01 April 2006

Carelessness

The Guardian reports:
"Lord Sainsbury, the Labour party's biggest donor and a government minister, apologised last night for "unintentionally" misleading the public by wrongly claiming to have declared a £2m loan he made to the party. The science minister said he had made a mistake by confusing his loan to Labour last year with a donation, also for £2m, made a month earlier."

I can sympathise. It's easy to forget about the extra £2 million. You only get a bank statement once a month and, hey, whether it's £2m up or £2m down, who's to notice? It happens to me all the time.

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