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Saturday, August 28, 2004 

Democracy Movement Kingston Branch disbanded for UKIP Donation.

The following is a communication put out by the Democracy Movement regarding the unconstitutional donation made by their Kingston-upon-Thames branch to UKIP during the European election campaign.

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To: Democracy Movement Communications
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 2:53 PM
Subject: [DMNet] Kingston shame

Some of you may already know that our Kingston branch made a substantial donation to the UKIP during the euro elections, in contravention of the DM's aims and objectives.

I want to update all branches on the latest developments.

The (pounds) 2000 donation was publicly listed on the Electoral Commission's web site and that fact was circulated on various public e-mail groups, so it is necessary for the DM nationally to respond with clear, public action in order to preserve our vital non-party reputation. This would have
been the case whichever party had been given a donation.

Following an investigation and correspondence with John Moran, the branch chairman, the Kingston branch has been closed and John has also been removed as SE Chairman of the DM.

We would like to clarify that John Moran is no longer a representative of the DM nor speaks for the DM in any capacity.

We are obviously hugely disappointed with this situation. You will all know that John has made a superb contribution to recruiting support for the DM in the Kingston area and to promoting our campaigns. However, John persisted in seeing no problem with a DM branch giving thousands to
a political party. Nor has he been willing, when asked, to account for the other thousands of pounds raised by his branch over the years in the name of the DM. We have therefore had no option but to withdraw our trust in him and his committee to properly represent the DM in Kingston or beyond.

In due course we will be organising a meeting of DM supporters in the area in order to recruit a new committee who know the meaning of "non-party", in order to carry on the vital local fight against the EU Constitution from the non-party basis which we feel is most likely to attract maximum support to the campaign.

We will be pursuing John for the recovery of the misused money and of the other funds in the Kingston DM account. Naturally we all feel it is a great shame that things have come to this.

Regards

Russell Walters

Director
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John Moran has been known for his close association with UKIP's Nigel Farage MEP, and we believe that this MEPs known mouthpiece and attack-hound, Greg Lance-Watkins has already mounted a scathing attack protesting this move on his usual intenet outlet .

Once again the UKIP is seen to be associated with the less than savoury side of Euroscepticism - damaging all euro-realists in the process.

posted by Martin |1:00 PM
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