The Liberal Democrats’ pricey mistake

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The Liberal Democrats’ pricey mistake

Oh expensive. Failure is available in many kinds however it often stings slightly extra when it additionally includes giant sums of cash. That’s t



Oh expensive. Failure is available in many kinds however it often stings slightly extra when it additionally includes giant sums of cash. That’s the scenario the Liberal Democrats are in following their disappointing election end result during which they did not make total good points – after which celebration chief Jo Swinson misplaced her seat.

This morning the Electoral Fee has launched new figures of donations obtained by the principle events throughout the last quarter of 2019. The Conservatives led in donations with a complete of £37.7m. Relating to the opposite events, the Liberal Democrats really overtook Labour – accepting £13.6m in donations to Labour’s £10.6m.

On condition that the celebration went on to have a catastrophic election during which not one of many candidates who had defected from different events managed to get elected, Mr S suspects donors will likely be feeling relatively short-changed. They usually say it’s the Labour celebration that may’t be trusted on the economic system…





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