Tired old thinking landed Labour in this dodgy-donations mire

IF THERE is no such thing as bad publicity then Jersey, the Silverburn Shopping Centre and Combined Property Services should be quietly chuckling. Thanks to "GreenGate" and "AbrahamsAlley", low-profile companies, obscure people and distant places have been hitting the headlines. And yet, as we drown in small details with large consequences, one important question has not been asked. Why?

Why on earth was it so important for Labour, north and south of the Border, to gather such cash in the early summer of 2007? So important that party political funding rules were apparently broken, even though the SNP was already on Labour's case afte...