https://powerbase.info/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Alex+Doherty&feedformat=atomPowerbase - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T11:44:41ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.31.5https://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Rob_Suss&diff=226036Rob Suss2015-10-24T23:44:25Z<p>Alex Doherty: /* Israel Advocacy */</p>
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'''Rob Suss''' is an investment banker. He is currently Director at [[Pace Holdings Corp.]] and was formerly Managing Director at [[Goldman Sachs]].<br />
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==Israel Advocacy==<br />
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Suss is a Committee Member of [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. <ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref> Suss is a trustee of Lumos, a children's charity founded by JK Rowling. Rowling was one of the signatories to a letter in ''The Guardian'' launching CfC in October 2015.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref> <ref name ="suss">LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=ADEAABd4T9gBxqu3_li5qh6tLlJCfls8-Z01pQw&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=fFKU&locale=en_US&srchid=1792781161445607700066&srchindex=1&srchtotal=12&trk=vsrp_people_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A1792781161445607700066%2CVSRPtargetId%3A393760728%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary%2CVSRPnm%3Atrue%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH Rob Suss]. Accessed 23 October 2015.</ref><br />
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[[Category:Israel Lobby]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Rob_Suss&diff=226010Rob Suss2015-10-23T13:51:42Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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'''Rob Suss''' is an investment banker. He is currently Director at [[Pace Holdings Corp.]] and was formerly Managing Director at [[Goldman Sachs]].<br />
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==Israel Advocacy==<br />
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Suss is a Committee Member of [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. <ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref> Suss is a trustee of Lumos, a children's charity founded by JK Rowling. Rowling was one of the signatories to a letter in The Guardian launching CfC in October 2015.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref> <ref name ="suss">LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=ADEAABd4T9gBxqu3_li5qh6tLlJCfls8-Z01pQw&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=fFKU&locale=en_US&srchid=1792781161445607700066&srchindex=1&srchtotal=12&trk=vsrp_people_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A1792781161445607700066%2CVSRPtargetId%3A393760728%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary%2CVSRPnm%3Atrue%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH Rob Suss]. Accessed 23 October 2015.</ref><br />
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[[Category:Israel Lobby]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Rob_Suss&diff=226009Rob Suss2015-10-23T13:48:37Z<p>Alex Doherty: Created page with " '''Rob Suss''' is an investment banker. He is currently Director at Pace Holdings Corp. and was formerly Managing Director at Goldman Sachs. ==Israel Advocacy== Sus..."</p>
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'''Rob Suss''' is an investment banker. He is currently Director at [[Pace Holdings Corp.]] and was formerly Managing Director at [[Goldman Sachs]].<br />
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==Israel Advocacy==<br />
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Suss is a Committee Member of [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. <ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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[[Category:Israel Lobby]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Melvyn_Bragg&diff=226002Melvyn Bragg2015-10-23T13:33:02Z<p>Alex Doherty: /* Affiliations */</p>
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<div>Melvyn Bragg (born 6 October 1939) is a broadcaster and New Labour peer.<br />
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Melvyn Bragg is Controller of Arts at the ITV channel LWT, where he has worked since 1982. <ref>BBC Radio 4, [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/presenters/melvyn_bragg.shtml Presenters: Melvyn Bragg]</ref> He is one of a number of important Labour Party figures who worked at LWT, including [[Peter Mandelson]], [[Greg Dyke]], [[Trevor Phillips]], [[Gerry Robinson]], [[Charles Leadbetter]] and [[Barry Cox]] (former Chief Executive of the ITV Network Centre).<br />
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Barry Cox was [[Tony Blair]]'s neighbour when he lived in Hackney in the early 1980's. Blair regularly stayed in his house in the South of France before [[Geoffrey Robinson]] offered his villa in Tuscany. Barry Cox acted as fundraiser for Blair's campaign for the Leadership of the Labour Party in 1994, raising £79,000. In the previous year LWT executives, including Bragg, Barry Cox and Greg Dyke, made £8.7 million when LWT retained its ITV franchise. Cox and Bragg donated some of this money to Blair's campaign.<br />
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Bragg was chairman of Border TV from 1990-95 and is a Governor of the [[London School of Economics]], along with Cherie Blair, [[Lord Puttnam]], [[Lord Stevenson]] and [[Lord Gavron]], and where [[Anthony Giddens]] (3rd Way guru) is Director and [[Lord Layard]] (an adviser to the DfEE, given a peerage in March 2000) is a Professor.<br />
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A friend of [[Tony Blair]], the former Labour Prime Minister, in 1998 Bragg was named in a list of the largest private financial donors to the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/161057.stm "Luvvies" for Labour] ''BBC News'' 30 August 1998</ref>Melvyn Bragg gave £25,000 to the [[Labour Party]] in 1997. He was given his peerage in 1998. He gave another £7,500 in 1999. <ref>Available through: [http://www.red-star-research.org.uk/subframe5.html Red Star Research search function]</ref><br />
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==Career Overview==<br />
Profile taken from 'The Guardian' <ref>Steven Morris, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1306537,00.html The Guardian Profile: Melvyn Bragg], The Guardian, 17 September 2004.</ref><br />
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:Born: 6 October 1939 to Stanley and Ethel Bragg, at Wigton, Cumberland<br />
:'''Family''': Married French vicomtesse Marie-Elisabeth Roche, 1961 (died 1971), one daughter; and Catherine Mary Haste in 1973, one daughter and one son.<br />
:'''Education''': Wigton Primary School and Nelson Thomlinson grammar school, Wigton; Wadham College, Oxford (modern history)<br />
:'''Career''': BBC: general traineeship 1961; <br />
:*producer on Monitor 1963, editor BBC 2 1964; <br />
:*presenter and editor, Read All About It (BBC) 1976-77; <br />
:*South Bank Show (ITV) 1978- ;<br />
:*Start the Week (BBC) 1988-1998; <br />
:*Routes of English (BBC) 1999; In Our Time (BBC) 1998- . <br />
:*Head of arts, LWT 1982-1990; <br />
:*deputy chairman, Border Television 1985-90; <br />
:*chairman, Border Television1990-96; <br />
:*Governor LSE 1997-;<br />
:*Chancellor Leeds University 1999-;<br />
:*President MIND 2002-;<br />
:*Occasional contributor: Observer, Sunday Times and Guardian;<br />
:*Weekly column Times 1996-1998<br />
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===Novels===<br />
:''For Want of Nail'', 1965; <br />
:''The Maid of Buttermere'', 1987; <br />
:''Credo'', 1996; <br />
:''The Soldier's Return'', 1999; <br />
:''A Son of War'', 2001.<br />
==Affiliations==<br />
*Vice President of the [[Friends of the British Library]], a charity set up to provide funding support to the [[British Library]].<ref name="ar0607">*[http://www.bl.uk/supportus/pdf/friendsannrep0607.pdf Friends of the British Library Annual Report 2006/07] </ref> <br />
*a member of the [[Arts Council of Great Britain]] Literature Panel in 1969, and later Chairman<br />
*Honorary Fellow of the [[Royal Society]].<ref>Royal society [http://royalsociety.org/people/melvyn-bragg/ Melvyn Bragg FRS], accessed 10 April 2013</ref><br />
*[[Labour Friends of Israel]], member <ref name="Totally"> Justin Cohen [http://www.totallyjewish.com/news/national/c-6474/bragg-joins-boycott-fight/ Bragg Joins Boycott Fight], ''Totally Jewish'', Wednesday 13th June 2007.</ref><br />
*[[Science Media Centre]] Board member in 2002<br />
*[[Friends of Israel Educational Foundation]] - Patron<br />
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==Views on Israel==<br />
In November 12, 2000, Bragg stated:<br />
<blockquote style="background-color:beige;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%">I do not think that ‘need’ is too dramatic a word. The fate of Israel matters beyond its borders. The country has an infinite attraction for those like myself whose childhood was saturated in Christianity and part of whose adolescence was defined in the battle against it. For Christians, Israel is some sort of home.<ref>Melvyn Bragg, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4089901,00.htm The Desert Conscience of Israel], The Guardian, 12 November 2000.</ref></blockquote><br />
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Bragg also took a prominent position against the proposed academic boycott of Israel in 2007. Bragg was among more than 250 signatories to a national newspaper advert condemning the [[University and College Union]] vote to support a boycott of Israeli universities. Bragg, reportedly said: <br />
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:Like many others who have connections with academics and journalists, I am dismayed by moves for boycotts. The situation in the Middle East is difficult enough without this. It appears that these suggestions come from a very small minority within the associations concerned; that while they take into account the sufferings of Palestinians they fail to understand the legitimate concerns of a democratic Israel and they threaten to annul efforts being made in this country to help resolve a terrible dilemma. Furthermore, they undermine one of the most hard fought for and hard won freedoms in this country - the indivisibility of freedom of speech.<ref name="Totally"/><br />
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In October 2015, Bragg signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
<references/></div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=John_Levy&diff=226000John Levy2015-10-23T13:29:49Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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'''John Levy''' is a Committee Member of [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. <ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref> Levy is also the Executive Director of [[The Academic Study Group on Israel and the Middle East]], and the [[Friends of Israel Educational Foundation]].<ref name ="profile">Friends of Israel Educational Foundation Website [http://www.foi-asg.org/reference/profile-john-levy.pdf John Levy]. Accessed 23 October 2015.</ref><br />
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His page on LinkedIn describes his activities as involving being an 'Organisor [sic] of lecture programmes around the UK for 6th Form and adult audiences/Active lecturer in these talks/Initiator of wide variety of academic link-ups between the UK and Israel...'<ref name ="levy">LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-levy/66/954/56a John Levy]. Accessed 23 October 2015.</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Culture for Coexistence]] - Committee Member<br />
*[[The Academic Study Group on Israel and the Middle East]] - Executive Director<br />
*[[Friends of Israel Educational Foundation]] - Executive Director<br />
*[[Zionist Federation]] - Member<br />
*[[Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel]] - Former Co-ordinator<br />
*[[Indian/Jewish Association]] - Co-Chair<br />
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[[Category:Israel Lobby]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=John_Levy&diff=225999John Levy2015-10-23T13:28:26Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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'''John Levy''' is a Committee Member of [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. <ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref> Levy is also the Executive Director of [[The Academic Study Group on Israel and the Middle East]], and the [[Friends of Israel Educational Foundation]].<ref name ="profile">Friends of Israel Educational Foundation Website [http://www.foi-asg.org/reference/profile-john-levy.pdf John Levy]. Accessed 23 October 2015.</ref><br />
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His page on LinkedIn describes his activities as involving being an 'Organisor [sic] of lecture programmes around the UK for 6th Form and adult audiences/Active lecturer in these talks/Initiator of wide variety of academic link-ups between the UK and Israel...'<ref name ="levy">LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-levy/66/954/56a John Levy]. Accessed 23 October 2015.</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Culture for Coexistence]] - Committee Member<br />
*[[The Academic Study Group on Israel and the Middle East]] - Executive Director<br />
*[[Friends of Israel Educational Foundation]] - Executive Director<br />
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[[Category:Israel Lobby]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=John_Levy&diff=225998John Levy2015-10-23T13:27:40Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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'''John Levy''' is a Committee Member of [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. <ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref> Levy is also the Executive Director of [[The Academic Study Group on Israel and the Middle East]], and the [[Friends of Israel Educational Foundation]].<ref name ="profile">Friends of Israel Educational Foundation Website [http://www.foi-asg.org/reference/profile-john-levy.pdf John Levy]. Accessed 23 October 2015.</ref><br />
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His page on LinkedIn describes his activities as involving being an 'Organisor [sic] of lecture programmes around the UK for 6th Form and adult audiences/Active lecturer in these talks/Initiator of wide variety of academic link-ups between the UK and Israel...'<ref name ="levy">LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-levy/66/954/56a John Levy]. Accessed 23 October 2015.</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Culture for Coexistence]] - Committee Member<br />
*[[The Academic Study Group on Israel and the Middle East]] - Executive Director<br />
*[[Friends of Israel Educational Foundation]] - Executive Director<br />
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ucated in London, a Sociology graduate of Bedford College, John spent nearly a year as a<br />
social worker in South London, before joining the Zionist Federation, in 1970.<br />
John is the Executive Director of The Academic Study Group on Israel and the Middle<br />
East, and the Friends of Israel Educational Foundation. Both are entirely administered<br />
and funded by British well-wishers<br />
Friends of Israel Educational Foundation was established in 1976; the Academic Study<br />
Group in 1978. These educational Trusts seek to promote an informed and analytic<br />
understanding of Israel and the Middle East; and forge closer collaborative ties between<br />
academics and other experts in the UK and their professional counterparts in Israel.<br />
Until April 2013 John was co-ordinator of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel.<br />
He remains a Trustee of the charity.<br />
John is the Jewish co-Chair of the Indian / Jewish Association.</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=John_Levy&diff=225997John Levy2015-10-23T13:24:14Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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'''John Levy''' is a Committee Member of [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. <ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref> Levy is also the Executive Director of [[The Academic Study Group on Israel and the Middle East]], and the [[Friends of Israel Educational Foundation]].<ref name ="profile">Friends of Israel Educational Foundation Website [http://www.foi-asg.org/reference/profile-john-levy.pdf John Levy]. Accessed 23 October 2015.</ref><br />
