Daniel Finkelstein in The Times: Power is what matters to Charlie Whelan and Unite, not airy-fairy ideals.
About Cash-Gordon campaign This campaign is a response to one of the great untold stories of British politics: how the Unite union has developed a strangle-hold over the Labour Party. Under the political direction of a man called Charlie Whelan, Unite has taken advantage of Labour’s near bankruptcy and the departure of Tony Blair to gain an unprecedented grip on Gordon Brown's Labour Party. Since Brown became leader Unite has bankrolled Labour with £11m of its members' money, and has an enormous amount of influence on its policies and operations. The question we all need to be worried about is what Whelan and Unite are going to get in return. That's why this Facebook campaign has been set up - so that together we can spread the word about this cash-for-influence. To get started first you need to connect to this campaign using your Facebook account, and then you can start earning points by completing the campaign tasks set out below.
Thank you for joining our campaign against the new "militant tendency" in the Labour Party.
The very first thing to do to get started is to log in with your Facebook account. Simply click on the link on the top-right of the page, and click Connect on the window that pops up.
Now you're ready to start learning about the issues, spreading the word about them - and accumulating points.
Go to the Activity Panel in the centre of page, and use the slider to start looking at the things you can do:
As you can see, there's a Leaderboard on the page that ranks everybody's activity. Keep an eye on how well you're doing - there'll be prizes for the best campaigners!