Jowell at Centre of Row Over Olympics 'Bribe' Email [Scot Region]

Mail on Sunday › April 26, 2009

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LABOUR was plunged into a fresh storm last night after a leaked email suggested that Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell promised money from the 2012 Games in exchange for the selection of a family friend as a General Election candidate.

Miss Jowell stands accused of trying to 'bribe' a private meeting in the Erith and Thamesmead constituency by telling party members that if they selected Georgia Gould as their candidate, the area would be in a good position to benefit from the Pounds 9billion Olympics budget, which Miss Jowell controls.

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Jowell at Centre of Row Over Olympics 'Bribe' Email [Scot Region]

In an email, written the day after this month's meeting and seen by The Mail on Sunday, 22-year-old Miss Gould - the daughter of Tony Blair's poll guru Lord Gould - wrote: 'I hosted a great meeting last night for Tessa Jowell, the Minister for the Olympics. Tessa spoke with real passion about the opportunities for investment th...

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