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His page on LinkedIn describes his activities as involving being an 'Organisor [sic] of lecture programmes around the UK for 6th Form and adult audiences/Active lecturer in these talks/Initiator of wide variety of academic link-ups between the UK and Israel...'<ref name ="levy">LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-levy/66/954/56a John Levy]. Accessed 23 October 2015.</ref><br />
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[[Category:Israel Lobby]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=John_Levy&diff=225996John Levy2015-10-23T13:17:59Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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'''John Levy''' is a Committee Member of [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. <ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref> He is also Director of the Academic Study Group of the [[Friends of Israel Educational Foundation]].<ref name ="levy">LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-levy/66/954/56a John Levy]. Accessed 23 October 2015.</ref> His page on LinkedIn describes the latter role as involving being an 'Organisor [sic] of lecture programmes around the UK for 6th Form and adult audiences/<br />
Active lecturer in these talks/Initiator of wide variety of academic link-ups between the UK and Israel...'<ref name ="levy">LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-levy/66/954/56a John Levy]. Accessed 23 October 2015.</ref><br />
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[[Category:Israel Lobby]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=John_Levy&diff=225995John Levy2015-10-23T13:15:58Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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'''John Levy''' is a Committee Member of [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. <ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref> He is also Director of the Academic Study Group of the [[Friends of Israel Educational Foundation]].<ref name ="levy">LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-levy/66/954/56a John Levy]. Accessed 23 October 2015.</ref><br />
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[[Category:Israel Lobby]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=John_Levy&diff=225994John Levy2015-10-23T13:15:45Z<p>Alex Doherty: Created page with " '''John Levy''' is a Committee Member of Culture for Coexistence, an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. <ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[ht..."</p>
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'''John Levy''' is a Committee Member of [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. <ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref> He is also Director of the Academic Study Group of the [[Friends of Israel Educational Foundation]].<ref name ="levy">LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-levy/66/954/56a John Levy]. Accessed 23 October 2015.</ref><br />
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[[Category:Israel Lobby]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Yigal_Elstein&diff=225993Yigal Elstein2015-10-23T13:09:32Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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'''Yigal Elstein''' is a Committee Member of [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. <ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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==Education==<br />
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Elstein was educated at the [[Ben-Gurion University of the Negev]].<ref name ="elstein">LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/yigal-elstein/1/23b/833 Yigal Elstein]. Accessed 23 October 2015.</ref><br />
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[[Category:Israel Lobby]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Yigal_Elstein&diff=225992Yigal Elstein2015-10-23T13:02:59Z<p>Alex Doherty: Created page with " '''Yigal Elstein''' is a Committee Member of Culture for Coexistence, an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. <ref>Harriet Sherwood, ..."</p>
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'''Yigal Elstein''' is a Committee Member of [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. <ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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[[Category:Israel Lobby]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Loraine_da_Costa&diff=225991Loraine da Costa2015-10-23T13:01:19Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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'''Loraine da Costa''' is a Committee Member of [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. <ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref> da Costa is also on the Executive Board of [[OneFamily]], an organisation that describes itself as 'The leading national organization rebuilding, rehabilititaing, and reintegrating the lives of Israel's victims of terror and war'.<ref name ="onef">OneFamily Website [http://www.onefamilytogether.org/ One Family Overcoming Terror Together]. Accessed 23 October 2015.</ref><br />
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*[[Culture for Coexistence]] - Committee Member<br />
*[[OneFamily]] - Executive Board Member<br />
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[[Category:Israel Lobby]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Loraine_da_Costa&diff=225990Loraine da Costa2015-10-23T13:00:55Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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'''Loraine da Costa''' is a Committee Member of [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. <ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref> da Costa is on the Executive Board of OneFamily, an organisation that describes itself as 'The leading national organization rebuilding, rehabilititaing, and reintegrating the lives of Israel's victims of terror and war'.<ref name ="onef">OneFamily Website [http://www.onefamilytogether.org/ One Family Overcoming Terror Together]. Accessed 23 October 2015.</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Culture for Coexistence]] - Committee Member<br />
*[[OneFamily]] - Executive Board Member<br />
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[[Category:Israel Lobby]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Culture_for_Coexistence&diff=225987Culture for Coexistence2015-10-23T12:56:55Z<p>Alex Doherty: /* Contact */</p>
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[[Culture for Coexistence]] is an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. The organisation launched with a letter in ''The Guardian'' in October 2015 signed by more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref> <br />
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==People== <br />
===Committee members===<br />
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[[Neil Blair]] | [[Loraine da Costa]] | [[Yigal Elstein]] | [[John Levy]] | [[Karen Smith]] | [[Mark Smith]] | [[Rob Suss]]<br />
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===Letter Signatories===<br />
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[[Naomi Alderman]] | [[Shay Alkalay]] | [[Bennett Arron]] | [[Jonathan Aycliffe]] | [[Daniel Battesk]] | [[John Battsek]] | [[Guto Bebb]] MP | [[Gina Bellman]] | [[Michael Berg]] | [[Josh Berger]] | [[Bob Blackman]] MP | [[Neil Blair]] | [[Iwona Blazwick]] OBE | [[Elli Bobrovizki]] | [[Gabi Bobrovizki]] | [[Melvyn Bragg]] | [[David Burrowes]] MP | [[Teresa Cahill]] | [[Colin Callender]] | [[Simon Chinn]] | [[Danny Cohen]] |[[Frank Cohen]] | Prof [[Susan Collins]] | [[Wendy Cope]] | [[Loraine da Costa]] | [[Marcus Davey]] | [[Oliver Dowden]] MP | [[Daniel Easterman]] | [[Ruth Dudley Edwards]] | [[Michael Dugher]] MP | [[Brian Elias]] | [[Yigal Elstein]] | [[Allie Esiri]] | [[Michael Etherton]] | [[Moris Farhi]] MBE | [[Niall Ferguson]] | [[Stanley Fink]] | [[Larry Finlay]] | [[Amanda Foreman]] | [[Michael Foster]] | [[Andrew Franklin]] | [[Nick Fraser]] | [[Mike Freer]] MP | [[Julian Friedman]] | [[Sonia Friedman]] | [[Jonny Geller]] | [[Adele Geras]] | [[David Glick]] | [[Taryn Gold]] | [[Amanda Goldman]] | [[Richard Goldstein]] | [[Graham Gouldman]] | <br />
[[Michael Grade]] | [[Maurice Gran]] | [[Linda Grant]] | [[Miriam Gross]] | [[Tom Gross]] | [[Stephen Grosz]] |[[Peter Halban]] | [[Martine Halban]] | [[Jan Harlan]] | Sir [[Ronald Harwood]] | [[Noreena Hertz]] | [[John Heyman]] | [[Lilian Hochhauser]] | [[Tom Holland]] | [[John Howell]] MP | [[Judy Ironside]] | [[David Japp]] | [[Andrea Jenkyns]] MP | [[Zygi Kamasa]] | [[Jack Kirkland]] | [[Evgeny Kissin]] | [[Michael Kuhn]] | [[David Kustow]] | [[Norman Lebrecht]] | [[Sam Leifer]] | [[Teddy Leifer]] | [[Camilla Lewis]] | [[David Levy]] | [[John Levy]] | [[Maureen Lipman]] | [[Andrew Macdonald]] | Dame [[Hilary Mantel]] | [[Stephen Margolis]] | [[Dan Marks]] | [[Laurence Marks]] | [[Denis McEoin]] | [[Charlotte Mendelson]] | [[Yael Mer]] | [[Ivan Moscovich]] | [[Maajid Nawaz]] | [[Anthony Newman]] | [[Gavin Newman]] | [[Hayley Newstead]] | [[Paula Noble]] | [[Tracy-Ann Oberman]] | [[Matthew Offord]] MP | [[Cosh Omar]] | [[Martin Paisner]] | [[Robin Pauley]] | [[Leo Pearlman]] | [[Daniel Peltz]] | [[Andrew Percy]] MP | Sir [[Eric Pickles]] | [[Stuart Polak]] (Lord Polak of Hertsmere) | [[Monica Porter]] | Baroness [[Gail Rebuck]] | [[Charlie Redmayne]] | [[Andrew Roberts]] | [[JK Rowling]] | Sir [[Paul Ruddock]] | Prof [[Carol Rumens]] FRSL | [[Marc Samuelson]] | [[Charles Robert Saumarez Smith]] CBE | Prof [[Robert Saxton]] | [[Joanna Scanlan]] | [[Kenny Schachter]] | [[Simon Schama]] | [[Simon Sebag Montefiore]] | [[Francesca Segal]] | Sir [[Anthony Seldon]] | [[Rick Senats]] | [[Zaab Sethna]] | [[Jonathan Shalit]] | [[Bernard Shapero]] | [[David Shelley]] | [[Clive Sinclair]] | [[Daniel Silver]] | [[Lucy Silver]] | [[Dan Silverston]] | [[Chloe Smith]] MP | [[Karen Smith]] | [[Mark Smith]] | Prof [[Ashley Solomon]] | [[Claire Speller]] | [[Rob Suss]] | Dr [[George Szirtes]] | [[Paul Trijbits]] | [[Kevin Tsjiuhara]] | [[Gabe Turner]] | [[Moni Varma]] | [[Rebecca Wallersteiner]] | [[Minette Walters]] | [[Zoë Wanamaker]]<br />
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==Contact==<br />
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No address is provided on the website but signing up to the organisation's mailing list yields the London postcode WC1N 3XX. Interestingly it is the same postcode as the [[Simon Wiesenthal Centre In The United Kingdom]] and [[Labour Friends of Israel]].<br />
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:Website: http://cultureforcoexistence.org/<br />
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==Notes==<br />
<references/><br />
[[Category:Israel Lobby]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Culture_for_Coexistence&diff=225985Culture for Coexistence2015-10-23T12:53:32Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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[[Culture for Coexistence]] is an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. The organisation launched with a letter in ''The Guardian'' in October 2015 signed by more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref> <br />
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==People== <br />
===Committee members===<br />
<br />
[[Neil Blair]] | [[Loraine da Costa]] | [[Yigal Elstein]] | [[John Levy]] | [[Karen Smith]] | [[Mark Smith]] | [[Rob Suss]]<br />
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===Letter Signatories===<br />
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[[Naomi Alderman]] | [[Shay Alkalay]] | [[Bennett Arron]] | [[Jonathan Aycliffe]] | [[Daniel Battesk]] | [[John Battsek]] | [[Guto Bebb]] MP | [[Gina Bellman]] | [[Michael Berg]] | [[Josh Berger]] | [[Bob Blackman]] MP | [[Neil Blair]] | [[Iwona Blazwick]] OBE | [[Elli Bobrovizki]] | [[Gabi Bobrovizki]] | [[Melvyn Bragg]] | [[David Burrowes]] MP | [[Teresa Cahill]] | [[Colin Callender]] | [[Simon Chinn]] | [[Danny Cohen]] |[[Frank Cohen]] | Prof [[Susan Collins]] | [[Wendy Cope]] | [[Loraine da Costa]] | [[Marcus Davey]] | [[Oliver Dowden]] MP | [[Daniel Easterman]] | [[Ruth Dudley Edwards]] | [[Michael Dugher]] MP | [[Brian Elias]] | [[Yigal Elstein]] | [[Allie Esiri]] | [[Michael Etherton]] | [[Moris Farhi]] MBE | [[Niall Ferguson]] | [[Stanley Fink]] | [[Larry Finlay]] | [[Amanda Foreman]] | [[Michael Foster]] | [[Andrew Franklin]] | [[Nick Fraser]] | [[Mike Freer]] MP | [[Julian Friedman]] | [[Sonia Friedman]] | [[Jonny Geller]] | [[Adele Geras]] | [[David Glick]] | [[Taryn Gold]] | [[Amanda Goldman]] | [[Richard Goldstein]] | [[Graham Gouldman]] | <br />
[[Michael Grade]] | [[Maurice Gran]] | [[Linda Grant]] | [[Miriam Gross]] | [[Tom Gross]] | [[Stephen Grosz]] |[[Peter Halban]] | [[Martine Halban]] | [[Jan Harlan]] | Sir [[Ronald Harwood]] | [[Noreena Hertz]] | [[John Heyman]] | [[Lilian Hochhauser]] | [[Tom Holland]] | [[John Howell]] MP | [[Judy Ironside]] | [[David Japp]] | [[Andrea Jenkyns]] MP | [[Zygi Kamasa]] | [[Jack Kirkland]] | [[Evgeny Kissin]] | [[Michael Kuhn]] | [[David Kustow]] | [[Norman Lebrecht]] | [[Sam Leifer]] | [[Teddy Leifer]] | [[Camilla Lewis]] | [[David Levy]] | [[John Levy]] | [[Maureen Lipman]] | [[Andrew Macdonald]] | Dame [[Hilary Mantel]] | [[Stephen Margolis]] | [[Dan Marks]] | [[Laurence Marks]] | [[Denis McEoin]] | [[Charlotte Mendelson]] | [[Yael Mer]] | [[Ivan Moscovich]] | [[Maajid Nawaz]] | [[Anthony Newman]] | [[Gavin Newman]] | [[Hayley Newstead]] | [[Paula Noble]] | [[Tracy-Ann Oberman]] | [[Matthew Offord]] MP | [[Cosh Omar]] | [[Martin Paisner]] | [[Robin Pauley]] | [[Leo Pearlman]] | [[Daniel Peltz]] | [[Andrew Percy]] MP | Sir [[Eric Pickles]] | [[Stuart Polak]] (Lord Polak of Hertsmere) | [[Monica Porter]] | Baroness [[Gail Rebuck]] | [[Charlie Redmayne]] | [[Andrew Roberts]] | [[JK Rowling]] | Sir [[Paul Ruddock]] | Prof [[Carol Rumens]] FRSL | [[Marc Samuelson]] | [[Charles Robert Saumarez Smith]] CBE | Prof [[Robert Saxton]] | [[Joanna Scanlan]] | [[Kenny Schachter]] | [[Simon Schama]] | [[Simon Sebag Montefiore]] | [[Francesca Segal]] | Sir [[Anthony Seldon]] | [[Rick Senats]] | [[Zaab Sethna]] | [[Jonathan Shalit]] | [[Bernard Shapero]] | [[David Shelley]] | [[Clive Sinclair]] | [[Daniel Silver]] | [[Lucy Silver]] | [[Dan Silverston]] | [[Chloe Smith]] MP | [[Karen Smith]] | [[Mark Smith]] | Prof [[Ashley Solomon]] | [[Claire Speller]] | [[Rob Suss]] | Dr [[George Szirtes]] | [[Paul Trijbits]] | [[Kevin Tsjiuhara]] | [[Gabe Turner]] | [[Moni Varma]] | [[Rebecca Wallersteiner]] | [[Minette Walters]] | [[Zoë Wanamaker]]<br />
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==Contact==<br />
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No address is provided on the website but signing up to the organisation's mailing list yields the London postcode WC1N 3XX. Interestingly it is the same postcode as the [[Simon Wiesenthal Centre In The United Kingdom]].<br />
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:Website: http://cultureforcoexistence.org/<br />
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==Notes==<br />
<references/><br />
[[Category:Israel Lobby]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Loraine_da_Costa&diff=225983Loraine da Costa2015-10-23T12:38:47Z<p>Alex Doherty: Created page with " '''Loraine da Costa''' is a Committee Member of Culture for Coexistence, an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. <ref>Harriet Sherwoo..."</p>
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'''Loraine da Costa''' is a Committee Member of [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. <ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref> <br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Culture for Coexistence]] - Committee Member<br />
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==Notes==<br />
<references/><br />
[[Category:Israel Lobby]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Neil_Blair&diff=225982Neil Blair2015-10-23T12:34:17Z<p>Alex Doherty: Created page with " '''Neil Blair''' is a literary agent, most famously for JK Rowling. He is a Committee Member of Culture for Coexistence, an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Div..."</p>
