Labour’s target seat candidates are either handing back Blair’s cash on principle or have been shamed into silence. Down in South Thanet, however, which is not a target seat and so hasn’t landed any cash, the Labour candidate has a different approach:

@tonyblairoffice here in #SouthThanet we want to go beyond empty gestures & beat #NigelFarage. £1,000 could make a big difference for us?

— Will Scobie (@willscobie) March 9, 2015

@campbellclaret Hi Alastair, Will from South Thanet here: keen to beat #NigelFarage and could definitely use £1,000 to do it!

— Will Scobie (@willscobie) March 9, 2015

Please, sir, can I have some more?