Friday 7 December 2007

The best democracy ....?


"Alex Salmond's SNP outspent Labour for the first time in May's Holyrood elections by more than £280,000 as the Nationalists almost trebled their campaign spending to a record £1.4m, not far short of the statutory limit. Figures released by the Electoral Commission yesterday revealed that the four main parties spent a total of £3.4m this year, more than double the £1.6m they spent in 2003. Backed by wealthy donors such as transport tycoon Brian Souter, who, according to the commission's register, gave the Nationalists £625,000 in the first part of the year, the SNP spent £1,383,462 in May's poll, up from £473,107 four years ago, which represented a rise of 192.4%."

Mr Smith thinks .... the point is ... that all of it was within the law ... and declared.

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