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Isn’t it odd that the contributors to Fianna Fáil were those most advantaged by the policies of that party?

NICK CLEGG said on Monday that the Conservatives had raised more than £15 million from companies and individuals connected to the City of London – bankers and financiers: big business, in other words – since David Cameron was elected party leader in 2005. The Liberal Democrats make the point that one-tenth of Conservative candidates are bankers or have worked in the sector, and that between Cameron’s election as leader in December 2005 and this election, £109 million in donations was received.