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'''Neil Blair''' is a literary agent, most famously for [[JK Rowling]]. He is a Committee Member of [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. Rowling was one of the signatories to the letter. <ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref> <br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Culture for Coexistence]] - Committee Member<br />
*[[The Blair Partnership]] - Founding Partner<br />
*[[Pottermore Limited]] - Director<br />
*[[Christopher Little Literary Agency]] - Partner (2001 - 2011)<br />
*[[Warner Bros.]] - European Head of Business Affairs<br />
*[[Lumos]] - Director<br />
*[[UK Friends of The Abraham Fund]] - Director<br />
*[[Gift UK]]<br />
*[[The London 9/11 Project]] - Development Committee Member<br />
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==Notes==<br />
<references/><br />
[[Category:Israel Lobby]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Moni_Varma&diff=225981Moni Varma2015-10-23T12:23:18Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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<div>[[File:Moni Varma.png|right|thumb|300px|]]<br />
'''Moni Varma''' is the managing director and founder of [[Veetee Rice Company]], one of the largest producers of rice in the UK.<br />
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==Career==<br />
When Varma originally arrived in England in the early 1980s he intended to use in background in steel production in Malawi to start a plant producing reinforcement mesh. However, his relatives in northern India had other ideas and wanted to sell rice in Britain and wanted Varma to help with contacts. <br />
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In 1987 [[Veetee Rice Company]] was set up and currently has a turnover of £80 million.<ref> Bob Sherwood and Melissa East [http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/00bb3526-c83e-11e0-9852-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3W32gzqBv UK rice king makes a name for himself] ''Financial Times'', 16 August 2011, accessed 1 April 2015 </ref><br />
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==Letter to the Telegraph==<br />
On 1 April 2015 Varma was one of [[Conservative Business Letter - Telegraph 1 April 2015| 103 business leaders who wrote to the Telegraph]] praising the British [[Conservative Party]]'s economic policies and claiming a [[Labour]] government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.<ref>Peter Dominiczak, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11507586/General-Election-2015-Labour-threatens-Britains-recovery-say-100-business-chiefs.html 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery], ''Telegraph'', 7 April 2015.</ref><br />
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Varma is a former [[Labour]] supporter who is now a [[Conservative]] backer.<ref> Ian Dunt [http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2015/04/01/labour-s-surrender-to-big-business-means-it-s-now-at-its-mer Labour's surrender to big business means it's now at its mercy] ''Politics'', 1 April 2015, accessed 8 April 2015.</ref><br />
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==Israel Advocacy==<br />
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In October 2015, Varma signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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==Controversies==<br />
===Suing Mittal===<br />
In 2011 it was announced Varma planned to sue his former friend and Britain's richest man [[Lakshmi Mittal]] for allegedly going back on a multi-million dollar agreement to pay fees to Varma for helping to secure an oil deal in 2006 with [[Olusegun Obasanjo]], the former Nigerian president. At the time, Mittal dismissed the claim saying the claim will be defended vigorously.<ref> Rajeev Syal [http://www.theguardian.com/business/2011/jun/23/businessman-sues-lakshmi-mittal-oil-deal Lakshmi Mittal sued by former friend over Nigerian oil deal] ''Guardian'', 23 June 2011, accessed 1 April 2015 </ref><br />
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In 2013 the case was resolved at the 'eleventh hour' with an out-of-court settlement.<ref> Harriet Dennys [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/citydiary/9911026/City-Diary-Lakshmi-Mittal-settles-oil-deal-feud-with-former-friend-Moni-Varma.html City Diary: Lakshmi Mittal settles oil deal feud with former friend Moni Varma] ''Telegraph'', 6 March 2013, accessed 1 April 2015 </ref><br />
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===Donations===<br />
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<tr><br />
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Date</th><br />
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Name of donor</th><br />
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Amount</th><br />
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Donated to</th><br />
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Subsidiary (parties only)</th><br />
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<td align="center">23/05/2001</td><br />
<td align="center">Moni Varma</td><br />
<td align="center">£10,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Labour Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central Party</td><br />
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<ref> Electoral Commission, [https://pefonline.electoralcommission.org.uk/Search/CommonReturnsSearch.aspx?type=basicDonationSearch Donation Search], accessed 1 April 2015 </ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Labour Party Donors|Varma, Moni]]<br />
[[Category:Telegraph Letter General Election 2015|Varma, Moni]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=George_Szirtes&diff=225980George Szirtes2015-10-23T12:22:30Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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<div>::George Szirtes was born in Budapest in 1948 and came to England as a refugee in 1956. He was brought up in London and studied Fine Art in London and Leeds. His poems began appearing in national magazines in 1973 and his first book, The Slant Door, was published in 1979. It won the Faber Memorial prize the following year.<ref>[http://www.georgeszirtes.co.uk/index.php?page=biography George Szirtes], accessed 18 April 2008.</ref><br />
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==Israel Advocacy==<br />
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In October 2015, Szirtes signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*[[Euston Manifesto]]<br />
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==references==<br />
<references/></div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Chloe_Smith&diff=225979Chloe Smith2015-10-23T12:20:25Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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<div>[[File:Chloe_Smith_Cabinet_office.jpg|right|thumbnail| Chloe Smith. <br>''Source: Cabinet Office'']] '''Chloe Smith''' (born 17 May 1982) was Economic Secretary to the Treasury from 2011 until a reshuffle in September 2012 saw her moved to the Cabinet Office.<ref>[http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/ministerial-appointments/ Details of Ministerial appointments have been announced.], Number 10.gov.uk, 16 October 2011.</ref> As the Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform, she had responsibility for overseeing the Government's preparation of a statutory lobbying register. Smith left the Government in October 2013.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24427138 Michael Moore axed as Scottish secretary as reshuffle begins], BBC News, 7 October 2013.</ref><br />
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Smith was elected [[Conservative Party]] MP for Norwich North at a 2009 by-election following the resignation of Labour MP [[Ian Gibson]] after the MPs' expenses scandal. She retained the seat on new boundaries at the 2010 general election.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/chloe-smith/72302 Chloe Smith], www.parliament.uk, 16 October 2011.</ref> In the 2015 election, she was re-elected with a majority of 4,463. <ref> [http://www.express.co.uk/politics/politicians/conservative/chloe-smith/609 Chloe Smith] ''Express'', accessed 19 May 2015 </ref> <br />
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Since May 2015, Smith has been the parliamentary private secretary to the chairman of the [[Conservative Party]] [[Lord Feldman]].<ref> Guido Fawkes [http://order-order.com/tag/pps/#_@/kLedddMB1Im3fg PPS reshuffle in full], 29 May 2015, accessed 1 June 2015.</ref><br />
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==Background==<br />
After graduating from [[York University]] Smith joined [[Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu]], where as a management consultant she advised private businesses, government departments and public bodies, which according to her website gave her "a lot of valuable experience". <ref name="BBC"> [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8166769.stm Profile: Chloe Smith], ''BBC News'', 24 July 2009 </ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
In her gap year Smith worked for former Conservative education secretary [[Gillian Shepherd]], whom she describes as a "real mentor". She also worked for former Conservative vice chairman [[Bernard Jenkin]].<ref name="BBC"/> Smith was appointed an assistant Government Whip in 2010.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/chloe-smith/72302 Chloe Smith], www.parliament.uk, 16 October 2011.</ref> She replaced [[Justine Greening]] as the Economic Secretary to the Treasury on 14 October 2011, in the reshuffle following [[Liam Fox]]'s resignation from the Government.<ref>[http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/ministerial-appointments/ Details of Ministerial appointments have been announced.], Number 10.gov.uk, 16 October 2011.</ref><br />
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==Help from donors==<br />
Smith has has received more than £30,000 in either donations or IT support from Norwich based IT firm [[The Computer Service Centre]], including a donation of £14,656.62 in February 2014.<ref> Electoral Commission, [https://pefonline.electoralcommission.org.uk/Search/CommonReturnsSearch.aspx?type=basicDonationSearch Donation search]], 20 February 2015 </ref><br />
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Smith said: 'Donations to my campaign are all clearly recorded and available for scrutiny as per the law. They are all from people who agree that I’m a good MP for Norwich North and who want to support me and the [[Conservative Party]] winning the next election. I spend the money raised on communicating with people in Norwich North. For example, printing a leaflet to deliver to every home, or running a website, or renting an office, costs money. I do my job by being in touch and you can’t achieve speaking to 65,000 people on fresh air alone.<br />
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'There’s no consensus on if or how to change the ways that candidates gain campaign support. The taxpayer should not be asked to pay for political party work. Meanwhile [[Labour]] wants to protect the fortune it gets from the trade unions, who hold influence over [[Ed Miliband]] in return and would take Britain back to the 1970s.'<ref> Annabelle Dickson [http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/politics/second_jobs_and_party_donations_from_energy_firms_it_and_property_companies_what_has_your_mp_declared_in_the_latest_mp_s_register_of_interests_1_3824860 Second jobs and party donations from energy firms, IT and property companies - what has your MP declared in the latest MP’s register of interests?] ''Eastern Daily Press'', 29 October 2014, accessed 20 February 2015 </ref><br />
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==Israel Advocacy==<br />
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In October 2015, Smith signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
===Party groups===<br />
Member: [[Conservative Friends of Israel]] 2001-, [[Conservative Party Implementation Team]] 2008-09, [[Tory Reform Group]] 2009-<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/chloe-smith/72302 Chloe Smith], www.parliament.uk, 16 October 2011.</ref><br />
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===Select committees===<br />
Member: Work and Pensions 2009-10<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/chloe-smith/72302 Chloe Smith], www.parliament.uk, 16 October 2011.</ref><br />
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===Councils, public bodies===<br />
Honorary Vice-President, Norfolk Association of Local Councils 2009-; School governor, Heartsease Primary School, Norwich 2010-<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/chloe-smith/72302 Chloe Smith], www.parliament.uk, 16 October 2011.</ref><br />
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===People===<br />
*[[Emily Hamilton]] - now head of press at lobbying firm [[Westbourne Communications]], previously ran Chloe Smith’s Westminster office during her time as an opposition backbencher general election candidate, and Government Whip after the 2009 Norwich North by-election. Hamilton joined Westbourne in April 2011 directly after working for Smith as Parliamentary Assistant from July 2009, and for [[Chris Grayling]] the year beforehand.<ref>[http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/emily-hamilton/32/981/100 Emily Hamilton], ''LinkedIn'', acc April 2013 </ref> <ref>Westbourne Communications [http://changeopinion.com/meet-the-team/ The Team], accessed 12 June 2013. </ref><br />
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===Accountancy firm===<br />
*In January 2012 Chloe Smith declared the following income on the MPs' Register of Interests: a payment of £850 from [[Deloitte]] MCS Ltd, 2 New Street Square, London, for business consultancy. Hours worked: 1 week, prior to resignation, post by-election." <ref> House of Commons, REGISTER OF MEMBERS’ FINANCIAL INTERESTS as at 13 January 2012, p.318 </ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:MP|Smith, Chloe]][[Category:Conservative Party|Smith, Chloe]][[Category:Financial sector lobbying|Smith, Chloe]] [[Category:British Politician|Smith, Chloe]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Zaab_Sethna&diff=225978Zaab Sethna2015-10-23T12:19:38Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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<div>In February 2001, Sethna attacked [[Saddam Hussein]] in the Express for using UN oil-for-food money to fund Palestinians rather than Iraqis.<ref>IRAQI TYRANT SPENDS JUST GBP 4M OF OIL CASH WINDFALL ON WELFARE; HOW SADDAM LETS HIS CHILDREN SUFFER, by Michael Theodoulou, The Express, 16 February 2001.</ref>He also accompanied the defector Adnan al-Haideri to Thailand where the later failed a CIA polygraph test. Sethna next shopped the story to two long-time INC collaborators, [[Judith Miller]] and [[Paul Moran]] who both lapped up the story (Bamford, 2005).<br />
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==Israel Advocacy==<br />
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In October 2015, Sethna signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*[[Iraqi National Congress]]<br />
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==Related Articles==<br />
*James Bamford, [http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/8798997/the_man_who_sold_the_war/print The Man Who Sold The War], ''Rolling Stone'', November 17, 2005<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Iraq|Sethna, Zaab]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Paul_Ruddock&diff=225977Paul Ruddock2015-10-23T12:18:52Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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<div>Paul Ruddock is chief executive of hedge fund [[Lansdowne Partners]] and a former [[Goldman Sachs]] banker. He is a prominent supporter and funder of the [[Conservative Party]].<br />
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==Donations to UK Conservative Party==<br />
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Ruddock gave £486,500 to the Tories between 2003 and 2010. <ref> Electoral Commission, [http://registers.electoralcommission.org.uk/regulatoryissues/<br />
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By virtue of donating more than £50,000 Ruddock is a member of Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]'s elite '[[The Leader's Group|Leader's Group]]' dining club.<br />
