The report by Greg Hurst, Dominic Kennedy and Andrew Pierce in The Times this morning that,

“Every member of the Lib Dems will have to pay about £30 to clear its debts if the party is forced to surrender its record gift from Michael Brown. The party’s legal status is that of an unincorporated association, in effect a club of its 73,000 members. No committee or individual is responsible for any financial liabilities. Nor is any insurance policy”

is not all bad news for the members of the Liberal Democrats.  Presumably if the liability to repay Michael Brown’s £2.4 million donation does materialise, only people who are still members at that particular time, will be liable to make their obligatory contribution?[1]  It will be interesting to see how many party members are fair-weather supporters.

[1] Though I am no expert in such matters and I might be entirely wrong.