The news that the destitute Labour party is running a protection racket on local councillors, effectively forcing them to tithe their expenses (tax free) straight into Labour’s central coffers is no surprise. The CID is investigating a complaint after the former leader of Sunderland council resigned from the party over the issue.

This is nothing compared to the heist the entire political class is planning to pull off after the Hayden Review reports. They plan to ignore the views of voters and tax us all to pay for their posters, glossy leaflets and rubber chameleon stunts. If politicians want to waste money, they should get it from their own supporters, not from taxpayers.

Just because they have donor problems and their illegal funding scams are dwindling doesn’t mean we should all be made to pay for their crimes.