Prescott makes his donation target in 24 hours

By Mark Hanson

Go Fourth, the campaign vehicle launched 10 months ago by John Prescott and Alastair Campbell, messaged all its members via Facebook yesterday asking for help. Thanks to small donations they have beaten their target within just 24 hours.

Despite the likes of Prescott, Campbell, Glenys Kinnock and Tony Blair putting their own money in (Blair gave £6,000) the campaign was £2,000 in deficit. To be fair they’ve been busy.

Since September, Go Fourth has:

Run the successful Give Up The Bonus campaign to curb RBS bonus payouts and slash Sir Fred Goodwin's pension.

Shamed the Tories into pulling a private members bill to scrap the National Minimum Wage with their Wage Concern campaign.

* Held 15 party rallies across the country.

* Campaigned for victory in the Glenrothes by-election.

* Been on a 14 stop Prescott Express Battle Bus Tour of the North for the European Elections.

JP’s Facebook message said:

“Sadly it requires money and as I don't know of any Belize-based billionaires, Go Fourth has to rely on small donations. It helped us fund our Prescott Express tour, which was fantastic. But we still have some outstanding debts totalling £2,000 that we'd like to clear as well as build our battle chest for the next ten months. So here's the deal. If you donate £15 to Go Fourth, I'll send you a signed copy of my book, Prezza: Pulling No Punches.”

The fundraising total hit £2,055 within 24 hours largely thanks to small donations from £15 to £100. They’ve had to turn several down as they were from people living abroad - oversees donations are forbidden. Keep in mind this is only from Twitter, Facebook and Go Fourth emails, not from the party mailing list.

So let's try and keep it going. Donate here and get the campaign that you want. Bigger and better and not in hock to vested interests or non-dom millionaires. This is the people’s Party and we can have more control of it by raising our own funds.