Harriet Harman and a P45
Harriet Harman may not have a teddy called Gordon, but a handful of four leaf clovers will come in handy as she steps up to defend accepting a five thousand pound donation illegally. With a husband who is the treasurer of the Labour party, she obviously was unaware of the rules and cannot be expected to account for every penny which lands in her election coffers. She’s just a little girl who’s come a long way.
Poor Harriet has been ridiculed by Tory amazon Theresa May, as being involved in sleaze, that unmentionable word which conjures up images of weekends away in Paris in return for a question asked in the House of Commons. Well, would you simply ask a question in return for a live it up weekend away, what’s the harm in that?
The real problem is in the north of England, where the Labour party has ruled the roost for decades, let’s have a look into deals done, planning applications approved with Labour councillors in, let’s say Doncaster, in the last five years.
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