Today the Electoral Commission have released the campaign expenditure returns of the six political parties that spent £250,000 or more on campaigning in the General Election. While the Conservative’s £15,587,956 campaign bill could be argued to be money well spent given their majority win, Labour have a bit more explaining to do it when it comes to £12,087,340 they splashed on their failed campaign.
So, where exactly did the money go? Almost £600 went on chicken suits, while a grand total of £223,573 went to Miliband’s hot shot US Advisor David Axelrod’s company AKP&D Message and Media.
However, the bill that is of most interest to Mr S relates to Michael Sheehan. Back in March, Mr S revealed that ‘desperate to impress’ Miliband had hired the help of American public relations guru Michael Sheehan to prepare him for the big interviews and debates. Sheehan – who has worked closely with Barack Obama – helped Miliband to prepare for his interview with Jeremy Paxman where he declared: ‘Hell yes, I’m tough enough’.
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