Here is the full statement from the Electoral Commission;The Electoral Commission, the independent elections and party finance watchdog, today announced the outcome of its investigation into donations made by the company 5th Avenue Partners Ltd to the Liberal Democrats. Donations totalling over £2.4m were made in 2005. The investigation considered whether there had been breaches of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (PPERA). In particular, it looked at whether the compa... Read Full Story

Yet more proof that the Conservatives may have tried to change their clothing but underneath they are still the same party of sleaze and racism.Over at Duncan Borrowman's blog, he has an extraordinary post from emails sent to him.Conservative Councillor Peter Hobbins complains of the campaigning inexperience of the candidates, and when referring to candidates Dilon Gurmal and Cameron Cutie Zerha Zaidi among others says;"Not one of them has a 'normal' English name...."For hells sake. Why are C... Read Full Story

I really couldn't believe my eyes this morning when in the Daily Telegraph they were reporting that to turn the Christmas lights on at the Westfield shopping centre in West London Mariah Carey was being a diva, darling.According to the Daily Telegraph, Mariah Carey's demands included;Driven in a pink rolls royce, down a pink carpet to a pink podium, where she was to wave a want to turn them on!80 security guards, plus an entourage of 15Confetti shaped like her favourite insect, the butterflyN... Read Full Story

Conservative MP, David Curry has now resigned as the chairman of the Parliamentary Standards and Privileges Committee and now faces a formal inquiry into his £30,000 expenses claims for the second home.Back in 2004, David Curry was apparently having an affair using his constituency home to meet his mistress, once his wife discovered the affair she banned him from that home despite this he continued to claim for this property.When the Daily Telegraph approached him with the claim that he conti... Read Full Story

The latest batch of MSP expenses are out and there are two names that stand out John Lamont MSP and Jim Hume MSP, both of which have spent in excess of £20,000 in the last twelve months on postage and office costs.Firstly, let us tackle the issue of dual mandate, something the Conservative leader in Scotland has long banged her drum about, however it appears that her MSPs aren't following the spirit of her campaign.John Lamont MSP and Alex Johnstone MSP, both Conservatives, are sticking two f... Read Full Story

I know that the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has to think of all the patients and the costs of all drugs for the NHS.However, surely if there is a drug available that helps liver cancer patients live longer then that has to be a price worth paying.Not everything in life should be about cost, and perhaps NICE and the Government, who claim they are taking cancer seriously should then approach the drug companies and say right then, we have this many people in the ... Read Full Story

Cadburys had rejected a hostile bid from Kraft foods to try and take them over with a £10billion bid and now it appears that American firm Hershey and Italian Ferrero are going to combine to try and outdo that bid.Most companies seem keen to get their hands on Cadburys high profit gum business but as Cadburys chocolate is a major brand here I am worried that Hersheys and Ferrero will want to introduce their own chocolate which just isn't the same.Cadburys claim they are not up for sale but He... Read Full Story

Over on T-Mobile's website, once you go to the home page and find the small pink button "Information on T-Mobile data being sold to third parties", which is dwarfed by the latest deals from T-Mobile there are three statements from T-Mobile.The first, including typo's (four in one statement) is here "T-Mobile takes the protection of customer information seriously. When it became apparent that contract renewal information was being passed on to third parties without our knowledge, we alerted th... Read Full Story

Staff at one of Britain's main mobile phone companies have been caught selling customers personal data onto brokers, who then sold it onto other mobile phone companies. While I am delighted that the Information Commissioner is taking action on this important matter I really do think he should name the companies concerned.If I am one of those millions of customers affected I want to know so I can take action to ensure my personal data is secure with that company and also have the choice to cha... Read Full Story

Lord Jamie Sempill thinks we the Scottish taxpayers should pick up the cost of the £600,000 loss The Gathering made earlier this year, although he forgets we already are paying for most of it as it is.He claims that the two and a half million taxpayers in Scotland only had to contribute 43p per head for The Gathering to take place which is what the £500,000 public funding came to.I didn't go, so who wants to pay my 43p for me? because unfortunately Lord Jamie Sempill that is what most people ... Read Full Story