Reasons not to vote Labour #19 - tobacco advertising in Formula 1
Posted by Christie Malry on May 2, 2010 at 4:07 pm
In 1997, Bernie Ecclestone, the boss of Formula 1 gave a £1 million donation to the Labour party. Weeks later, the Labour government exempted Formula 1 from a ban on tobacco sponsorship. Were they related? It doesn't matter, it looked like they were related and that should have been reason enough for Labour to refuse the donation.
Interestingly, it was alleged at the time that Gordon Brown had lied about the circumstances surrounding the case. Nothing changes, does it?
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