Were they tried to evade EU data protection rules?

It's just been reported that the Conservatives in Crewe & Nantwich sent data to several media outlets which contained private and confidential data on voters within the constituency. The voting intentions, MOSAIC (socio-economic profiles), names, addresses and telephone numbers of more than 8000 voters contained in three Excel spreadsheets was sent to Manx Radio.

This looks to be a major breach of data protection laws. The Tories have admitted to this, but many questions still remain unanswered. We still do not know which part of the constituency the data related to, nor do we know if it was intentionally released.

It is still unclear if David Cameron will be making an apology to the people of Crewe & Nantwich.

The The BBC learned that the files were e-mailed around lunchtime on Wednesday (today). The Information Commissioner has launched an investigation, saying that the mishandling of data by the Tories was an issue that raised "serious concern."

 

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Gwyenth Dunwoody's daughter, Tamsin, has been selected tonight to be the Labour candidate in the upcoming byelection.

I have just heard the news that Gwyneth Dunwoody has died and felt compelled to post a tribute to her here.

She was born into the Party as daughter of the longtime General Secretary, Morgan Phillips, and was elected as the member for Exeter in 1966. After losing her seat in 1970, she moved and became MP for Crewe in 1974, where she has remained ever since. She is the longest serving female MP ever.