Yawn
The important bit from Sir Christopher Kelly's evidence session in Westminster today is probably his response, as Chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, to a question about Peter Hain. He ventures to say that:
'the committee would be concerned that even now not everyone appears
to have understood the importance of being absolutely transparent about
political donations" ...
Quite interesting I thought but not everyone agreed. Read on.
About half way through today's evidence session, Sir Christopher admitted he
was a "boring" person.
Challenging him, Tory MP Ian Liddell-Grainger said: "No disrespect intended,
but you strike me as a very boring man. Are you a boring man?"
Sir Christopher responded: "Am I boring man? Probably."
Asked whether, as such, he was an appropriate choice for a dynamic job, he
said: "Well it's never good to be boring is it? People don't listen to what you
say."
Ah ... some real news. Peter Hain has met with the Electoral Commission. They will now carry out 'permissibility checks' on every declared donation. If the reported scale of under-reporting is accurate, that may take some time.
I'm Betsan Powys, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Wales' political editor. I'll be blogging the inside track on .
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