Alan Johnson accused of accepting campaign donations

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Health secretary accused of accepting campaign donations via a third party

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/labour/s ... 68,00.html

Gordon Brown's donations nightmare deepened further tonight as another cabinet minister was accused of accepting cash through a proxy.

A Sunday newspaper claimed that immigrant Waseem Siddiqui was used to channel more than £3,000 to health secretary Alan Johnson's failed campaign to become deputy Labour leader.

However Siddiqui, 50, told the newspaper that he did not know who Johnson was, and his brother - a Labour official - had asked him to write a blank cheque.

Siddiqui is said to be a Pakistani who has been living in Croydon, Surrey, on a student visa for the past three years.

He claimed his brother Ahmed Yar Mohammed - treasurer of Croydon Central Labour Party - asked him to write the cheque for £3,334, and then gave him the money.

"He said, 'You write a cheque'," Siddiqui told the newspaper. "I write a cheque for that. For the Labour Party. That time I have no money, no job."

When asked if he wrote the cheque in return for payment, Siddiqui apparently agreed that he had.

Asked if he knew Johnson, Siddiqui replied: "No, I don't know."

He said he had "no interest" in the Labour Party.

A statement from Johnson's campaign admitted that the donation from Siddiqui - made in June - and three other donations had not appeared on the Electoral Commission register.

However, it insisted that paperwork was filed for all the gifts within the 60-day limit.

"When we checked the Electoral Commission website we found that four donations, which to the best of our knowledge had been submitted in accordance with the regulations, were not listed," the statement said.

"We immediately met the commission in early December to discuss the record on their website and to show to them the evidence we had that these donations had been registered with the commission during the campaign.

"The commission undertook to check their records and we immediately resubmitted forms for the four donations so there could be no doubt of our intention to register these donations."

The donations in question were from Sonny Leong (£2,000), Waseem Siddiqui (£3,334), Songlines Ltd (£2,500) and AA Care Homes (£1,500), according to the statement.

The statement added that checks of the campaign's records revealed that the donation from Songlines had not been added to the Commons Register of Members' Interests.

"We registered the donation and apologised for this delay," it said. "So to be clear, there was never any wrongdoing and at every stage we have consulted the Electoral Commission on making sure these donations are properly disclosed."

[Stormproof]

Its a shame its not a few quid more, then he could go the same way as the corrupt sponger the other day.

[BELIAL]

£1 , £100,000 it's the same principle

[k979aaa]

This govenment has had more bung's than arsenal and that's saying something!.

[DGP1]

Waseem Siddiqui

Does he not post on here (works in MDEC if I remember)


Only joking

[dogfood]

Another corrupted c*nt it would appear.

The Labour Parties position to Govern is now, in my opinion, untenable. The Queen should dissolve parliament and call a general election.

Vote Monster Raving Loony you know it makes sense.

[Lounge Lizard]

Another corrupted c*nt it would appear.

The Labour Parties position to Govern is now, in my opinion, untenable. The Queen should dissolve parliament and call a general election.

Vote Monster Raving Loony you know it makes sense.

Brown taking over from Blair was like Major taking over from Thatcher - the beginning of the end !
But the prospect of another tory government fills me with dread.

[DirtyHarry]

There is now very little point in the working man/woman voting in a general election. In the blue corner, we have the Tories under the less than
impressive David Cameron. Historically, we all know what having the rich and privileged ruling the nation has meant to the ordinary working class, we
get poorer, as at present I know, but at a much more accelerated pace.

In the red corner, we have New Labour, the ruling party at present, a pale shadow of the once half decent Labour party, a party which undeniably
made the lives of ordinary people much better than they were pre-1945. Today's New Labour has unmistakeably made clear it's satisfaction with having
the nation's manual workforce at the complete mercy of privateers, carpetbaggers, men and women who would sell their grandmothers if it meant they
could get their grasping hands on a quid, we postal workers were left in no doubt whatsoever, who Gordon Brown and his government supported during
our recent dispute with bosses, they supported the bosses: "I want these people to get back to work." When the next general election comes round, I'll
vote alright, I'll vote for one of the Socialist fringe parties, or failing that, the greens.
But from now on, I will never vote for a party knowing that in the long run, that party will kick me in the bollocks, not if I can help it.

