The dead tree press catches up … eventually
Via Guido, the Guardian has noticed that Liebour has £13m of loans due this year despite being on the verge of bankruptcy.
They must be congratulated on their investigative journalism skills – after all, it only took them a week and a half to think of looking at the Electoral Commission website to see how much debt Liebour have got due for repayment this year. It was the first thing I did after laughing at their misfortune.
Oh well, they caught up eventually.
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No you cannot go to their web site and request memberhsip details to be sent out in the post in the hope of pushing them over the edge.
May 29th, 2008 at 4:43 pmChannel 4 news have caught up with this too. There was a report on Thursday night’s programme by Cathy Newman – another wonko-watcher, perhaps? Latest is the GMB are to weigh up funding the labour party – a lot of money for gordo to lose…
May 30th, 2008 at 12:44 amFrom today’s Morning Star:
“Union leaders are taking seriously the possibility that party officials and members of its national executive committee could become liable, a point which was underlined by the decision of equity fund chairman David Pitt-Watson not to accept the post of general secretary.
“The GMB union’s executive decided to indemnify its two members on the national executive – GMB deputy general secretary and former Labour conference chairwoman Debbie Coulter and GMB president Mary Turner – to protect their homes and savings. [...]
“Three major unions, UNISON, the Communications Workers Union and GMB, have tabled motions at their annual conferences next month calling for members to disaffiliate from Labour.”
May 30th, 2008 at 2:56 am