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15 Aug 2007
Non-domiciled steel billionaire Swaraj Paul has pledged to finance the election campaign of Gordon Brown if the prime minister calls a snap election.
Lord Paul, who has said that although he is non-domiciled he still pays big sums to the Treasury, told Channel 4 in an interview that 'if there is an election, whatever I can pay I will pay. I am a believer in Gordon Brown'.
The pledge from Lord Paul could smooth the way for an autumn election, but the fact that he is a non-dom could be awkward for Brown.
The non-dom issue has heated up over the summer and Brown's chancellor, Alistair Darling, is in the process of conducting a sensitive and controversial review of the rules.
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Is there little Gordon Brown won't do to buy popularity? As the unelected leader of a government that was elected by little more than one fifth of the population, is it that suprising that he turns to foreign billionaires to keep him in power?
Posted by: Leslie Rowe, 16 Aug 2007 | 00:00