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.

Some people might be rashly suggesting offences other than those under PPERA might have been committed – but I think that’s wild talk, to be frank.

Some might suggest it’s false accounting – but to charge that under

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:

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 […]