‘Gordon Brown’s chief fundraiser advocated the use of unlawful third parties for donations’ – Evening Standard

The Standard reports:

Gordon Brown’s chief fundraiser advocated the use of unlawful third parties for donations, it emerged today.

In a potentially explosive revelation, it’s been reported that Jon Mendelsohn suggested that at least one Labour deputy leadership campaign should use a “network” of people to cover up the real identities of donors…

The Standard has learned that Mr Mendelsohn himself raised the idea of keeping donors’ names secret – a practice which the Prime Minister this week said was “unlawful”.

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