Tuesday 7 February 2017

One of Labour's biggest donors could be thrown out of party for bankrolling Labour Leave

One of Labour's biggest donors could be thrown out of the party after funding public meetings during the EU referendum campaign which gave a platform with UKIP.

John Mills, the owner of JML and Dame Tessa Jowell's brother-in-law, was the man behind the Labour Leave campaign which put money into public meetings that had speakers from the Conservatives and UKIP as well as Labour and others. But a Labour MEP is claiming that he has broken the party's rules and wants him kicked out of the party over it.

Mills is the Labour Party's biggest donor if you exclude the millions of pounds of taxpayers' money laundered through the trade unions. He donated £1.65m of JML shares to the party in 2013.

Can't have Labour members supporting a working class revolution, can we?