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==Israel Advocacy==<br />
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In October 2015, Ruddock signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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===Donation history===<br />
Recorded by the Electoral Commission:<ref> Electoral Commission [http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/?currentPage=2&rows=30&query=ruddock&sort=AcceptedDate&order=asc&tab=1&et=pp&et=ppm&et=tp&et=perpar&et=rd&prePoll=false&postPoll=true Search 'Ruddock'], accessed 7 May 2015.</ref><br />
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Date</th><br />
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Name of donor</th><br />
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Amount</th><br />
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Donated to</th><br />
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Subsidiary (parties only)</th><br />
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<td align="center">01/09/2003</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£10,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
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<td align="center">20/04/2004</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£20,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
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<td align="center">18/04/2005</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£20,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
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<td align="center">20/01/2006</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M. Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£50,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
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<td align="center">24/08/2006</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£8,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
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<td align="center">19/01/2007</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£60,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
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<td align="center">31/03/2007</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£3,095.30</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
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<td align="center">07/09/2007</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£8,500.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
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<td align="center">31/10/2007</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£3,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central Party</td><br />
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<td align="center">28/11/2007</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£75,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central Party</td><br />
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<td align="center">27/05/2008</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£8,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central Party</td><br />
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<td align="center">08/12/2008</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£2,886.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central Party</td><br />
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<td align="center">20/01/2009</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£50,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central Party</td><br />
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<td align="center">29/05/2009</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£8,500.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central Party</td><br />
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<td align="center">03/09/2009</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£108,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central Party</td><br />
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<td align="center">27/11/2009</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£7,500.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central Party</td><br />
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<td align="center">31/12/2009</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£2,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
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<td align="center">18/02/2010</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£51,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
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<td align="center">28/02/2010</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£5,439.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
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<td align="center">20/07/2010</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£8,500.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
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<td align="center">22/11/2010</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£1,666.12</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
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<td align="center">22/02/2011</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£50,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
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<td align="center">21/06/2011</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£8,500.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
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<td align="center">04/07/2011</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£2,012.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
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<td align="center">10/02/2012</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£50,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
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<td align="center">28/05/2012</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£8,500.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
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<td align="center">20/11/2012</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£25,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
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<td align="center">12/04/2013</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£37,500.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
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<td align="center">14/11/2013</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£37,500.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
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<td align="center">13/03/2014</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£5,184.22</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
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<td align="center">13/03/2014</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£25,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
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<td align="center">18/06/2014</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£25,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
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<td align="center">16/09/2014</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£33,500.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
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<td align="center">08/12/2014</td><br />
<td align="center">Paul M Ruddock</td><br />
<td align="center">£25,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
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==Dinner at Downing Street with the Camerons==<br />
*See Powerbase page on [[Downing Street Dinner Guest List]] published by the government in March 2012<br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*[[Circle Holdings]] -parent company of [[Circle Health]] is 18.9% owned by [[Lansdowne Partners]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category: Financial sector lobbying|Ruddock, Paul]] [[Category:Hedge fund managers|Ruddock, Paul]]<br />
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[[Category:Conservative Party Donors|Ruddock, Paul]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Andrew_Roberts&diff=225976Andrew Roberts2015-10-23T12:11:56Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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<div>'''Andrew Roberts''' (born 13 January 1963) is a British historian and journalist. <ref>[http://www.andrew-roberts.net/cv.htm Andrew Roberts - Curriculum Vitae], accessed 30 December 2007</ref> He is one of the founder members of the neoconservative Israel lobby group [[The Friends of Israel Initiative]] <ref>[[Media:Friends of Israel - The Founder Members.pdf|PDF Copy]] of The Friends of Israel Initiative > About > Founder Members <http://www.friendsofisraelinitiative.org/about-advisors.php> created 15 July 2010.</ref> and is a signatory to the Statement of Principles of the [[Henry Jackson Society Project for Democratic Geopolitics]], a British neoconservative think-tank. In October 2015, Roberts signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Roberts was born on 13 January 1963, the son of Simon and Katie Robert. <ref>‘[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U32682 ROBERTS, Andrew]’, ''Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2009 ; online edn, Nov 2009 [Accessed 8 Sept 2010]</ref> The ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' describes Roberts' background as follows:<br />
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::Roberts was born in 1963, the eldest son of a prosperous Surrey businessman, who inherited the Job's Dairy milk business. This he sold to Unilever in 1987, at the very top of the market. But, to the continuing glee of those who wish to mock Roberts, the other source of the family's fortune was a number of franchises for Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants.<ref>David Thomas, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3589735/Churchill-Hitler-and-me.html Churchill, Hitler and me], Telegraph, 11 February 2010.</ref><br />
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He was educated at [[Cranleigh School]], a leading independent day and boarding school in Surrey, and at a Cambridge crammer. <ref>David Thomas, '[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3589735/Churchill-Hitler-and-me.html Churchill, Hitler and me]', ''Daily Telegraph'', 11 February 2010.</ref><br />
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He took a first class honours degree in Modern History at [[Gonville & Caius College]], Cambridge, where he is an honorary senior scholar.<ref>[http://www.andrew-roberts.net/cv.htm Andrew Roberts - Curriculum Vitae], accessed 30 December 2007</ref> During his time as an undergraduate, Roberts chaired the [[Cambridge University Conservative Association]] and led demonstrations against the miners' strike.<ref>David Thomas, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3589735/Churchill-Hitler-and-me.html Churchill, Hitler and me], Telegraph, 11 February 2010.</ref><br />
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==Banking and MI6 Approach==<br />
Following his graduation in 1985, Roberts joined the merchant bankers [[Robert Fleming]]. He told the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' that his time there was not a success: 'I was functionally innumerate. After two-and-three-quarter years there, I still couldn't read a balance sheet. All my investments were rubbish. The only time I ever made any money, it was by insider dealing.' <ref>David Thomas, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3589735/Churchill-Hitler-and-me.html Churchill, Hitler and me], Daily Telegraph, 11 February 2010.</ref> In an 'author's note' to his May 1987 ''AIDS Report'' [[Christopher Monckton]] thanked 'those who have read the manuscript and have made constructive comments' including Andrew Roberts, of [[Robert Fleming Securities Ltd]].<ref>Christopher Monckton, ''The Aids Report: An examination of public health policy on AIDS'', London: [[Policy Search]], 14 [[Tufton Street]], Westminster, SW1, May 1987.</ref><br />
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Roberts was approached in 1987 by a Cambridge contact to join the 'FCO Co-ordinating Staff', a euphemism for [[MI6]]. He went through the selection process, but decided not to join. <ref> MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, by Stephen Dorril, Touchstone, 2002, p.783.</ref> On the same day he was accepted by MI6, he was offered a £3,000 advance by [[Weidenfeld & Nicolson]] to write a biography of [[Lord Halifax]]. It was this opportunity which he decided to take up.<ref>David Thomas, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3589735/Churchill-Hitler-and-me.html Churchill, Hitler and me], ''Daily Telegraph'', 11 February 2010.</ref><br />
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==Journalistic career==<br />
Since 1988 Roberts has worked as a freelance journalist, broadcaster and book reviewer. After leaving [[Robert Fleming]], he became a leader writer at the ''[[Sunday Telegraph]]'', also contributing leaders and articles to ''[[The Spectator]]''. Between 1991 and 1994, he was a political commentator for the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' and a book reviewer for the ''Spectator'' and ''Sunday Telegraph''. From 1996 to 1999, he wrote a political column for the ''[[Sunday Times]]''. <ref>[http://www.capelland.com/pages/authors/index.asp?CID=149 Andrew Roberts], Capel & Land, accessed 4 April 2010.</ref><br />
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=='Unionist study group' - Friends of the Union==<br />
Roberts has been linked to a group of right-wing unionists:<br />
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:The things that don't matter to Roberts include everything from CrossRail to the conditions of the underclass. [[Matthew D'Ancona|D'Ancona]] is a different creature, surprising for his liberal stance on many issues. He talks passionately about community, the need for improvement in state education and even about the fatwa against Salman Rushdie. But his liberalism does not extend to Northern Ireland. Two weeks ago he was revealed as being associated with a group called the [[Friends of the Union]]. Through one of the group's members, [[David Burnside]], a hard-line Unionist who is well connected in Whitehall, he obtained a document that, after publication in the Times, nearly blew up the peace process in Northern Ireland. He was roundly criticised by the press and by Number 10 for irresponsibility.<ref>Henry Porter CHURCHILL'S CHILDREN; Out with Major, Europe, the Welfare State and political correctness - waiting in the wings are the 21st-century Tories whose gameplan for the future has little truck with the present. Henry Porter talks to The Group The Guardian (London) February 22, 1995 SECTION: THE GUARDIAN FEATURES PAGE; Pg. T2</ref><br />
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According to the Mail on Sunday the group was responsible for the leaking of a draft Framework Document in the early stages of the Irish peace process.<br />
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: Last night it was becoming clear that a caucus of fervent Loyalists under the umbrella of a Unionist study group is closely associated with the leaker. It is made up of PR man [[David Burnside]], D'Ancona himself; [[Dean Godson]], a Daily Telegraph staff reporter; [[Paul Goodman]], Northern Ireland correspondent on the Sunday Telegraph; [[Noel Malcolm]], a historian and Daily Telegraph political columnist; [[Andrew McHallam]], executive director of the [[Institute for European Defence and Strategic Studies]]; [[Charles Moore]], editor of the Sunday Telegraph; [[Simon Pearce]], a Conservative election candidate; company director [[Justin Shaw]] and historian [[Andrew Roberts]]. One of the group said last night: 'We didn't want the position when the framework document was published of being out in the cold as we were over the Anglo-Irish Agreement in 1985. There was a coming together of minds over what should be done.'<ref>Mail on Sunday (London)February 5, 1995, Top-level conspirator who'll never be found HISTORIAN: Roberts DIRECTOR: McHallam CONSERVATIVE: Pearce; HOW ULSTER LEAK PLOTTERS BEAT SECURITY TO PROTECT SECRET SOURCE OF LEAK, BYLINE: Adrian Lithgow, SECTION: Pg. 6.</ref><br />
