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 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
Detectives believe an aspiring lawyer who was stabbed to death as he went to buy a bagel was subjected to an ‘unprovoked attack’ by a group of six young men. A 19-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of murdering 22-year-old Sven Badzak in Kilburn, north-west London, last Saturday have been released on … Read more
A 17-year-old boy was today arrested over the murder of a 22-year-old aspiring lawyer who was chased by a gang and stabbed to death in an unprovoked attack – as his ex-Tory activist mother said her ‘gentle’ son ‘didn’t even try to fight’. Sven Badzak, 22, was brutally attacked by a group of men on Willesden … Read more
Boris Johnson said ‘absolutely everything’ is being done to tackle violent crime, after a mother and former Conservative Party activist pleaded with him for help following the fatal stabbing of her son. Sven Badzak, a 22-year-old aspiring lawyer from Maida Hill, west London, was killed and his friend is fighting for his life after they … 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 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