I’n not hundred percent sure what constitutes an “aide” to Tony Blair, but the woman who fills this helpful role has been arrested in the ongoing “cash for honours” investigations.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you don’t know what this is about,\u00c2\u00a0 some millionaire donors to the New labour election campaign were given peerages. This sparked an investigation when it became too obvious. This was an activity undertaken at the highest levels of the party, without even the knowledge of the financial controller. The investigation has been going on for months.<\/p>\n

More information on http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/uk_politics\/6279729.stm<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0according to which, another three people have been arrested so far:<\/p>\n

But until Friday only three people had been arrested – Lord Levy, the Labour Party’s chief fundraiser, Labour donor Sir Christopher Evans and head teacher Des Smith, who was involved in the government’s City Academy programme<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The investigation has\u00c2\u00a0apparently widened to take in the other two main parties. The ex-Tory leader\u00c2\u00a0Michael Howard was also questioned.\u00c2\u00a0According to a BBC page<\/p>\n

Tony Blair has been accused of selling peerages after four businessmen who gave Labour \u00c2\u00a34.5m in unpublicised loans were subsequently nominated for peerages. Labour went on to reveal it had been secretly loaned nearly \u00c2\u00a314m ahead of the last election. The Conservatives borrowed \u00c2\u00a316m from 13 wealthy backers. The Liberal Democrats have said they owe \u00c2\u00a3850,000 to three backers.<\/em> (http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/uk_politics\/4812822.stm<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At least it’s nice to see that the extra \u00c2\u00a32 million didn’t help the Conservatives, so maybe democracy is not yet completely for sale.<\/p>\n

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