Not exactly Watergate
February 13, 2007 by owersby
Nich Starling writes that lots of people have been looking for donations by Bernard Matthews to the Labour Party. They could have saved the web space - Matthews is a Tory donor. I’m sure I remember local press reports of his donations to the Tories when I was working in Norfolk but he has made a more recent donation (May 2005) to Mid Norfolk Tories according to the Electoral Commission web site.
The whole sad story has exposed the grim reality behind modern methods of factory farming poultry and there seem to be plenty of so far unanswered questions about the timing of action to deal with the outbreak. But a major concern remains the workers at the ‘farm’ - not just health concerns but about the futures of their jobs. Best wishes to them and fingers crossed that it will push consumers into demanding higher standards from their food suppliers.
Not watergate, but an example of the cynicism that people have now. That said, some of the other funny things people do a search on which links them to my blog sometimes is scary.