No comment from the Conservatives

[sydenhamjazzman]

nothing to say?...phew! That's good.

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[Bram]

I guess Lord Ashcroft hasn't chosen to throw his dosh at them here in Sydenham

[Dorian]

Like the Millions given to Labour by Lord Sainsbury ? His money must not have got to the Sydenham labour party either ?

[SydenhamHillAndy]

You're happy that the Government give millions to the unions from the taxpayer and then the Unions give millions to the Labour party? UNITE are placing candidates in literally dozens of Labour safe seats across the UK - I, for one, have more of an issue with that than an individual who pays tax on his UK income in the UK giving his own money to a party.

Many Labour Peers are non-doms and contributors to the Labour party. Why do you pick on Ashcroft in particular?

Out of interest, why should he pay tax in the UK on income he makes outside the UK - I've never understood that.....

[fishcox]

You're happy that the Government give millions to the unions from the taxpayer and then the Unions give millions to the Labour party?

Eh? The Government gives millions to the Unions?

Please expand.

[leenewham]

I think he's talking about the UMF or 'Union Modernisation Fund'.

Details here:
http://www.bis.gov.uk/Policies/employme ... tegies/umf

If he isn't. I don't know what he's on about as unions generally get their funding from subscriptions.