Hot on the heels of the weekend news regarding “illegal” donations to the Labour Party, it now seems that there will be a formal investigation by the Police.  The whole saga revolves around the secret donations of Labour Party supporter David Abrahams and his alleged illegal use of representatives to mask the real name of the underlying donor.  Has this now got the whiff of the cash for peerages situation?

When you consider that the Labour Party are currently millions of pounds in debt, and they have now agreed to hand back upwards of £600,000 in donations, you will soon get a sense of how serious the situation is.  Even today we are seeing Gordon Brown’s colleagues trying to muddy the water yet further with suggestions that this goes back to the Tony Blair era – a blatant attempt to pass the buck yet again!

Despite the earlier resignation of Mr Watt, the Labour Party general secretary, the situation is set to flare up again with more news being fed to the media with regards to who knew about the money.  It seems as though a number of Ministers were approached about possible donations, but only Harriet Harman took Mr Abrahams up on this – although she claims she did not know that he was the real name behind the money.  When asked about the situation with regards to Ms Harman, Gordon Brown was said to be very dismissive and suggested reporters should ask her about the situation directly.

The government appears to be in a serious melt down situation with polls showing the Tories in excess of ten points ahead in the polls.  The prospect of a long drawn out Police investigation will also ensure that this affair goes on for months – something which looks set to drag Gordon Brown into the gutter.  Can he survive? How long before the knives are out? Is it a free for all, and every person look after themselves?

Interesting questions, but what is the truth?