According to a national newspaper, the Labor Party with Gordon Brown at its head, accepted $300,000 from Bet365.com. This is despite the Government's decisions to repeal its decision on Manchester’s ‘super casino’ and the British Gambling Act. The newspaper claims that the donation featured in the Party’s quarterly figures published by the Electoral Commission and led to opposition charges of hypocrisy over stopping the spread of problem betting. A senior Conservative Party source complained that Gordon Browne was a hypocrite, taking the high ground on the question of morality where super casinos are concerned, but not hesitating to take a donation which comes to over six figures.
The same figures that show the donation also show that former Prime Minister Tony Blair left the unfortunate Labor Party with debts exceeding $40 million. It seems that Labor will be hard pressed to conduct a snap election, without going to individual sponsors and donations. However, a Labor spokesman said that “Our finances remain in a challenging position but the upturn of recent months continues to be reflected in the figures from the Electoral Commission. Donations to the end of June 2007 show an increase of $7.17 million on the same stage in 2006.”
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