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==Springbok Club==<br />
In November 2001, Roberts was guest of honour at a [[Springbok Club]] dinner to mark the anniversary of Rhodesia's unilateral declaration of independence. The Club's website gave the following account of the event:<br />
::The Springbok Club held a most successful dinner to mark UDI Day in November 2001, when we were most honoured to welcome Mr. Andrew Roberts, the acclaimed historian and author, as our guest of honour. Mr. Roberts gave an inspiring after-dinner speech in which he outlined the history of 19th century British colonial expansionism and the foundation of Rhodesia, detailing the events which made UDI inevitable in 1965, and bringing the story up to date by reminding everyone of the disasters of modern-day Zimbabwe. He finished his speech by proposing a toast to the Springbok Club, which he said he considered the heir to previous imperial achievements.<ref>[http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~springbk/sc_main.html The Springbok Club], accessed 5 April 2010.</ref><br />
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Roberts' attendance was strongly criticised by journalist [[Johann Hari]]: <br />
::When I first pointed out this connection, Roberts said he gave a "historical speech", hadn't realised the Springbok Club was a racist organisation, and didn't recall anyone saying anything racist. Wasn't the apartheid flag, and the fact they were there specifically to celebrate the anniversary of a white supremacist declaration, a hint?<ref>Johann Hari, [http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-the-dark-side-of-andrew-roberts-1765229.html Johann Hari: The dark side of Andrew Roberts], Independent on Sunday, 31 July 2009.</ref><br />
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==Conservative Party==<br />
Roberts was Chairman of the Cambridge University Conservative Association in 1984. It is reported that 'in the 1995 [[Conservative Party]] leadership election, Roberts ... was a close aide and spokesman for [[John Redwood]].'<ref>Jonathan Rutherford '[http://www.lwbooks.co.uk/ReadingRoom/public/Island%20Story.pdf Enoch Powell's Island Story]', in ''Forever England: Reflections on Race, Masculinity and Empire'' London: Lawrence & Wishart, 2008, p. 138</ref> In 2005 he was appointed Chairman of the Conservative Party Advisory Panel on School History Teaching.<br />
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==Writings==<br />
===Salisbury biography===<br />
Roberts was commissioned by [[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 6th Marquess of Salisbury]] to write the Authorised Life of Robert, Third Marquess of Salisbury.<ref>[http://www.capelland.com/pages/authors/index.asp?CID=149 Andrew Roberts], Capel & Land, accessed 4 April 2010.</ref><ref>John Barnes, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/the-marquess-of-salisbury-548442.html The Marquess of Salisbury], The Independent, 19 July 2003.</ref> He was given free run of the Hatfield Archive at the family's ancestral seat.<ref>Jane Ridley, [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3724/is_199909/ai_n8861721/?tag=content;col1 Seeing Salisbury plain], The Spectator, 18 September 1999.</ref><br />
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===What Might Have Been===<br />
Roberts edited the 2004 volume ''What Might Have Been: imaginary history from 12 leading historians''.<ref>[http://www.newstatesman.com/200404260042 Parlour games], New Statesman, 26 April 2004.</ref> Tristram Hunt suggested that this was an inherently conservative exercise, focussing on the role of powerful individuals: "it is a story of what generals, presidents and revolutionaries did or did not do. The contribution of bureaucracies, ideas or social class is nothing to the personal fickleness of Josef Stalin or the constitution of Franz Ferdinand."<ref>Tristram Hunt, Comment & Analysis: Pasting over the past: Far from being a harmless intellectual pursuit, 'what if' history is pushing a dangerous rightwing agenda, The Guardian, 7 April 2004.</ref><br />
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===History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900===<br />
Roberts' ''History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900'' was the subject of a [[Heritage Foundation]] event in February 2007.<ref>[http://www.heritage.org/Events/2007/02/A-History-of-the-English-Speaking-Peoples-Since-1900 A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900], Heritage Foundation, accessed 7 April 2010.</ref><br />
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The book was also the subject of a March 2007 seminar in [[George W. Bush]]'s White House that was reported by [[Irwin Stelzer]]:<br />
::Among those joining the president and Roberts at last week's White House lunch were the distinguished Victorian historian [[Gertrude Himmelfarb]], neocon intellectual [[Norman Podhoretz]], [[Paul Gigot]], editor of the [[Wall Street Journal]]'s influential editorial page, theologian [[Michael Novak]], and a smattering of journalists.<ref>Irwin M. Stelzer, [http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/366yferd.asp Reader of the Free World], Weekly Standard, 12 March 2007.</ref><br />
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Roberts' account of British concentration camps during the Boer War was strongly criticised by [[Johann Hari]]:<br />
::Anybody who wishes to can turn to page 31 of the latter book. There, they will find Roberts dismissing the "war crime" against the Boers in scare quotes and referring to the abuse that killed more than 35,000 people as "the supposed ill-treatment of the women and children in camps there."<ref>[https://www.tnr.com/article/rule-britannia Rule Britannia], The New Republic, 16 April 2007.</ref><br />
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==Views==<br />
Jonathan Rutherford identifies Roberts as a successor to [[Enoch Powell]]'s views on empire and the British geopolitical role:<br />
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<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">In recent years a number of right-wing historians have adopted a [[Enoch Powell|Powellite]], nationalist interpretation of postwar British geopolitics. Two in particular herald an attempt to assert a right-wing hegemony over the history of post war Britain: [[John Charmley]] in ''Churchill's Grand Alliance: The Anglo-American Special Relationship, 1940-57'', 1995, and Andrew Roberts in ''Eminent Churchillians'', 1994. This right wing intellectual offensive parallels the fortunes of the Tory right.<ref>Jonathan Rutherford '[http://www.lwbooks.co.uk/ReadingRoom/public/Island%20Story.pdf Enoch Powell's Island Story]', in ''Forever England: Reflections on Race, Masculinity and Empire'' London: Lawrence & Wishart, 2008, p. 138</ref></blockquote><br />
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Indeed Roberts cited Powell in an article in the ''Daily Telegraph'' in which he argued that the neoconservative principle of pre-emption was in fact a tradition of the 'English-speaking peoples':<br />
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<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Bush's foreign policy is denounced as neo-conservatism because of its reliance on pre-emption. Yet was George Canning a neo-con when he destroyed the Danish fleet to prevent it falling into Napoleon's hands in 1807? Was Churchill a neo-con for having bombarded the Dardanelles outer forts in November 1914, before Britain declared war on the Ottoman Empire? Or in June 1940, when he ordered the sinking of the French fleet at Oran?<p>The right of self-protection from Napoleon, Hitler and movements such as al-Qa'eda and its Taliban protectors is, as Enoch Powell pointed out during the Falklands crisis, "inherent in us", since it existed "long before the United Nations was ever thought of". <ref>Andrew Roberts, '[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3632495/English-speaking-peoples-still-stand-together-against-tyranny.html English-speaking peoples still stand together against tyranny]', ''Daily Telegraph'', 23 September 2006</ref></p></blockquote><br />
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Roberts used the same quote from [[Enoch Powell]] in a 2007 article for the ''Christian Science Monitor'' in which he argued that the 'English-speaking peoples of the world', (which 'stand for modernity, religious and sexual toleration, capitalism, diversity, women's rights, representative institutions') were fighting 'an existential war for the survival of their way of life' against 'totalitarian Islamic terrorism'. He wrote:<br />
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<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Since 1900, the English-speaking peoples have been subjected to four great assaults: first from Prussian militarism, then by Axis aggression, then from Soviet communism. The present assault from totalitarian Islamic terrorism is simply our generation's equivalent of our forefathers' successful struggles against the three earlier fascist threats. But in this fourth and latest contest, victory is not yet in sight. ... Today's struggle needs to be fought in radically different ways from the last three, of course, but ideologically it is nearly identical. Look at the common factors. <ref>Andrew Roberts, '[http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0712/p09s01-coop.html At stake in the Iraq war: survival of a way of life]', ''Christian Science Monitor'', 12 July 2007</ref></blockquote><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*[[Friends of Israel Initiative]] - founder member <ref>[[Media:Friends of Israel - The Founder Members.pdf|PDF Copy]] of The Friends of Israel Initiative > About > Founder Members <http://www.friendsofisraelinitiative.org/about-advisors.php> created 15 July 2010.</ref><br />
*[[Atlantic Partnership]]<br />
*[[Henry Jackson Society]], Advisory Council: Policy Council member <ref> [http://henryjacksonsociety.org/people/council-members/ Advisory Council:Policy Council members], HJS website, undated, accessed 5 November 2014 </ref><br />
*[[Henry Jackson Society Project for Democratic Geopolitics]]<br />
*[[Centre for Policy Studies]]<br />
*[[Centre for Social Cohesion]]<br />
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===Connections===<br />
*[[Susan Gilchrist]] - Second wife<br />
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==Contact==<br />
*Website [http://www.andrew-roberts.net/ http://www.andrew-roberts.net]<br />
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==Publications==<br />
===Books===<br />
*''The Holy Fox: A Biography of Lord Halifax'', Wiedenfeld & Nicolson , 1991.<br />
*''Eminent Churchillians'', Simon & Schuster, 1995.<br />
*''The Aachen Memorandum'', Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1996.<br />
*''The Authorised Life of Robert, Third Marquis of Salisbury'', Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999.<br />
*''Napoleon & Wellington'', Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2002.<br />
*''Hitler & Churchill: Secrets of Leadership'', Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003.<br />
*Edited ''What Might Have Been: Imaginary history from 12 leading historians'', Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004. <br />
*''A History of the English-Speaking Peoples since 1900'', Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006.<br />
*''Masters and Commanders: How Churchill, Roosevelt, Alanbrooke and Marshall won the War in the West'', Penguin, 2008.<br />
*''Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War'', Penguin, 2009.<br />
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===Selected articles===<br />
*[http://newstaging.spectator.widearea.co.uk/the-magazine/features/10699/the-secret-of-churchills-gold.thtml The secret of Churchill's gold], Spectator, 28 December 2002.<br />
*[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article463415.ece Why it's wrong to sneer at the Notting Hill set], The Times, 30 July 2004.<br />
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/4241865/History-will-show-that-George-W-Bush-was-right.html History will show that George W Bush was right], Daily Telegraph, 14 January 2009. <br />
*[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5586716.ece The charities are guilty, not the BBC], The Times, 26 January 2009.<br />
*[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1159475/ANDREW-ROBERTS-The-obscenity-giving-Ted-Kennedy-knighthood.html The obscenity of giving Ted Kennedy a knighthood], Daily Mail, 5 January 2009.<br />
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==Resources==<br />
* [http://www.andrew-roberts.net/ andrew-roberts.net], Official website<br />
*Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Roberts_%28historian%29 Andrew Roberts]<br />
*Sebastian Shakespeare, [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23728595-andrew-roberts-is-the-social-historian.do Andrew Roberts is the social historian], London Evening Standard, 5 August 2009.<br />
*James O’Fee [http://www.impalapublications.com/blog/index.php?/archives/564-Friends-of-the-Union,-by-James-OFee.html Friends of the Union], ''Impala Publishers Blog Page'', 8 July 2006, accessed 28 April 2009.<br />
*[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19950203/ai_n13964981 Right-wing group at centre of leak row], by Leonard Doyle/Steve Boggan, The Independent, 3 February 1995.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Old Cranleighans|Roberts, Andrew]][[Category:Caians|Roberts, Andrew]][[Category:Neocons|Roberts, Andrew]][[Category:Israel Lobby|Roberts, Andrew]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Gail_Rebuck&diff=225975Gail Rebuck2015-10-23T12:10:48Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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<div>Baroness '''Gail Rebuck''' has been chief executive and chair of publishers [[Penguin Random House]] since 1991<ref> British Industry Awards, [http://www.britishindustryawards.co.uk/index.asp?PageID=35 Gail Rebuck], accessed 4 February 2015 </ref> and a director at the [[Tony Blair Foundation]] since 2013.<br />
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She is the widower of one of the key New Labour strategists [[Philip Gould]].<br />
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She was made a Labour peer on the 18 September 2014.<ref> Parliament.UK [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-rebuck/4332 Baroness Rebuck], accessed 4 February 2015 </ref><br />
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==The deferred bribe==<br />
In August 2007, it was revealed that Blair would receive a large compensation for his memoirs. According to Colin Brown:<br />
:Mr Murdoch, chief executive of HarperCollins' parent company, News Corporation, was thought to have done a handshake deal with the former prime minister in 2006, according to The Bookseller. But Random House also has strong links with Mr Blair through its UK chief executive Gail Rebuck, whose husband, Philip Gould, was one of the architects of new Labour.<ref> Colin Brown, [http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2871495.ece Blair hires Clinton's agent to seek £8m memoir deal], Independent, 17 August 2007 </ref><br />
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==Blair's memoirs==<br />
As chief executive of Random House, Rebuck sanctioned the payment of a £4.6million advance to former Prime Minister and friend [[Tony Blair]] for his memoirs.<ref name="GR"> Richard Eden [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9962803/Tony-Blair-puts-his-faith-in-Gail-Rebuck.html Tony Blair puts his faith in Gail Rebuck] ''Telegraph'', 31 March 2013, accessed 4 February 2015 </ref><br />
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==Tony Blair Foundation==<br />
In 2013 she was announced as a director at Blair's charity, the [[Tony Blair Faith Foundation]]. According to one of her friends, via the ''Telegraph'' newspaper, she was one of the charity's biggest cheerleaders before being put on the board.<ref name="GR"/><br />
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==Israel Advocacy==<br />
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In October 2015, Rebuck signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*[[BSkyB]]<br />
*[[Institute for Public Policy Research]] &ndash; Trustee (1993 to 2003)<br />
*The UKGovernment's [[Creative Industries Task Force]] &ndash; member<br />
