The Labour Leader's Office Fund was a

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established and run by

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to finance

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's work in opposition before the 1997 general election. Contributors to it included the

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s Sir Trevor Chinn, Sir Emmanuel Kaye, Alex Bernstein and Bob Gavron, the latter two of whom later received

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Quotes about the fund

* "While it does not necessarily follow that the scheme was anything other than the model of probity, there is at least an argument that

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knew its father." — David Osler, author of ''Labour Party PLC: New Labour as a Party of Business''. (Lloyd George was infamous for selling honours in the early 20th century.)For details see Pinto-Duschinsky, Michael: ''British Political Finance, 1830-1980'', Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute, 1981, pp. 44, 54-58, 86-88, 116-119

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