tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post1934243955476100716..comments2023-10-27T07:50:27.411+01:00Comments on Next Left: How much does money matter in the leadership race?Tom Hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917325958130851128noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-11732220222028661222010-07-09T15:05:42.941+01:002010-07-09T15:05:42.941+01:00It looks like David Miliband's campaign are, a...It looks like David Miliband's campaign are, apart from spending money on expensive American political consultants (see the unsubtle appropriation of his opponent's animating terms, for one!), trying simply to demonstrate their ability to raise money in this election, & by extension their fundraising abilities for a General Election. But dipping into Blair's & Mandelson's old contact book does not an impressive step forward make. <br /><br />That ever-shrinking but always vocal constituency within the Labour party that is impressed by such a show of fundraising largesse would be well advised to stop for a moment, consider what tactics brought a dip in our membership, a loss of intellectual dexterity in power, & loss of trust & support among the wider public, & to not be jellylegged by the implied promises of favour from vested interests that such large donations are supposed to signify.Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05016091328515996575noreply@blogger.com