With the Labour party under increasing scrutiny for taking donations from the trade unions, they may have to start to rely more heavily on private donors. So it’s good news that Lord Ashcroft, the former Tory deputy chairman, is willing to help the party out financially.
Ashcroft says that if Labour wish to sell the now infamous #EdStone, the 8ft high ‘policy cenotaph‘ Miliband had made to honour Labour’s election promises, he will dig deep:
If the @UKLabour Party would like to auction the "EdStone" may I start the bidding at £100000.
Should the party decide to accept, this would make Ashcroft one of the party’s biggest new donors. Given that Lakshmi Mittal, the non-dom steel tycoon who has donated £5.1 million to the party, stayed silent over Miliband’s plan to abolish non-dom status, Mr S suspects they would be well advised to consider the bid. If successful, Mr S is happy to help by housing it in The Spectator‘s garden.
To the Countess of Chester Hospital, where three hospital managers have been arrested as part of a corporate manslaughter probe relating to the conviction of nurse Lucy Letby. Cheshire police have confirmed that the hospital bosses have been arrested today on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. They have been bailed pending further inquiries. It follows
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