How many campaigns could stand up to scrutiny?
Has Channel 4 opened a hornet’s nest? The problem with the Channel 4 investigation into Zac Goldsmith’s election expenses is that it is an open secret amongst political practitioners that such practices are widespread and touch all the main parties where there are tight races. Nobody would ever admit it but there is what amounts to an unofficial truce amongst the main parties not to probe too deeply into how opponents accounted for specific campaigns. The reason is that they’ve…