Labour protest innocence over loan row
8.36PM, Sun Mar 19 2006
The Labour Party has been left battling to persuade voters it had not "sold" peerages.
Commons leader Geoff Hoon conceded people thought the party had handed out peerages for cash.
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott insisted there was no evidence that seats in the Lords were offered for loans, despite earlier refusing to give a cast iron guarantee that they were not.
They were speaking after polls indicated Tony Blair's standing has plummeted to an all-time low following the row. Voters now think his Government is at least as sleazy as John Major's scandal-hit administration. And most believe the PM did give honours for cash.
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The Labour Party has been left battling to persuade voters it had not "sold" peerages.
Commons leader Geoff Hoon conceded people thought the party had handed out peerages for cash.
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott insisted there was no evidence that seats in the Lords were offered for loans, despite earlier refusing to give a cast iron guarantee that they were not.
They were speaking after polls indicated Tony Blair's standing has plummeted to an all-time low following the row. Voters now think his Government is at least as sleazy as John Major's scandal-hit administration. And most believe the PM did give honours for cash.
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