Ex-Tory minister Andrea Leadsom, Vote Leave veteran Oliver Lewis and a £500,00 Tory-donating tycoon are among Brexiteers receiving honours from the Queen Former Tory minister Andrea Leadsom became a dame in Birthday Honours List Oliver Lewis, a veteran of the Vote Leave campaign, is made a CBE Will Adderley who was a donor to Leave … Read more
A multi-millionaire former Tory treasurer has donated £500,000 to the party this year, months after controversially being handed a seat in the House of Lords by Boris Johnson. The Prime Minister sparked a croynism row last December when he over-ruled objections to make Peter Cruddas, dubbed the ‘City of London’s richest man’, a peer. At the time … Read more
A multi-millionaire former Tory treasurer has donated £500,000 to the party this year, months after controversially being handed a seat in the House of Lords by Boris Johnson. The Prime Minister sparked a croynism row last December when he over-ruled objections to make Peter Cruddas, dubbed the ‘City of London’s richest man’, a peer. At the time … Read more
Police arrest and charge 20-year-old man with murder of ex-Tory activist’s aspiring lawyer son, 22, who was fatally stabbed in ‘completely unprovoked’ attack outside Waitrose as he went to buy a bagel Rashid Gedel was arrested on Wednesday and is due to appear in court today He is charged with murdering 22-year-old Sven Badzak in … Read more
Police arrest fifth person over murder of ex-Tory activist’s aspiring lawyer son, 22, who was fatally stabbed in ‘completely unprovoked’ attack as he went to buy a bagel Sven Badzak, 22, was stabbed to death in Kilburn, north-west London on Feb 6 His mother, an ex-Tory activist, said her son was getting a bagel at … Read more
Philip Hammond has launched a savage attack on Theresa May, claiming she had no idea what Brexit should look like when she became PM in July 2016. The former Tory chancellor said Mrs May ‘didn’t know’ what kind of relationship she wanted the UK to have with the European Union when she moved into Number … Read more
Boris Johnson in crony storm: Prime Minister overrules his advisers to hand peerage to ex-Tory treasurer who was embroiled in donations-for-access scandal The Prime Minister Boris Johnson decided to ennoble City tycoon Peter Cruddas House of Lords Appointments Commission recommended he be turned down It was claimed he offered access to then PM David Cameron … Read more
Boris Johnson in crony storm: Prime Minister overrules his advisers to hand peerage to ex-Tory treasurer who was embroiled in donations-for-access scandal The Prime Minister Boris Johnson decided to ennoble City tycoon Peter Cruddas House of Lords Appointments Commission recommended he be turned down It was claimed he offered access to then PM David Cameron … Read more
Boris Johnson is facing a cronyism row after he appointed a controversial ex-Tory treasurer as a life peer, overruling objections from an independent committee. Banker Peter Cruddas, who is worth a reported £860million, is a long time Conservative donor who has given the party more than £3.5million. The so-called ‘City of London’s richest man’ has now been … Read more
Boris Johnson is facing a cronyism row after he appointed a controversial ex-Tory treasurer as a life peer, overruling objections from an independent committee. Banker Peter Cruddas, who is worth a reported £860million, is a long time Conservative donor who has given the party more than £3.5million. The so-called ‘City of London’s richest man’ has now been … Read more