*[[The Work Foundation]]<br />
*[[Media Standards Trust]]<br />
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==Resources==<br />
*Colin Brown, [http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2871495.ece Blair hires Clinton's agent to seek £8m memoir deal], Independent, 17 August 2007.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Labour Party|Rebuck, Gail]][[Category:House of Lords|Rebuck, Gail]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Stuart_Polak&diff=225974Stuart Polak2015-10-23T12:09:54Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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<div>'''Stuart Polak''' has been the director of [[Conservative Friends of Israel]] since 1989 and is partner in two Westminster based lobbying firms - [[The Westminster Connection]] and [[Kesher Strategy]], as a result of which he is known as an 'effective behind-the-scenes lobbyist.'<ref name=jc>Jewish Chronicle, [http://www.thejc.com/jc-power-100/the-jc-power-100-numbers-81-90 "The JC Power 100: Numbers 81 - 90"], Jewish Chronicle, 5 September 2008, accessed on 16 December 2010</ref>He is listed in the ''Telegraph's'' "The Right's 100 Most Influential" in 2007<ref>Telegraph, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1564854/The-Rights-100-Most-Influential-50-26.html "The Right's 100 Most Influential: 50-26"], ''Telegraph,'' 2 October 2007</ref> and the "Top 100 most influential Right-wingers" 2010,<ref name=tele2010>Telegraph, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/8037201/Top-100-most-influential-Right-wingers-100-76.html "Top 100 most influential Right-wingers: 100-76"], ''Telegraph,'' 3 October 2010</ref> as well as the ''Jewish Chronicle's'' "Power 100" in 2008,<ref name=jc>Jewish Chronicle, [http://www.thejc.com/jc-power-100/the-jc-power-100-numbers-81-90 "The JC Power 100: Numbers 81 - 90"], Jewish Chronicle, 5 September 2008, accessed on 16 December 2010</ref><br />
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According to Polak's ''Telegraph'' profile:<br />
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:Polak regularly takes leading Conservatives on trips to Israel to educate them. The sceptics invariably return, if not indoctrinated, fully onside. A familiar face around the corridors of the Houses of Parliament, he has done more than most to promote Israel’s case to the right of British politics.<ref name=tele2010>Telegraph, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/8037201/Top-100-most-influential-Right-wingers-100-76.html "Top 100 most influential Right-wingers: 100-76"], ''Telegraph,'' 3 October 2010</ref> <br />
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According to his [[Kesher Strategy]] bio, Polak has led over 50 delegations of politicians to Israel.<ref name="KesherBio">[http://www.ben-tovim.com/#!kesher-strategy-llp Kesher Strategy LLP], ben-tovim.com, accessed 14 October 2012.</ref><br />
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In October 2015, Polak signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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=='General's for hire' allegations==<br />
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The ''Sunday Times'' reported on Polak's double role as a lobbyist and head of [[Conservative Friends of Israel]] in October 2012:<br />
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:The two roles of Stuart Polak, director of [[Conservative Friends of Israel]] (CFI), have emerged as a result of this newspaper’s exposé last Sunday of “generals for hire”. He denies any impropriety. As well as heading CFI, a significant party donor, Polak is a key figure in [[The Westminster Connection]] (TWC), a political consultancy. Clients of TWC include [[Elbit Systems]], Israel’s defence electronics giant. Retired Lieutenant General [[Richard Applegate]], Elbit’s British chairman, boasted of his own and TWC’s role in lobbying MPs on behalf of Elbit when he was secretly taped for last week’s report. He claimed that the consultancy could gain access “from the prime minister down”. Applegate was seeking an increase in British spending on helicopter safety, one of Elbit's specialisms.<ref>Insight [http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/insight/article1153462.ece Double role of a top Tory lobbyist: The head of Conservative Friends of Israel also represents an arms firm] ''Sunday Times'', 21 October 2012 accessed 28 October 2012</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*[[Conservative Friends of Israel]] - Director, (1989 - )<ref>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/AboutCFI/ "About CFI"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 15 December 2010</ref><ref name=jc>Jewish Chronicle, [http://www.thejc.com/jc-power-100/the-jc-power-100-numbers-81-90 "The JC Power 100: Numbers 81 - 90"], Jewish Chronicle, 5 September 2008, accessed on 16 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Kesher Strategy]] - Partner<br />
*[[The Westminster Connection]] - Partner<ref name="KesherBio">[http://www.ben-tovim.com/#!kesher-strategy-llp Kesher Strategy LLP], ben-tovim.com, accessed 14 October 2012.</ref><br />
*[[Jardine Lloyd Thompson]], Insurance Brokers - Senior consultant <br />
*[[Ladbrokes plc]] - consultant<br />
*[[Marsh MacLennan]] - consultant<br />
*[[Rotch Property Group]] - consultant<br />
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==Contact==<br />
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'''Facebook:''' http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000116791365<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[category:Israel Lobby|Polak, Stuart]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Eric_Pickles&diff=225973Eric Pickles2015-10-23T12:08:55Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Eric_Pickles-Official.jpg|right|thumb|Eric Pickles]] '''Eric Pickles''' has been the UK [[Conservative Party]] MP for Brentwood and Ongar since 1992.<ref name= "Gov"> [https://www.gov.uk/government/people/eric-pickles The Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP] GOV.UK, accessed 1 October 2014 </ref> In 2015, Pickles was re-elected with a majority of 21,810. <ref> [http://www.brentwoodgazette.co.uk/PUSH-LIVE-Election-2015-Eric-Pickles-elected-MP/story-26459265-detail/story.html Election 2015: Eric Pickles elected as MP for Brentwood & Ongar] ''Brentwood Gazette'', 7 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015 </ref><br />
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He was secretary of state for communities and local government from 2010<ref>[http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/topstorynews/2010/05/her-majestys-government-49840 Her Majesty’s Government], Number10.gov.uk, accessed 12 May 2010.</ref> until 2015. <br />
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Following the resignation of Baroness [[Sayeeda Warsi]] in August 2014, he had acquired additional responsibility becoming the faith minister too.<ref name="Reshuffle060814">[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-august-2014 Ministerial appointments: August 2014], Prime Minister's Office, 6 August 2014.</ref> The minister 'works with religious and community leaders to promote faith, religious tolerance and stronger communities within the UK'. <ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-for-faith Minister for Faith] ''GOV.UK'', accessed 13 May 2015 </ref> This appointment was surrounded by controversy however, as Pickles was seen to be a fierce defender of religious privilege. <ref> [http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/08/eric-pickless-appointment-faith-minister-bad-news-secularists Eric Pickles's appointment as Faith Minister is bad news for secularists] NewStatesman, 6 August 2015, accessed 13 May 2015 </ref> <br />
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According to the ''Jewish News Online'', Pickles is now set to become the new parliamentary chair of [[Conservative Friends of Israel]] after he left cabinet in May 2015. <ref> [http://www.jewishnews.co.uk/eric-pickles-to-become-conservative-friends-of-israel-chair/ Eric Pickles to become Conservative Friends of Israel chair] Jewish News Online, 12 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015 </ref> In October 2015, Pickles signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Pickles was Leader of Bradford City Council from 1988 to 1990. He held a number of positions while in opposition, including Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government from 2007 to 2009 and Chairman of the [[Conservative Party]] from 2009 to 2010. <ref name= "Gov"/><br />
Previous roles also include shadow minister for transport form 2001 to 2002 and shadow spokesperson for work and pensions from 1998 to 2001. <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mr-eric-pickles/33 Eric Pickles] ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 28 October 2014 </ref><br />
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==Honours==<br />
In May 2015 it was announced Pickles would receive a knighthood 'in recognition of his service as an MP and, before that, in local government'.<ref> BBC News [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32844276 Knighthood for ex-minister Eric Pickles], 22 May 2015, accessed 22 May 2015.</ref><br />
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==Education==<br />
Pickles was educated at [[Greenhead Grammar School]] and [[Leeds Polytechnic]]. <ref name= "Gov"/><br />
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==Special advisers==<br />
*[[Sheridan Westlake]] - May 2010<br />
*[[Zoe Thorogood]] - January 2013<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:UK Ministers|Pickles, Eric]][[Category:British Politician|Pickles, Eric]] [[Category:MP|Pickles, Eric]] [[Category:Conservative Party|Pickles, Eric]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Eric_Pickles&diff=225972Eric Pickles2015-10-23T12:07:53Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Eric_Pickles-Official.jpg|right|thumb|Eric Pickles]] '''Eric Pickles''' has been the UK [[Conservative Party]] MP for Brentwood and Ongar since 1992.<ref name= "Gov"> [https://www.gov.uk/government/people/eric-pickles The Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP] GOV.UK, accessed 1 October 2014 </ref> In 2015, Pickles was re-elected with a majority of 21,810. <ref> [http://www.brentwoodgazette.co.uk/PUSH-LIVE-Election-2015-Eric-Pickles-elected-MP/story-26459265-detail/story.html Election 2015: Eric Pickles elected as MP for Brentwood & Ongar] ''Brentwood Gazette'', 7 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015 </ref> In October 2015, Pickles signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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He was secretary of state for communities and local government from 2010<ref>[http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/topstorynews/2010/05/her-majestys-government-49840 Her Majesty’s Government], Number10.gov.uk, accessed 12 May 2010.</ref> until 2015. <br />
<br />
Following the resignation of Baroness [[Sayeeda Warsi]] in August 2014, he had acquired additional responsibility becoming the faith minister too.<ref name="Reshuffle060814">[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-august-2014 Ministerial appointments: August 2014], Prime Minister's Office, 6 August 2014.</ref> The minister 'works with religious and community leaders to promote faith, religious tolerance and stronger communities within the UK'. <ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-for-faith Minister for Faith] ''GOV.UK'', accessed 13 May 2015 </ref> This appointment was surrounded by controversy however, as Pickles was seen to be a fierce defender of religious privilege. <ref> [http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/08/eric-pickless-appointment-faith-minister-bad-news-secularists Eric Pickles's appointment as Faith Minister is bad news for secularists] NewStatesman, 6 August 2015, accessed 13 May 2015 </ref> <br />
<br />
According to the ''Jewish News Online'', Pickles is now set to become the new parliamentary chair of [[Conservative Friends of Israel]] after he left cabinet in May 2015. <ref> [http://www.jewishnews.co.uk/eric-pickles-to-become-conservative-friends-of-israel-chair/ Eric Pickles to become Conservative Friends of Israel chair] Jewish News Online, 12 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015 </ref> <br />
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==Career==<br />
Pickles was Leader of Bradford City Council from 1988 to 1990. He held a number of positions while in opposition, including Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government from 2007 to 2009 and Chairman of the [[Conservative Party]] from 2009 to 2010. <ref name= "Gov"/><br />
Previous roles also include shadow minister for transport form 2001 to 2002 and shadow spokesperson for work and pensions from 1998 to 2001. <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mr-eric-pickles/33 Eric Pickles] ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 28 October 2014 </ref><br />
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==Honours==<br />
In May 2015 it was announced Pickles would receive a knighthood 'in recognition of his service as an MP and, before that, in local government'.<ref> BBC News [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32844276 Knighthood for ex-minister Eric Pickles], 22 May 2015, accessed 22 May 2015.</ref><br />
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==Education==<br />
Pickles was educated at [[Greenhead Grammar School]] and [[Leeds Polytechnic]]. <ref name= "Gov"/><br />
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==Special advisers==<br />
*[[Sheridan Westlake]] - May 2010<br />
*[[Zoe Thorogood]] - January 2013<br />
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==Notes==<br />
<references/><br />
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[[Category:UK Ministers|Pickles, Eric]][[Category:British Politician|Pickles, Eric]] [[Category:MP|Pickles, Eric]] [[Category:Conservative Party|Pickles, Eric]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Andrew_Percy&diff=225971Andrew Percy2015-10-23T12:07:16Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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<div>'''Andrew Percy''' has been the [[Conservative Party]] Member of Parliament for Brigg and Goole since May 2010. <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/andrew-percy/3939 Andrew Percy MP] ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 28 May 2015 </ref> In the 2015 general election Percy retained his seat with a majority of 11,176. <ref> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000596 Brigg & Goole parliamentary constituency] ''BBC News'', 8 May 2015, accessed 28 May 2015 </ref> <br />
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==Israel Advocacy==<br />
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In October 2015, Percy signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:MP|Percy, Andrew]][[Category:British Politician|Percy, Andrew]][[Category:Conservative Party|Percy, Andrew]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Martin_Paisner&diff=225970Martin Paisner2015-10-23T12:06:35Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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<div>'''Martin Paisner''' (born 1 September 1943) is a partner at [[Berwin Leighton Paisner]], a company which traces part of its origins to a firm set up by in 1932 by Paisner’s father, [[Leslie Paisner]], which represented major clients [[Penguin Books]], [[Great Universal Stores]] and [[Forte Holdings]] in the 1940s and 1950s. The company is a result of the 2001 merger between [[Berwin Leighton]] and [[Paisner & Co]]. <ref> BLP Law [http://www.blplaw.com/about-blp/facts-awards-history?view=heritage About BLP], accessed 3 June 2015.</ref> <br />
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==Education==<br />
Paisner was educated at [[St Paul’s School]], London 1956-1961 between the ages of 13 and 18, then spent a year at the Sorbonne, Paris 1961-1962. He gained an MA [[Worcester College]], [[University of Oxford]] 1962-1965 and then an LLM at the [[University of Michigan]], Ann Arbor, USA 1966-1967.<ref> Woolf Institute [http://www.woolf.cam.ac.uk/people/profile.asp?ItemID=123 Martin Paisner], accessed 28 November 2014.</ref><br />
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==Family==<br />
Paisner’s father, [[Leslie Paisner]], founded [[Paisner & Co]], which eventually became [[Leighton Berwin Paisner]], when he retired he passed on his charitable trust to Martin and LBP to Martin’s brother [[Harold]].<br />
