Pause for thought
- 15 Dec 06, 11:21 AM
Lord Levy is in the Middle East preparing the way for a prime ministerial tour. Although dubbed the "Prime Minister's envoy", he travels at his own expense and in his own time. Something he will, no doubt, be pondering on as he hears that the police appear to be honing in on him in their investigation into allegations of cash for honours. Will he, I wonder, ask the man he's raised so many millions for what the police asked him and how their investigation is going? Or is it a case of "don't mention the police"?
One other reason for Lord Levy to pause for thought is the 成人快手's revelation that the police have seized notes made by Sir Christopher Evans - a Labour donor who was arrested in September - after their conversations. The notes are alleged to include references to honours and they have been referred to by police when they have questioned witnesses.
Sir Christopher insists that the police have "no record of any conversation about or offers of a peerage". He finds himself in a curious position. Given his links to Labour and his success as a biotech entrepreneur, many people might have expected him to be nominated some day. The million pounds help he gave to Labour was always in the form of a loan - not a donation - and he is now insisting that it is re-paid in full.
Lord Levy has not commented but in recent days he's told friends that if people want to dream and fantasise about what he might have said, that's up to them.
PS There was much talk yesterday of "". Aren't we reaching for the wrong metaphor? Isn't it more a question of fly tipping so much of the stuff that one scarcely knows what to begin with?
