In reply to Trangia:
> "This woman is a british citizen"
> So were the Cambridge 5
> If Johnson and the Conservative Party have nothing to hide, why try to suppress this information? It says in the article that they feared it might derail Johnson's election bid, but hold on, Johnson stated on the ITV the Head to Head that he "believes in the truth", so they've nothing to fear on that front.
Yes, this is what i mean. Technically it's legal and this is the problem. the Torys can say these donations are from UK citizens therefore what's the worry. So it needs to be about the source of the money... but then you need to consider a UK company that for example sells arms to Saudi Arabia. does this mean any donations they make or lobbying they do is illegal because the end customer is Saudi or is this ok because a legitimate service has been provided? What about if the price of that service is inflated etc etc.
It's a very hard thing to legislate around.
The thing with all the russian money washing around the UK system is it has been portrayed as Putin's enemies have got out of russia with their money and therefore its ok, whereas we now see a lot of these "enemies" are no such thing e.g. the Lebvedevs