[johno47]

Spot on DH, after years of worrying about the job under the Tories, when Labour came to power i thought we would have some safety in the RM, and not have to keep worrying about privatisation and job losses, and Labour have stabbed us in the back, there main goal is to help greedy business men get rich on the backs of working people, the only reason that :cfo and :lfo are pushing for privatisation is because their personal pay packets will increase by millions of pounds due to share options and productivity bonuses again made off job cuts and us working harder, ive voted Labour all my working life, but never again...UNITY IS STRENGTH.

[DirtyHarry]

It's a shame it's come to this, johno mate. The working class needs a party commited to our advancement, and we 'aint got one, we need a party with
realistic prospects of getting elected in order to improve the lives of millions of working class people, we 'aint got one, and why?...Because men like,
Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Alistair Campbell, Peter Mandelson, all thought "why don't we concentrate on winning the hearts and minds of the w*****s
that occupy that vacuous of all vacuous spaces, middle England. In other words, stuff the plebs, let's vie with the Tories and become THE patrician party.
Well, bollocks to the lot of 'em.

[norbert]

Another corrupted c*nt it would appear.

The Labour Parties position to Govern is now, in my opinion, untenable. The Queen should dissolve parliament and call a general election.

Vote Monster Raving Loony you know it makes sense.

That Sunday Paper is well behind with news reported in Private Eye's HP Sauce column weeks ago , to be fair it's more to do with Hain copping for Brown and his Straw men recently.

They all had some dodgy donors to their election campaigns , some very anti -union millionaires ( however a anti-union millionaire is running Royal Mail though ) , strange bed -fellows ? , let's face it's like America , money talks , no questions asked , Republican or Democrat .

You want to see which Bungling Idiots , Gordon has rewarded with gongs in his New Years Honours List as apparent unsung heroes , had to check our beloved gruesome twosome weren't amongst them .

[L Tommo]

I couldnt agree more with your points.... Its the working classes that SHOULD call the shots as we contribute the most to the masses...

We need a veichle to use and make the BROWNS AND BLAIRS of this world sit up and take notice... I wont be lied to again by bullshite and LIES of labour...

The Cons... Is a non starter... Its always the protest vote for me until i see a party with balls....


OUT


UP THE BURSLEM MASSIVE.... EAST LONDON BACKING YA ALL....


NEVER LET THE BASTARDS GRIND US DOWN!!!

[jemima]

DH, you might be right about voting green. I found this on the green party web site;
(http://policy.greenparty.org.uk/policyp ... index.html has a list of their policy documents)

"The Green Party opposes privatisation of public services. Not only does the UK have pressure from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) through the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), the other main parties all promote privatisation policies such as the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), which undermine public accountability and leave communities with a future bill to pay and no guarantee of quality. Local provision and access to public services such as schools, libraries, hospitals, nurseries, post offices and public transport are essential to maintain thriving communities and a good quality of life for all."

and

"We would restore the rights of workers and trades unions, and extend workers rights to
part time, casual workers and the selfemployed.
In particular we support collective bargaining and would protect workers from the first day of employment.
We support the Institute of Employment's Charter of Workers' Rights"

[dogfood]

Policies that SHOULD be in a Labour Party manifesto.

[jafferpants]

DH, you might be right about voting green. I found this on the green party web site;
(http://policy.greenparty.org.uk/policyp ... index.html has a list of their policy documents)

"The Green Party opposes privatisation of public services. Not only does the UK have pressure from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) through the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), the other main parties all promote privatisation policies such as the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), which undermine public accountability and leave communities with a future bill to pay and no guarantee of quality. Local provision and access to public services such as schools, libraries, hospitals, nurseries, post offices and public transport are essential to maintain thriving communities and a good quality of life for all."

and

"We would restore the rights of workers and trades unions, and extend workers rights to
part time, casual workers and the selfemployed.
In particular we support collective bargaining and would protect workers from the first day of employment.
We support the Institute of Employment's Charter of Workers' Rights"

Yep and there goes another flying pig!!!!!!!