Pat McFadden plays down the resignation of Labour MP Rosie Duffield saying, "I don't think in the end her resignation is a big surprise". The chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster also dismisses criticisms from Ms Duffield about donations from Lord Alli, insisting "everything that's donated is properly declared". Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Well I'm sorry to see Rosie go. I like Rosie but I don't think it's a secret
00:07that she's been a bit disillusioned for some time and when you read the extent
00:13of the things in the resignation letter I think that becomes true so I'm sad to
00:18see her go but I don't think in the end her resignation is a big surprise.
00:23Everything that's donated is properly declared. Donations are part of politics.
00:28I welcome the support of successful people who want to support Labour. It's a
00:34part of campaigning these days and we'll always declare in line with the rules
00:39any donations that come in. The important thing is that there is no suggestion of
00:44any policy change or any quid pro quo for donations. There isn't in this case
00:50and that's the important thing. It's declared everything in the proper way.
00:55Some of this was for the campaign. Presentation is part of campaigning
01:00whether we like it or not so we've had campaign donations for that. Now that
01:06we're in government it's a new phase and that won't happen in the future but it
01:11was part of the election campaign.