As he promised he would, Ed Miliband has just released a list of his meetings with donors and trade union general secretaries. Labour has outflanked the Conservatives by including anyone who has donated more than £7,500 to the party; the Tories only included those who donated more than £50,000.
For reasons that are unclear, Miliband’s meetings with Ken Livingstone are also listed. They include an eye-catching dinner at Miliband’s home on 23 March, shortly after the Labour leader received that letter from Jewish supporters expressing concern over Livingstone’s now-infamous remarks.
Ed Miliband: List of meetings and dinners with donors and trade union general secretaries from
25 September 2010 to date:
4 November 2010 – Nigel Doughty
7 December 2010 – John Hannett (USDAW)
15 December 2010 – Dave Prentis (Unison)
5 January 2011 – Len McCluskey (UNITE)
13 January 2011 – Paul Kenny (GMB)
17 January 2011 – Lord Bhattacharyya
2 February 2011 – Henry Tinsley (Betterworld Ltd)
3 February 2011 – Lord Alan Sugar
16 February 2011 – Kevin McGrath
3 March 2011 – Len McCluskey (UNITE), Paul Kenny (GMB), Dave Prentis (Unison)
9 March – Michael Leahy (Community)
24 March 2011 – Nigel Doughty – Breakfast at Ed Miliband’s home
29 March 2011 – Andrew Rosenfeld
29 March 2011 – Graham Jones
29 March 2011 – Lord Waheed Alli (BM Creative Management Ltd)
4 April 2011 -John Hannett (USDAW), Michael Leahy (Community), Len McCluskey (UNITE), Paul Kenny
(GMB), Gerry Doherty (TSSA), Billy Hayes (CWU)- Dinner, House of Commons
26 April 2011 – Paul Kenny (GMB)
16 May 2011 -Len McCluskey (UNITE)
17 May 2011 – Ken Livingstone
20 June 2011 – Len McCluskey (UNITE)
27 June 2011 – John Hannett (USDAW)
28 June 2011 – George Guy (UCATT)
14 July 2011 – George Iacobescu (Canary Wharf plc)
14 July 2011 – Ken Livingstone
22 July 2011 – Andrew Rosenfeld
22 July 2011 – Paul Kenny (GMB)
25 July 2011 – Dave Prentis (Unison)
2 September 2011 – Len McCluskey (UNITE)
6 September 2011 – Nigel Doughty
13 September 2011 – John Hannett (USDAW)
20 September 2011 – Ken Livingstone
27 October 2011 – Andrew Rosenfeld
10 November 2011 – Len McCluskey (UNITE), Paul Kenny (GMB), Dave Prentis (UNISON)
19 November 2011 – Nigel Doughty – Dinner at Ed Miliband’s house
16 December 2011 – Andrew Rosenfeld
20 January 2012 – Andrew Rosenfeld – Dinner at Ed Miliband’s home
6 February 2012 – Len McCluskey (UNITE)
9 February 2012 – Dr Assem Allam
21 February 2012 – Dave Prentis (Unison)
1 March 2012 – Andrew Rosenfeld
7 March 2012 – Michael Leahy (Community)/John Hannett (USDAW)
14 March 2012 – Billy Hayes (CWU)
23 March 2012 – Ken Livingstone – Dinner at Ed Miliband’s home