Inquiry into cash-for-honours is being devalued
This is a legitimate investigation; the publicity attending it is not. The police appear to be moving the goalposts – whether they are ready to put up, it is time for them to shut up.
Cash for honours
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The inquiry into cash for honours was launched after allegations of attempts to reward rich businessmen who secretly lent Labour millions of pounds to help it fight the last general election with illegal nominations for peerages
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Voters ‘assume government is guilty’
Disillusionment with Tony Blair and Labour is so entrenched that many voters will assume the government is guilty in the cash for honours affair even if no charge is ever brought, opinion pollsters said.
