Wednesday 18 June 2008

One down, eight to go

One of the nine charities to which Winston Peters 'donated' money that didn't belong to him (that is, taxpayer money he illegally used for electioneering in 205) has returned it, saying, "it is unclear if the party 'has any right' to make a charitable donation on money wrongly spent at the last election."

Good on the Cystic Fibrosis Association.  Why not reward them for their honesty?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Dompost today has the Tom Scott cartoon and first three or four letters to the editor ripping shit out of Winston for his stunt.

adamsmith1922 said...

I am afraid that Adam has felt impelled to post twice today on this matter, given the recent statements by Winston

First
http://adamsmith.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/1164/

Second
http://adamsmith.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/1179/

I was annoyed the first time round and then when I saw the later news item I was so cross