Carl Gardner
November 30, 2007
Iain Dale is quite right about the need to declare to the Electoral Commission any mortgages owed to banks etc.. Section 71F of PPERA makes that clear. Here’s the Electoral Commission’s guidance; paragraphs 3.8-3.10, on page 12, are […]
Carl Gardner
November 30, 2007
As I’ve already said in an earlier post, some people in discussing donorgate, or donationsgate, of Abrahamsgate or whatever it is, are inclined to wild talk about whether the police might be investigating Theft Act offences like theft and […]
Carl Gardner
November 29, 2007
It’s unbelievable, this, isn’t it? This woman comes to help their kids, lets them name a nice toy bear, and for that they’re going to put her through fifteen days in prison. Perhaps the bear will be flogged.
Carl Gardner
November 29, 2007
Carl Gardner
November 29, 2007
Schedule 20 to PPERA lays down the penalties for offences relating to party donations: it’s a handy read-across guide.
In respect of each of the offences set out in my post yesterday, the maximum penalties are:
Carl Gardner
November 29, 2007
I spoke too soon, and it makes me feel like Major Gowan. If you remember, when the American accuses Fawlty Towers of being the worst hotel he’d ever been in, the Major snaps. “No! No!” he protests. “There’s a […]
Carl Gardner
November 28, 2007
I blogged this a couple of times yesterday, but I thought it might be a good idea to summarise the position as regards what offences might potentially have been committed under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 as […]
Carl Gardner
November 28, 2007
The Lords have given judgment today in R (Countryside Alliance) v Attorney General. There were two appeals in fact: one by huntsmen and landowners heavily engaged in the hunting “lifestyle” so to speak, who argued that the […]
Carl Gardner
November 27, 2007
I’ve been having another think about donationsgate, specifically thinking about potential offences in relation to the Harriet Harman donation.
If Janet Kidd failed to tell Harriet Harman’s team the money was really from Abrahams, then she may have committed […]
Carl Gardner
November 27, 2007
Heavens! What’s going on? I actually agree with what he says in the Times today about European free movement and discrimination law, and sport: it http://www.gooakley.com/ really is no good ministers or sports bodies trying […]