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[[Harold Paisner|Harold]] is the managing partner of [[Berwin Leighton Paisner]], president of [[Ben-Gurion University]] and chairman of the [[Institute for Jewish Policy Research]].<br />
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Harold's son (Martin's nephew), [[Jonathan Paisner]], is also a trained lawyer. He has worked at [[Leighton Berwin Paisner]], [[Shore Capital]] Group and [[Puma Investments]] and currently works at [[Mathias Gentle Page Hassan]], [[NetScientific]] and [[LMN Capital Partners]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Paisner qualified as a solicitor in January 1970 and became a partner at [[Paisner & Co]] in 1972. In 1976, when his father, [[Leslie Paisner]], the founder of [[Paisner & Co]], retired the Paisner brothers took on extra responsibility with Martin appointed head of his father’s trusts practice and [[Harold Paisner| Harold]] becoming managing partner of [[Berwin Leighton Paisner]]. <ref> Suzi Ring Starting out strong ’Legal Week’’, 29 September 2011, accessed 23 November 2014.</ref> Paisner specializes in charity law and private client practice, and, according to the firm, has been 'instrumental in developing the firm’s acknowledged role as a leading adviser to charities.'<ref> BLP Law [http://www.blplaw.com/lawyer-directory/profile?lawyer=martin-paisner Martin Paisner], accessed 18 November 2014.</ref><br />
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In April 2015, former MD [[Neville Eisenberg]] will replace Paisner as senior partner of BLP. Paisner is understood to not be leaving the firm and will be taking up a new role but as of March 2015 the new role has not been announced.<ref> Tom Moore [http://www.legalbusiness.co.uk/index.php/lb-blog-view/3907-succeeding-paisner-eisenberg-to-become-senior-partner-at-blp-when-managing-partner-term-ends Succeeding Paisner: Eisenberg to become senior partner at BLP when managing partner term ends] ''Legal Business'', 26 March 2015, accessed 27 March 2015.</ref><br />
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===Controversies===<br />
====Tony Blair====<br />
In 2002 Paisner was revealed as one of the two trustees of the blind trust set up by [[Tony Blair]] and [[Cherie Blair]], with [[Martin Kaye]] an accountant at [[BDO Stoy Hayward]] who has written for the think tank, [[Demos]], named as the other. The trust was set up by the former prime minister and his wife to protect them from conflicting interests in their private financial affairs. [[Berwin Leighton Paisner]] have been involved in more than 100 government contracts, signifying a potential conflict of interest for Paisner. He denied any involvement in the firm’s government work and that he could not discuss the trust, saying “You’re trespassing on matters that I don’t feel it’s right for me to comment on at all”, “these are professional matters”. [[Lord Levy]], [[Tony Blair| Blair’s]] key party fundraiser and a member of the prime minister’s inner circle, helped raise money for the blind trust, and is said to be close to both [[Tony Blair| Blair]] and Paisner having all met in through the charity [[Jewish Care]]. The details on the two trustees were revealed by [[Tim Stanley]], a spokesman for [[Edward Ware Homes]], the property company that sold two flats in Bristol to the trust in the incident dubbed ‘Cheriegate’, said the two trustees of the flats were listed as [[Martin Kaye]] and Martin David Paisner, something that was confirmed by [[Lloyds TSB]] bank.<ref> Nicholas Hellen, David Leppard and Robert Winnett [http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/article212947.ece Blair trusts sparks new crony row] ''Sunday Times'', 15 December 2002, accessed 1 December 2014.</ref><br />
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====Valentine Rare Books====<br />
In 2007 it was announced Martin was being sued by [[Valentine Rare Books]] for £400,000 in relation to an alleged breach of contract relating to a £2million book collection. [[Valentine Rare Books]] claims it was given a 17% share of the collection in 2003, when Paisner instructed the company to sell the books. However, after selling some of the books and dedicating time to find buyers for the collection, [[Valentine Rare Books]] claimed Paisner then restricted it from making further sales and disputed the company’s ownership. The company claim Paisner stifled its business, causing serious financial loss.<ref> David Jetuah [http://www.accountancyage.com/aa/news/1785202/law-firm-tax-partner-facing-gbp400-law-suit Law firm tax partner facing £400,000 law suit] ''Accountancy age'', 22 February 2007, accessed 1 December 2014.</ref><ref> Claire Ruckin [http://www.legalweek.com/legal-week/news/1179339/blp-paisner-gbp400k-rare-book-court-battle BLP’s Paisner faces £400k rare book court battle] ''Legal Week'', 22 February 2007, accessed 24 December 2014.</ref><br />
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===New Era housing estate===<br />
The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]] and [[Shaare Zedek]], two companies on the board of which Paisner sits, were caught up in controversy, when they sold their 15% stakes in the New Era estate in London to a Mayfair based investor [[Westbrook Partners]]. The new owner was reportedly planning on tripling the rent, a move that will probably lead to the eviction of the current occupants. Comedian and political activist [[Russell Brand]] got behind the campaign for the occupants of the New Era estate to not be evicted from their homes.<br />
When asked about the situation, Paisner said, “Had we [the trustees of The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]]] had control it is of course possible that we might have our interest differently, but regrettably that was not the position”. He also said there was no way they could have found out prior to selling and they were doing what was best for the foundation.<ref> Robert Booth [http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/nov/26/families-eviction-new-era-estate-westbrook-investor-4m-mansion?CMP=twt_gu Families facing eviction from New Era estate outraged at landlord’s mansion] ''Guardian'', 26 November 2014, accessed 5 December 2014.</ref><br />
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==Israel Advocacy==<br />
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In October 2015, Paisner signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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==Philanthropy==<br />
Paisner is involved in many charities, having taken over his father’s trust practices. The majority of the charities Paisner is affiliated with help the Jewish community and have a Zionist point of view, including; The [[Adrienne and Leslie Sussman Charitable Trust]], The [[Barnett and Sylvia Shine No 1 Charitable Trust]], The [[Bluston Charitable Trust]], [[British Friends of the Jerusalem Foundation]], [[European Jewish Publication Society]], [[Harvey Rosenblatt Charitable Trust]], [[Holocaust Educational Trust]], [[Janet Wolfson De Botton Charitable Trust]], [[Kesztenbaum Family Charitable Trust]], [[Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation]], [[Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies]], [[Peltz Trust]], [[Phillips and Rubens Charitable Trust]], [[Shaare Zedek]] (UK), [[Stella and Alexander Margulies Charitable Trust]], [[Stuart Young Foundation]], [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]] and [[Yoni Jesner Foundation]].<br />
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===Charities===<br />
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="30%">Charity name</th><br />
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="10%">Charity number</th><br />
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="10%">Position</th><br />
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Dates position held</th><br />
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="30%">Co-trustees</th><br />
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<td>The [[Adler Trust]] </td><br />
<td>288685</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Clive Marks]]</td><br />
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<td>The [[Adler 1991 Trust]] </td><br />
<td>288685-1</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent company: The [[Adler Trust]]</td><br />
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<td>The [[Adrienne and Leslie Sussman Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>274955</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Adrienne Hadassah Sussman]], [[Debra Sussman]], [[Adam Sussman]], [[Neal Sussman]]</td><br />
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<td>The [[Ameca Trust]]</td><br />
<td>1121240</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center">29/08/2007-02/08/2010</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Andrew Charles Vesey]], [[Hugh Ronald Freedberg]], [[Paul Roderick Spensley Thomas]], [[Lorraine Gay Freedberg]], [[Bettie Ruth Markus]], [[John William Sills Simpson]]</td><br />
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<td>The [[American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (UK) Trust]]</td><br />
<td>327543</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Ralph Goldman]], [[Yvonne Aghassipour]]</td><br />
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<td>[[Backing Britain’s Youth]] </td><br />
<td></td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center">12/11/1996-19/06/2001</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
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<td>The [[Barnett and Sylvia Shine No 1 Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>270025</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Sybil Shine]]</td><br />
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<td>The [[Barnett and Sylvia Shine No 2 Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>281821</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Barbara Grahame]], [[Rodney Grahame]]</td><br />
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<td>The [[Barnett Shine Foundation]]</td><br />
<td>218365</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
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<td>The [[Bedford Square Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>264631</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
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<td>[[Ben Gurion University Foundation]]</td><br />
<td>276203</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Harold Paisner]], [[Eric Charles]], [[David Wernick]], [[Jonathan Prevezer]], [[Conrad Sandler]], [[George Weidenfeld| Lord Weidenfeld of Chelsea]], [[Raymond Pollock]], [[Sidney Corob]], [[Miriam Hyams]], [[Norman Hyams]], [[Hyman Kreitman]], [[Spencer Lawson]]</td><br />
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<td>The [[Bluston Charitable Settlement]] </td><br />
<td>256691</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Daniel Dover]]</td><br />
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<td>[[Brighton and Hove Jewish Home]] </td><br />
<td>219267</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
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<td>[[British Friends of Edith Wolfson Hospital]]</td><br />
<td>281538</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Denise Cohen]]</td><br />
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<td>[[British Friends of Meir Medical Centre]]</td><br />
<td>1115922</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center">17/11/2006-</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Paul Allan Beer]], [[Russell Lawrence]], [[Dov Kol]], [[Paul Whitebread]], [[Charlotte Kohler]], [[Fisher Secretaries]] Limited</td><br />
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<td>[[British Friends of Reuth]]</td><br />
<td>1126124</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center">10/06/2008-</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Beverley de Vries]], [[Neil Michael Ferber]], [[Russell Ivor Kett]], [[Ann Sophie Rau Dawes]], [[Arnold de Vries]], [[Jonathan Ronald Kropman]]</td><br />
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<td>The [[British Friends of the Council for a Beautiful Israel Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>266408</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Barry Townsley]], [[Miriam Martin]]</td><br />
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<td>[[British Friends of the Harav Lord Jakobovits Toah Institute of Contemporary Issues]]</td><br />
<td>1100127</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Michael Neuberger]], [[Zipora Leventhal]]</td><br />
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<td>The [[British Institute of International and Comparative Law]]</td><br />
<td></td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Sir [[Franklin Berman]] KCMG QC, [[Philippe Sands]] QC, [[Michael Hutchins]], [[Alan Vaughan Lowe]] QC, [[John Merrett]], [[Thomas Bingham|The Rt Hon Lord Bingham of Cornhill]], [[Stephen Weatherill]], [[Alexander Layton]], [[Bernard Rix| The Rt Hon Lord Justice Rix]], [[Christine Chinkin]], [[Adam Johnson]], [[Ian Hobbs]], [[Susan Bright]], [[Nigel Paul Lomas]], Sir [[William Blair]], Dame [[Juliet Wheldon]]</td><br />
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<td>The [[British Tay-Sachs Foundation]]</td><br />
<td>249221</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
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<td>The [[Cissie Rosefield Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>293177</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Stephen Michael Rosefield]], [[John Stuart Ian Rosefield]]</td><br />
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<td>[[Colwinston Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>1049189</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Mathew Caradoc Thomas Prichard]], [[Martin Patrick Tinney]]</td><br />
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<td>The [[Connaught Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>1075936</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center”></td><br />
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<td>[[Curwen-Lowy Biological Studies Fund]]</td><br />
<td>232666-19</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent Company: The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
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<td>The [[David Hyman Fellowship]]</td><br />
<td>278877-2</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent Company:The [[Yarnton Trust]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
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<td>The [[Denis Cohen Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>276439</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Sara Cohen]], [[Denise Cohen]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
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<td>[[Devonshire Street Charitable Foundation]]</td><br />
<td>1123295</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center">07/03/2008</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Eric Charles]], [[Nigel Gee]], [[Samuel Peltz]]</td><br />
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<td>[[Dr Esther Hellinger Memorial Scholarship and J Stanley Weyman Memorial Scholarship]]</td><br />
<td>232666-6</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent Company: The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
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<td>The [[Edith and Ferdinand Porjes Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>274012</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Howard Terence Stanton]], [[Anthony Solomon Rosenfelder]]</td><br />
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<td>[[Elaine Bond Career Development Chair]]</td><br />
<td>232666-18</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent Company: The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
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<tr><br />
<td>The [[Elizabeth Wolfson Peltz Trust]]</td><br />
<td>1070064</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
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<td>The [[Eric Rayman Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>279744</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
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<td>[[European Jewish Publication Society]]</td><br />
