Tory whistleblowers accuse Conservatives of 'huge betrayal' of electorate over expenses

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Two members of a Conservative campaigning “hit squad” in the 2015 election tell Channel 4 News the party “cheated” by not properly declaring its election spending.

Over the past year, a Channel 4 News investigations team has unearthed compelling evidence that the Conservative Party may have broken election laws to fight three by-elections in 2014 and win power in the 2015 General Election.

The Battlebus 2015 campaign sent a fleet of coaches filled with Conservative activists into 29 marginal seats in the final weeks of the 2015 General Election – to persuade voters on the doorstep.

The whole Battlebus campaign is now under investigation – after allegations that Conservative candidates may have broken election law by failing to declare the costs on their local spending returns.

https://www.channel4.com/news/tory-whistleblowers-election-expenses-conservative-party-battlebus

Channel 4 News have been dogged on this, which follows on from earlier investigations of theirs. They even have a web page all about it, including a countdown clock to when the two-year statute of limitations expires, here: http://www.electionexpenses.co.uk/

And we could finally see some proper action quite soon:

Tory election fraud: Prosecutions could be started ‘within weeks’

It seems any prosecutions may begin well before the May 9 deadline. And before anybody suggests Theresa May couldn’t have been in on any Tory election fraud, her government will suffer – and could end – if enough MPs lose their seats as a result of this.

According to The Times, Conservative MPs and campaigners involved in the Tory election fraud allegations may face prosecution within weeks.

http://voxpoliticalonline.com/2017/03/05/tory-election-fraud-prosecutions-could-be-started-within-weeks/

ETA: Through the wonders of Twitter, I can now add a key snippet from the Channel 4 whistleblower interview.

Link to tweet

The whole 10-minute segment is at https://www.channel4.com/news/tory-whistleblowers-election-expenses-conservative-party-battlebus