David Miliband reinforces his monetary advantage
Peter Hoskin 12:38pm
I can't work out what's stranger: that anyone, let along the author Ken Follett, should
donate £100,000 to Ed Balls' leadership campaign, or that the Liverpool footballer Jamie Carragher ("Mr
Liverpool") should give £10,000 to the devoted Evertonian Andy Bunrham. Either way, they're probably the two stand-out entries in the latest list of Labour leadership donations.
But the real story is the same as the last time the donations were published: David Miliband's
monetary advantage. Even with Ed Balls raising £103,000 in July, the elder Miliband brother still comes out on top with £138,835 – adding to an overall war chest which dwarfs
those of all the other contenders. The question now is whether this fuels the idea that David Miliband is a leader-in-waiting, or whether it helps his rivals paint him as someone trying to buy the
campaign. And the answer could, at least, alter the sway of this stuttering contest.
UPDATE: Team Ed Miliband is emphasising that their man has collected £58,000 in smaller donations, from 682 people.
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Janny
August 12th, 2010 12:53pm Report this commentSo Ed Balls receives a donation of £100,000 from Ken Follett, but only £103,000 overall? That's sort of sad really.
Still, it's all money that would be better spent, say, paying down the deficit...
Victor Southern
August 12th, 2010 1:00pm Report this commenthttp://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:R6iPHwWwKeEJ:www.herts24.co.uk/home/ex_minister_backs_balls_in_labour_leadership_contest_1_446243+barbara+follett+mp+ed+balls&cd=9&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk
May throw light on the Follett donation. Barbara Follet supports Balls because of his economic background and because he plays a mean game of rounders.
TomTom
August 12th, 2010 1:02pm Report this commentWhat about the £50,000 from a Morgan Stanley Director ? Isn't that where Euan Blair is on the gravy train ?It is Daddy that's at J P Morgan Chase when he hasn't got his bodyguards teaching him to read at Waterstones
charles hercock
August 12th, 2010 1:06pm Report this commentLets go with Ken Follett.Balls is the only one with fire in his belly
ben
August 12th, 2010 1:21pm Report this commentsorry but what....ken follet paying down the deficit?? that doesnt even work as a snide aside
Alex
August 12th, 2010 1:32pm Report this commentPresumably Ken is giving the money to Ed so that he will give Barbara a job to get her out of the house!?
TrevorsDen
August 12th, 2010 2:23pm Report this commentThe Follet donation is amazing. And of course is a smack in the eye for all those previous attacks by labour on large donations to tories. When push comes to shove (and Balls needs the money or he will be shoved out) then its OK to accept a mega donation.
Not sure what the brothers and sisters will make of all this elitist money going to Balls.
Cuffleyburgers
August 12th, 2010 2:38pm Report this commentInteresting link from V Southern - the follets seem be belong to that most odious class - the toynbee-ites.
"Speaking from her holiday home in Antigua..., Mrs Follet..." need I say more - in other words my trendy friends can f**k the country over and I will just get another mojito and posible change hammock.
Nothing wrong with Mojitos - nothing wrong with hammocks, but everything wrong with trendy champagne socialist tax exiles taking it upon themselves to throw their weight around.
Loathsome woman, and Ken's books are crap as well.
ollie
August 12th, 2010 3:10pm Report this commentAmongst the most dreadful selection of pitiful human beings, I agree that Balls, as much as I loathe him, is the only one with a modicum of gumption. Miliband snr grows his nuts after the event - like the good coward he is.
lescam
August 12th, 2010 5:23pm Report this commentThere is "something of the night" as they say, about David Miliband. Creepy. Every time his name is mentioned it brings visions of bananas and manic grins. I prefer Balls, of the five would-be leaders. Not the nicest of people, but not creepy.
Vettekulla
August 12th, 2010 9:33pm Report this commentBut don't feel sorry for Diane.....
ABBOTT, Diane (Hackney North and Stoke Newington)
2.
Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
January 2009, fees as a presenter for BBC One’s ‘This Week’ programme, ongoing. (Actual £2,517) (Up to £5,000) (Registered 16 February 2009) February 2009, fees as a presenter for BBC One’s ‘This Week’ programme, ongoing. (Actual £3,356) (Up to £5,000) (Registered 23 March 2009)
March 2009, fees for articles in the Guardian and the Observer, ongoing. (Actual £1,250) (Up to £5,000) (Registered 24 March 2009) Fees received for co-presenting BBC’s “This Week” TV programme. Address: BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane, London W12 7RJ.
March 2009, received £3356. (Registered 27 January 2010) April 2009, received £839. (Registered 27 January 2010) May 2009, received £2517. (Registered 27 January 2010) June 2009, received £3356. (Registered 27 January 2010) July 2009, received £2517. Hours: 9 hrs. (Registered 27 January 2010) October 2009, received £2517. Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 27 January 2010) November 2009, received £3356. Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 27 January 2010) December 2009, received £1678. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 27 January 2010) January 2010, received £2517. Hours: 9 hrs. (Registered 27 January 2010) February 2010, received £3,356. Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 24 February 2010) March 2010, received £4,195. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 24 March 2010)
Lecture fees received from Arcadia University. Address: 450 S. Easton Rd., Glenside, PA 19038, USA.
September 2009, received £900. Hours: 7.5 hrs. (Registered 27 January 2010)
January 2010, received £600. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 27 January 2010) September 2009, received fee of £900 for taking part in ITV programme “The Other Side”. Address: ITV plc, The London Television Centre, Upper Ground, London SE1 9LT. Hours: 24 hrs. (Registered 27 January 2010) October 2009, fee of £1000 for speaking at the Royal College of Surgeons’ Conference entitled “Women in Surgery”. Address: The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PE. Hours: 2.5 hrs. (Registered 27 January 2010) November 2009, fee of £1000 for speaking at the Health Foundation Conference entitled “Shared Leadership in Health Inequalities”. Address: Health Foundation, 90 Long Acre, London WC2E 9RA. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 27 January 2010) January 2010, fee of £5000 for speaking at Legal & General Annual Staff Convention. Address of payer: Speakers Corner, 207 High Road, London N2 8AN. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 27 January 2010) November 2009, fee of £750 for appearing on Pett TV Production of ITV TV programme “All Star Impressions Show”. Address: Pett Productions Ltd, Ground Floor, Fintrax House, Station Road North, Merstham, Surrey RH1 3ED. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 27 January 2010) Articles written for The Guardian. Address: Guardian News & Media, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU.
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