Quote: "the tycoon who rolled out the red carpet for Ed Miliband at a football match last week has given the Labour Party £100,000. Businessman Assem Allam, who wants Labour backing for a multi-million-pound property development, made the donation in a secret meeting with the Labour leader in February. Only four weeks later, Mr Miliband was guest of honour at Hull City Football Club, owned by Egyptian-born Mr Allam, known as ‘The Pharaoh’. '" www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1pPouOiRl

Quote: "the tycoon who rolled out the red carpet for Ed Miliband at a football match last week has given the Labour Party £100,000. Businessman Assem Allam, who wants Labour backing for a multi-million-pound property development, made the donation in a secret meeting with the Labour leader in February. Only four weeks later, Mr Miliband was guest of honour at Hull City Football Club, owned by Egyptian-born Mr Allam, known as ‘The Pharaoh’. '" www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1pPouOiRl

Dont worry he will soon withdraw his money , once the labour party refuse to sell him the party headquarters so he can remortgage it and join the party with the conservatives !!!

All political parties rely on private donations - including the party that The Mail and The Mail on Sunday support.

And in the report on Look North one day ago he stated he "supports no particular party"

Its life but not as you know it - I am sure Ed Miliband would love £100.000 - his party though are very grateful.

Interesting story. It has always been apparent that the "Sporting Village" was actually a commercially motivated enterprise, but the shabby exchange of cash for photo opps, convenient illness and recovery by Milliband, agitation by Prescott as a director of a private limited company (Rovers) with a vested interest in Allam's future investment at Craven Park exacerbates the situation. You could argue that a loan to Prescott's club, Rovers, by Allam, when he is after council support for his latest property development, looks a bit dodgy.

Any labour supporter is ing into the wind with Ed Milliband as leader.

And as you know Mrs B the world is crooked - Banks,Politicians,Accountants, Football owners (Rangers.Portsmouth) Lords.Ladies and Gentlemen !!

2nd photo down looks like a strap on is in use..

I wasn't aware that the British Union of Fascists was still in existence

Wrong brother!

Much as I loathe them, the Mail and Mail on Sunday are as tenacious as a pitbull with a poodle.

This was definitely the next Allam strategy, so I'll take the MOS's grasp and revelation of it with gratitude. Hopefully the focus will be enough to force Milliband to distance himself from the little plot. Bet Allam's furious. And I wonder how Prescott feels?

Of course Prescott is a Director of Hull KR, who received a £1m "gift" from Allam.
Prescott got involved with the ERDF funding application for CP which had stalled. Now the funding's through, CP becomes a bit more attractive as a location for Allam's commercial development project #2. What a tangled web.

Crikey - it is actually on the front page of the Mail on Sunday, in West Yorkshire at least.

Just seen this guy on look north he did not seem to speak very good english? He maybe thought he was paying money to a ladyboy party!!!!!