Gadaffi 'could' fund the 'In' campaign in an EU referendum

Following my post of yesterday I read this on Euroalert which highlights another aspect of the report,

Currently EU funding can cover 85% of the expenditure of a party, which must therefore find the remaining 15% itself. MEPs believe the 15% could be reduced to 10%. They also suggest raising the ceiling for donations from 12,000 euro to 25,000 euro per year per donor and bringing forward the point in time when the annual grant to the parties is paid.

In order to be able to spend Euro 1,000,000 on fighting an EU referendum in Britain, all a European Political Party will have to do is raise, Euro 100,000, the rest will be able to be given by the taxpayer. And with the donation limit raised to Euro 25,000 that means all they have to do to spend 1 million is to find 4 donors.

This thought set me off. Who is allowed to fund European Political Parties voluntarily? (Obviously the taxpayer doesn't have a choice). Well after talking to the Sectretariat of the the relevant Constitutional Affairs Committee it seems there are no real rules. Here is the regulation governing permissable donations as it currently stands.

2. A political party at European level as well as a political foundation at European level shall not accept:

(a) anonymous donations;
(b) donations from the budgets of political groups in the European Parliament;
(c) donations from any undertaking over which the public authorities may exercise directly or indirectly a dominant influence by virtue of their ownership of it, their financial participation therein, or the rules which govern it;
(d) donations exceeding EUR 12000 per year and per donor from any natural or legal person other than the undertakings referred to in point (c) and without prejudice to paragraphs 3 and 4;
(e) donations from any public authority from a third country, including from any undertaking over which the public authorities may exercise directly or indirectly a dominant influence by virtue of their ownership of it, their financial participation therein, or the rules which govern it.

So I am Muamar Gadaffi, and I think that the EU is so divided that it is better that the UK stays in rather being independent where it might start to make desions for itself. Thus when the inevitable In/Out referendum comes in the UK, I want to help the In side. I look at the funding rules for European Political Parties and come to the conclusion that this is my way to influence the outcome.

A) No anonymous donations.

OK, no problem, I can either give the money directly from my own named and numbered Swiss bank Account, or I can channel it through a third party, because there is no way theat the EU will be able to check what is going on in Libya.

(B) No donations from the budgets of political groups in the European Parliament;

Not a problem for me. After all their budgets already come from the taxpayer.

(C) No donations from any undertaking over which the public authorities may exercise directly or indirectly a dominant influence by virtue of their ownership of it, their financial participation therein, or the rules which govern it;

Again, no problem from me, as long it is direct from me, or my associate rather than from  Libyan government agency this is no obstacle.

(d) No donations exceeding EUR 12000 per year and per donor from any natural or legal person other than the undertakings referred to in point (c) and without prejudice to paragraphs 3 and 4;

Well they are changing this to EUR 25,000, and despite what my detractors might have you believe I am both a natutral and legal person, so of course would my associates be. (Paras 3 and 4 are about national political parties and national and European Political Foundations so of no relevance)

(e) No donations from any public authority from a third country, including from any undertaking over which the public authorities may exercise directly or indirectly a dominant influence by virtue of their ownership of it, their financial participation therein, or the rules which govern it.

Again, as long as I did it myself, or through an associate, rather than through one of the agencies of the state this is no problem. And if I, Muamar Gadaffi can do it, so can anyone.
I spoke to the Electoral Commission and they pointed me to this document on their website that defines what

Who can you accept a donation from?

You must only accept donations from permissible donors.

A permissible donor is:
• An individual registered on a UK electoral register, including overseas electors and those leaving bequests.
• Most UK-registered companies.
• A UK-registered trade union.
• A UK-registered building society.
• A UK-registered limited liability partnership (LLP) that carries on business in the UK.
• A UK-registered friendly society.
• A UK-based unincorporated association that carries on business or other activities in the UK.

Which certainly suggests that the EU's proposed rule changes would be in breach of UK electoral law.