Unfit To Govern

In the climate of swinging Tory cuts we learn today that accounts released by the Electoral Commission show that the Conservatives spent £37.1m in 2009 compared with Labour’s £24.7m, an additional spend of over £12m.

The most amazing thing about it is that the Conservatives still didn’t manage to secure an overall majority despite the huge spending.  Looks like poor value for money spent.

For the record the Liberal Democrats received an income of £6.4m and spent fractionally more – £6.6m.

The commission also said that The British National party and the Christian party failed to submit their accounts.

Read the full article in The Guardian