Ross Lydall: Labour donations (part 2)

Further to my post yesterday about donations to the Labour party, I'm told that the £3,000 "donated" by the Royal Mail was not in fact a donation, but a payment for its sponsorship of a media reception at the Scottish Labour Party conference.

Apparently, Royal Mail did something similar at the SNP conference in Perth las year, when the First Minister was the guest of honour. It should be said that such corporate sponsorship is par for the course at such events - but the general public may feel they'd rather the Royal Mail concentrated on delivering their post on time.