Why won't the Lib Dems pay back "that" donation

That's the question I find myself asking, after watching Uncle Ming on Sunday AM, earlier today. Despite what can only be described as clear evidence, he is still adamant that there is no need to repay the £2.4million donation at the centre of the controversy.

Now i'm not accusing the Lib Dems of being crooked, but their background checks have to seriously be called into question. After all, your average Independent Financial Adviser would check to see if the individual's company existed before making a transaction. Plus, if an IFA did fail to perform these checks they would be liable for prosecution.

What Ming has also forgotten is that the electorate do not for a politician if they think that he is tainted, and this whole issue is tainting the party as a whole. No good will come of this if Ming insists on keeping the money. He should return it immediately, and not wait for the Electoral Commission to order him to so.

What little credibility the party has, will be damaged even further the longer this drags on for.


(posted from a 1st class coach, on a GNER train, on my way back from Newcastle)