 Although originally a Conservative Party supporter, he supported Tony Blair and starred in a Labour Party election broadcast, saying that ""... frankly, there's only one party that can represent Britain best, getting business right, and that's New Labour"".In June 2008, Robinson was one of four Labour donors who expressed their concerns with Gordon Brown's leadership and stated he would not be contributing any more money to the Labour Party until there was a change of leader.He had donated some £70,000 to the party between 2001 and 2005.