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Date: 25 March 2006 19:02:45
One of the things that I cannot understand about the "cash for peerages" controversy is the way in whuich senior members of the Labour party are so oblivious to what is going on.
How exactly do you receive loans amounting to £13.9m and not realise it? Is it a case of their Treasurer never seeing the bank statements or accounts? Does Tony Blair get up early every morning, nip down to the Party's offices in Millbank, and steal the post before anyone else sees it? Do they believe that God is with them and performing financial miracles?
"We had debts of £14m yesterday but today they're gone!"
"Maybe the bank got the figures wrong?"
"Maybe its because Gordon took a look at the accounts. You know how he gets fifures to show what they want"
I am a firm believer in the freedom to support whatever political party you and in the way that you want too. However, all contributions, even interst free loans, should be publically declared. Its not the fact that they hoped to get rewarded with peerages that annoys me. The fact that the loans were kept secret leaves the government, and contributers, open to criticism.
We know that peerages are awarded as more for political patronage than for charitible work and donations. All parties have been guilty of doing this. What causes a problem is that most of the people denied them this time have very questionable reputations. Even the one who avoided being disbarred on a technicality and took the GMC to court to prevent them using evidence from internal enquiries that he instigated.
Where are the morals and Christian values that some of our politicians declare to hold to?