Labour Funding.

The shamelessness of the Labour Party is the 8th wonder of the world. If I was being investigated for selling peerages in exchange for party loans then it would simply not occur to me to turn to the beneficiary of a previous donations for favours scandal to bail me out.

Britain's richest man has pledged £2 million to the Labour Party to save it from financial ruin after the cash-for-honours scandal, it was disclosed today.

Lakshmi Mittal, the Indian-born billionaire, is to help the party pay off controversial loans taken from businessmen before the last general election.

It's as if a dog owner gets fined for animal cruelty and raises the money by selling the mutt to a Korean restaurant owner, in front of the judge.