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I'll help to bankroll Brown in snap poll, pledges steel tycoon; Ally: Swaraj Paul.

Publication: The Evening Standard (London, England)
Publication Date: 14-AUG-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Byline: PAUL WAUGH

SPECULATION that Gordon Brown will call an early general electionintensified today after a steel millionaire said he would help to fund Labour'scampaign.

In an announcement that will come as a huge relief to cashstrapped partychiefs, Lord Paulthought to be worth [pounds sterling]450 millionsaid he was ready to fund an election whenever it was calledincluding a snap poll.

The peer, who is now Mr Brown's biggest donor, made clear that money would beno object if the Prime Minister decided to seize on his current poll lead.

"All I know is...

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