This time - cash for access

It is not new to the political arena of the United Kingdom. Labour has done it. Liberals have done it. Conservatives are still doing it. Receiving money from wealthy donors in to party coffers to have access to the Prime Minister, No. 10 Downing Street and to high calibre ministers is not new to the people here.

The Deputy Treasurer of the Conservative Party Peter Cruddas has boasted that for a donation of Sterling Pounds 250,000 will secure dinner invitations from No 10, Downing Street and a sympathetic ear of the prime minister. The undercover reporters of The Sunday Times have secretly videotaped Peter Cuddas discussion donations.

The film showing him telling Sterling Pounds 200,000-250,000 is premier league and it will be awesome for your business. When donors meet the prime minister at the dinner 'within that room, everything is confidential and you will be able to ask him (the prime minister) practically any question that you want'. He even suggested that they could even influence party policy saying 'if you are unhappy about something, we will listen to you and will put it into the policy committee at Downing Street'.

The video footage was aired by several news channels and Cruddas offered his resignation immediately. Embarrassed prime minister announced an internal party inquiry headed by Tory lawyer Lord Gold. The Labour party took the advantage of the situation and asked the prime minister to reveal the names of the guest lists of his private dinners. Cameron refused to publish who dined with him and his wife in their inner sanctum. But when Labour leader tried to drag the revelation to the House of Commons he promised to give out their names. He released the names of hedge fund bosses, construction millionaires and Lord Sainsbury who is a prominent Labour party member, as his private guests at recent dinner parties.

But he said none of these dinners were fund raising and none of the dinners were paid by the tax payers.