The Argus has today revealed the election spend for the candidates in last years Police and Corruption Commissioner, and surprise surprise, the Tories went all out pissing cash at it like it was a poor person on fire.
It appears that Bourne spent £37k on her election campaign, eight times more than the nearest competitor. That's a hell of a lot of cash to throw about the place, but I guess four years at £85k a year is substantially more. The Argus puts £20k of this as a personal investment by Bourne herself, and yes investment is the right word, the rest came from Sussex Tories, some quite large investments made by local business people, it makes you wonder what return they may be expecting from their investment.
Much respect must be given to the only independent bidder, who spent just over 1% of the amount that Bourne invested and managed to come third. Close but no cigar..... or brandy on the terraces of Westminster for you I'm afraid.
While many residents in Sussex cannot afford to heat their homes or feed their kids, Bourne thinks that it is acceptable to throw £37k about the place, in my book that makes her definitely the last person you want responsible for the administration of justice.
I expect that throwing in £20k of her own cash didn't hurt on her tax returns either.
Yes, Katy Bourne was the winner, sadly the people of Sussex lose.........
HHH
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