Sean Connery Fights Political Party

LONDON (AP) â€” Sean Connery accused the Labor Party government of deliberately blocking him from making donations to a rival political party. <br><br>Connery is prevented from making donations under the

Monday, December 18th 2000, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

LONDON (AP) â€” Sean Connery accused the Labor Party government of deliberately blocking him from making donations to a rival political party.

Connery is prevented from making donations under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act because he is based in the Bahamas and is not registered to vote.

``I'm a proud Scot, a freeman of my native Edinburgh and a U.K. citizen but this law treats me as a foreigner,'' Connery wrote in several Sunday newspapers.

Connery claims the legislation was created, in part, to prevent him from giving money to the Scottish National Party, which supports a gradual move toward Scottish independence from Britain and counts Connery as one of its star supporters.

``In any democracy there has to be balance. In Scotland that means the SNP need the funding to do their job.''

Scottish Secretary Brian Wilson dismissed Connery's complaint.

``The idea that there should be an exemption for Sir Sean Connery, who has made a personal decision not to register to vote in British elections, is crazy,'' he said.