 06:07 AM	#127 (permalink)
Bob FM Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: South Marston Swindon Posts: 1,126	Strange, if the information as you say is in the public domain, why will you not post it on here. As for the Lib-dem thing. The person donating, donated the funds from a UK holding company as I understand it and it wasn't theirs to donate the guy got 8 years for fraud. I think I am right in saying this was brought up at the UKIP trial, where as you well know the Judge ordered just 14k to be forfeit. The Judge totally accepted that our donor was legally resident and just forget to sign the voters form. I think your attitude to the party on here probably explains why you weren't elected to the NEC By Dominic Kennedy and Greg Hurst THE deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats says today that he would take more money from a multimillionaire who is wanted in the US for jumping probation in a fraud case. Sir Menzies Campbell says that the party has no intention of returning a £2.4 million gift from Michael Brown and has already spent the money, in its general election campaign. His defiant attitude follows disclosures in The Times that Mr Brown, 39, was arrested three times in Florida, accused of bouncing 12 cheques for a total of $7,000 (£3,925). The Lib Dems took the money from a newly formed British-registered company wholly owned by Mr Brown’s parent business in the Swiss tax haven of Zug. Mr Brown, a Scotsman living in Majorca, is not on Britain’s electoral roll. The party used his aircraft and senior figures, including Charles Kennedy, made £30,000 worth of flights during the campaign. It won a record 62 seats using its biggest-ever donation. The Electoral Commission may yet call in prosecutors and force the Lib Dems to surrender the money for failing to make sufficient checks that the business was trading at the time that it made the donation. Last edited by Bob FM; 09-05-2008 at 06:12 AM.