Saturday 5 July 2008

Solidarity, PayPal and Lancaster 'Unity'

"Never let the facts get in the way of a good story". That phrase could have been coined for the amateur journalists at 'Lancaster Unity'. Take a look at their article on the Solidarity PayPal account. It illustrates this general point.

The Solidarity PayPal account had temporary restrictions placed on it as a result of the automatic triggering of procedures designed to prevent money-laundering. These (as any ebay seller will know) are put into place when money coming in goes above a set limit.

Yet posters on 'Lancaster Unity' sought to give a different impression:-

"Paypal have already suspended the Solidarity account because of complaints."

and from another poster:-

"Allegations of money-laundering?

Sounds like Nick Grifin is somehow involved here.

The Paypal account is not the only likely fraudulent issue with Squalidarity."


How foolish they now seem. After the submission of the required documentation the restrictions were lifted and the account is now operating as normal. Go and make an online donation to Solidarity! Solidarity collects donations and membership subscriptions using PayPal but this represents only a small fraction. Once collected the money is used to pay bills or paid over to the Union account. All PayPal transactions are electronically stored in the 'History' section and can therefore be easily audited.

The great democrats at 'Lancaster Unity' also call for people to write to a bank asking them not to provide services to the Solidarity Union. Here they begin to cross into areas covered by anti-stalking and anti-terror legislation. Solidarity will request copies of all correspondance sent to any financial institution regarding the Union. Solidarity is carefully documenting their transgressions. These kind of fascist tactics go beyond acceptable debate and those involved should know they may face civil and criminal sanction.

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