Party funding

The huge fuss over party funding has come up now that Labour have had some donations that made their way through a less than direct route.

I doubt it's the first time for any party and definitely won't be the last. We have to accept that large donations are probably to buy influence or for some later personal gain.

What I think should be avoided is that the taxpayer gets to fund parties - you can just imagine how much that would cost us. Of course then they'd have to work for us, but I wouldn't want to hold them to that.

Far better that occasionally a few red faced MPs have to justify some donations that don't quite meet the rules - cheaper for everyone.