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New Statesman
| 1 year ago
There are few sights in politics less edifying than the House of Commons roused into a state of confected fury. (Actually, it is the sound more than the sight that is off-putting -- the braying roar of hundreds of MPs hurling theatrical fury at one...
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The independent
| 1 year ago
News in pictures Opinion blogs Like the old saying goes, the grass is always greener on the other side...I hadn't really paid attention to Labour propaganda about its record on the NHS until I found these .....ComRes has a poll in The Independent...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
Michael Hintze is a Tory party donor and financially supporting former chancellor Nigel Lawson's climate sceptic thinktank. Photograph: Stuart Clarke / Rex Features Michael Hintze, a leading Conservative party donor who runs the £5bn hedge fund CQS,...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
British Prime Minister David Cameron leaves No.10 Downing St before his Chancellor delivers the Government's Budget to the Houses of Parliament in London, March 21 2012. March 27 (UPI) -- Prime Minister David Cameron acknowledged Monday major donors...
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The Sun UK
| 1 year ago
The business and City fat cats handed over a total 23million to boost Conservative coffers. The party was forced to reveal the embarrassing list as the cash for access scandal engulfing the PM deepened. In another bruising day for Mr Cameron, Downing...
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Mail Online UK
| 1 year ago
Details of activities undertaken by donors are significant because they suggest high-level links between party backers and politicians can lead to influence over or prior knowledge of policy. The disgraced former Tory treasurer Peter Cruddas was...
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Mail Online UK
| 1 year ago
His family owns Jayroma, a multinational textile company making ladies' clothes, and in 1995, aged 29, he joined the firm, drawing a salary of 900,000 in one year alone. It meant he was able to buy the 3million house in Holland Park, West London,...
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Mail Online UK
| 1 year ago
Pugh's take on the scandal Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude told MPs Mr Cruddas knew nothing more than anyone could have read in the newspapers, which had been speculating about the possibility of a cut in the 50p rate for several weeks. But...
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The independent
| 1 year ago
Like the old saying goes, the grass is always greener on the other side...I hadn't really paid attention to Labour propaganda about its record on the NHS until I found .....ComRes has a poll in The Independent tomorrow putting Labour 10 points ahead...
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The Independent
| 1 year ago
The Leader of the Opposition clearly thought so and arrived in the Commons to harangue the suave, hereditary Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude (he was offering a statement on party funding, following weekend revelations). Actually, the headline...
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The Independent
| 1 year ago
A Swiss-born banker and passionate Eurosceptic, a Christian hedge-fund boss who champions family values and the head of an international oil-trading firm who had played a vital role in helping fund the Libyan rebels fighting Muammar Gaddafi. On a...
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The Independent
| 1 year ago
News in pictures On Facebook From the blogs Like the old saying goes, the grass is always greener on the other side...I'm imagine David Cameron would have had more than five pints of lager on a night out with his Bulli... As I read the news that...
