> What puzzles me about the whole PPF thing is that no one who's donated to it seems particularly dodgy or questionable, so why not just let them donate publicly?
You and everyone else. In the absence of anything more solid, Guido, above, and others have pointed out that Willie Nagel, a diamond trader, and Isaac Kaye, a former supporter of apartheid who has been investigated (http://www.guardian.co.uk/medicine/story/0,11381,683730,00.html) for ripping off the NHS, are two of Hain's donors. Trying to veil their involvement in order to protect Hain's left-wing credentials may seem like a flimsy reason for setting up a front company to funnel money through, but as a theory it currently has the advantage of actually being some sort of reason.
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You and everyone else. In the absence of anything more solid, Guido, above, and others have pointed out that Willie Nagel, a diamond trader, and Isaac Kaye, a former supporter of apartheid who has been investigated (http://www.guardian.co.uk/medicine/story/0,11381,683730,00.html) for ripping off the NHS, are two of Hain's donors. Trying to veil their involvement in order to protect Hain's left-wing credentials may seem like a flimsy reason for setting up a front company to funnel money through, but as a theory it currently has the advantage of actually being some sort of reason.