<td>1043107</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center">15/12/1994-</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Antony Lerman]], [[Martyn Goff]], [[Russell Paul Tenzer]], [[Israel Chaim Weinsztok]], [[Fred Simon Worms]], [[Peter Lawrence Levy]], [[Sidney Corob]], Rabbi Dr [[Sidney Brichto]]</td><br />
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<td>The [[Frank Green Fellowship]]</td><br />
<td>278877-3</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent Company:The [[Yarnton Trust]]</td><br />
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<td>The [[Fred and Della Worms Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>200036</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Arthur David Harverd]], [[Della Worms]], [[Fred Worms]]</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
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<td>The [[Friends of the Israel Aged]]</td><br />
<td>278505</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
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<td>The [[Goldser Cope-Thompson Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>279587</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[D H Cpe-Thompson]], [[M L Cope-Thompson]], [[Emma Lucy Spitz]], [[Julia Debra Harris]]</td><br />
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<td>[[Harvey Rosenblatt Charitable Trust]] </td><br />
<td>1084907</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Peter Sheldon]], [[Harvey Rosenblatt]], [[Linda Rosenblatt]], [[Daniel Dover]]</td><br />
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<td>[[Heart Cells Foundation]]</td><br />
<td>1101727</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">The Hon Sir [[Bernard Rix]], [[Anthony Mathur]], [[Jenifer Rosenberg]], [[Myra Waiman]], [[Adrian Magnus]], [[Stephen Sampson]], [[Martin Rothman]], [[Stephen James]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
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<td>[[Holocaust Educational Trust]]</td><br />
<td>1092892</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Alberta Strage]], [[Robert Stephen Rubin]], Sir [[Ivan Lawrence]] QC, [[Paul Phillips]], [[Ben Helfgott]], [[Helen Hyde]], [[Richard Harrington]], [[David Gryn]], [[Jon Mendelsohn]], [[Kitty Hart-Hoxon]], [[Kirsty Jean McNeill]], [[Paul Phillip Berlyn]], [[Edward James Lewin]], [[Michael Karp]], [[Olivier Blechnew]]</td><br />
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<td>[[Gift from the Dorset Foundation]]</td><br />
<td>232666-8</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent Company:The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]]</td><br />
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<td>[[Hadassah Medical Relief Association U.K.]] </td><br />
<td>1040848</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Alberta Strage]], [[Juliet Dawood]], [[Allan Hoffbrand]], Lord [[Leslie Turnberg]], [[Michael Baum]], [[Peter Sheldon]], [[Guilda Shamash]], Sir [[Ian Gainsford]], [[Lisa Tchenquiz-Imerman]], [[Stuart Stanton]], [[David Waterman]]</td><br />
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<td>The [[Hallam Trust]]</td><br />
<td>288676</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
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<td>The [[Hamilton Trust]]</td><br />
<td>1004205</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Kenneth Brooks]], [[Michael O’Regan]], [[James McMillan]]</td><br />
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<td>[[Harry Kweller and Kathleen Kweller Chair of Condensed Matter Physics]]</td><br />
<td>232666-23</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent Company: The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]]</td><br />
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<td>[[Hilda and Cecil Lewis Professorial Chair in Molecular Genetics]]</td><br />
<td>232666-10</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent Company: The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
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<td>The [[Israel-Diaspora Trust]]</td><br />
<td>286131</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Michael Heller]], [[Geoffrey Goldkorn]], [[George Pinto]], [[Frederic Haller]], [[Jonathan Goldberg]], [[George Weidenfield|The Lord Weidenfield]]</td><br />
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<td>[[Jack and Simon Djanogly Scholarships and Djanogly Chair in Computer Science]]</td><br />
<td>232666-12</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent Company:The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]]</td><br />
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<td>The [[Jacob and Shoshana Schreiber Fellowship]]</td><br />
<td>278877-1</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent Company:The [[Yarnton Trust]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Janet Wolfson De Botton Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>1054068</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">The Hon [[Janet Frances Wolfson de Botton]], The Hon [[Laura Helen Wolfson Townsley]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Jewish Educational Development Trust]] </td><br />
<td>313443</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[John and Isabel Ritblat Educational Trust]]</td><br />
<td>232666-20</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent company:The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Joseph Lewis Charitable Foundation]]</td><br />
<td>236264</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Kestens Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>277637</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Kesztenbaum Family Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>273126</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Anna Rachel Fleischmann]], [[Michael Arthur Kesztenbaum]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Kitty Waas Dekker Simon Wass and Rosette Dekker Scholarship Fund]]</td><br />
<td>232666-22</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent Company: The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Latchman Family Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>328397</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Ella Latchman]], [[David Seymour Latchman]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Lily and Marcus Sieff Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>257824</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Julian Simon Challis]], [[Daniela Sieff]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Mentor Foundation]] UK</td><br />
<td>1112339</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Sir [[David Sieff]], [[Bejamin Mancroft| The Lord Mancroft]], Sir [[Jack Stewart Clark]], [[Sim Scavazza]], [[Helen Watson]], [[Louise O’Connor]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Mentor Foundation (UK) for the Prevention of Substance Abuse]]</td><br />
<td>1072619</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[M O G Charitable Trust]] </td><br />
<td>297678</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Adele Patricia Goldstein]], [[Michael Orde Goldstein]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Marcuard Oprhans’ Trust]]</td><br />
<td>10868981</td><br />
<td align=”center”>Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center">12/06/2000-09/04/2003</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Charles Poncet]], [[Hans Joerg Rudloff]], [[Anthony Solomon Rosenfelder]], [[Sarah Louise Chiappini]], [[Jordan Company Secretaries]] Limited</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Marcus Sieff Fund for Scientific Co-operation between United Kingdom Scientists and the Weizmann Institute of Science]]</td><br />
<td>232666-4</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent Company: The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Martin and Dianne Mendoza Scholarship]]</td><br />
<td>232666-14</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent Company: The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Philanthropic Foundation]]</td><br />
<td> </td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[David Latchman]], [[Ian Gainsford]], [[Daniel Dover]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td> The [[Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation]]</td><br />
<td></td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Ella Latchman]], [[David Latchman]], Sir [[Ian Gainsford]], [[Daniel Dover]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Maurice Wohl Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>244518</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Maxwell Ellis Professorship]]</td><br />
<td>232666-3</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent Company: The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Michael Crawford Childrens Charity]] </td><br />
<td>104221</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Alan Clark]], [[Michael Crawford]], [[Kenneth Peter Dias]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Morris Leigh Foundation]]</td><br />
<td>280695</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Lord [[Howard Darryl Leigh]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Norman Sosnow Postdoctoral Fellowship]]</td><br />
<td>232666-15</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent Company: The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Ovarian Cancer Action]]</td><br />
<td>1109743</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Mr Harris, Mrs Kaye, Lord [[Leslie Arnold Turnberg]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies]]</td><br />
<td>309720</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Alan Jones]], [[David Lewis]], [[Daniel Peltz]], [[Richard Greenbury]], [[Charles Sebag-Montefiore]], [[Baruch Samuel Blumberg]], [[George Richard Pinto]], [[Hugh Godfrey Maturin Williamson]], Lord [[George Weidenfeld]], [[Martin Goodman]], [[Roger Wingate]], [[Martin Blackman]], [[John Middiman]], Sir [[Bernard Rix]], [[David Guy Kenneth Taylor]], HRH Prince [[El Hassan Bin Talal]], [[Michael Eric Garston]], [[Paul Joyce]], Lord [[Simon Marks]], [[Shlomo Ben-Ami]], [[Stanley Fink]], Sir [[Ivor Crewe]], [[Daniel Patterson]], [[David Joseph]] QC, [[Stuart Roden]], [[David Ariel]], [[Marc Polonsky]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Paisner Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>275087</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Harold Paisner]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Peltz Trust]]</td><br />
<td>1002302</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center">2012</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Daniel Peltz]], The Hon [[Elizabeth Peltz]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Peter Cruddas Foundation]]</td><br />
<td>1117323</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Peter Andrew Cruddas]], Lord [[David Ivor Young]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Philip Harris and Gerald Ronson Career Development Chair]]</td><br />
<td>232666-9</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent Company: The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Phillips and Rubens Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>260378</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Michael Phillips]], [[Ruth Phillips]], [[Paul Phillips]], [[Gary Phillips]], [[Carolyn Mishon]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Phillips Family Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td></td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center">td>2014</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Ruth Phillips]], [[Paul Phillips]], [[Gary Phillips]], [[Michael Phillips]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Pierre and Maniusia Gildesgame Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>232472</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Potel Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>326513</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align=”center”>[[Gillian Potel]], [[Solomon Stanton Potel]], [[Debra Potel]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Raymond Burton Fund for Genome Research]]</td><br />
<td>232666-5</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent Company: The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Raymond Burton Prize]]</td><br />
<td>232666-11</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent Company: The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Remembering for the Future 2000]]</td><br />
<td>1067606</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Cicely Hopper]], Earl [[Issey Hooper]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Remembering for the Future Online]]</td><br />
<td>1067606</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Edward Kessler]], [[Elisabeth Jenny Jeanne Maxwell]], [[Wisteriea Registrars]] Ltd</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Rixi Marcus Scholarships in Memory of Eugenia Ignacy and Herbert Alfred Heller]]</td><br />
<td>232666-13</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent Company: The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Robert and Rene Lewin Charitable Trust]] </td><br />
<td>802163</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Julian Anthony Maurica Arendt]], [[Bronia Steiner]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Royal Free Cancerkin Breast Cancer Trust]]</td><br />
<td>1085517</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Sally Malin]], [[Santilal Parag Parbhoo]], [[Judith Sanitt]], [[Suzanne Freeda]], [[Geoffrey Lloyd]], [[Judith Fay Mishon]], [[John Carrier]], [[Rebecca Wynberg]], [[Tim Davidson]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Rueff – Wormser Scholarship Fund]]</td><br />
<td>232666-1</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent Company: The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Ruth and Jack Lunzer Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>276201</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Jack Lunzer</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Samuel Sebba Professorial Chair]]</td><br />
<td>232666-16</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent Company: The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Schmidt-Bodner Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>283014</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Daniel Dover]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Shaare Zedek]] (UK)</td><br />
<td></td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Margaret Gioia Rothem]], [[Anthony Rosenfelder]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Sieratzki Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>1126815</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Jechil Salomon Sieratzki]], [[Barbara Sieratzki]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Simon Weinstock Professorial Chair Endowment]]</td><br />
<td>232666-7</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent Company: The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Sir David Sieff PHD Scholarship in Brain Research]]</td><br />
<td>232666-17</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent Company: The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Sir Ernst and Lady Anne Chain Research Programme]]</td><br />
<td>232666-21</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent Company: The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Sir Sigmund Sternberg Charitable Foundation]]</td><br />
<td>257950</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Sigmund Sternberg]], [[Michael Sternberg]], [[Martin Arthur Malcolm Slowe]], [[Marcus Christopher Rossie Braybrooke]], [[Noam Tamir]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Stella and Alexander Margulies Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>220441</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Sir [[Stuart Anthony Lipton]], [[Alexander Michael Sorkin]], [[Marcus Jonathan Margulies]], [[Leslie David Michaels]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Stepney Jewish (B’nai B’rith) Clubs and Settlement]]</td><br />
<td>802559-5</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center">13/12/1995-23/06/2004</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Antony Ian Grossman]], [[Arnold Wagner Obe]], [[Jonathan David Zenios]], [[Steven David Lewis]], [[Andrew Hope]], Baroness [[Julie Babette Sarah Newuberger]], Dame [[Gail Ronson]], [[Suzanne Lea Joels]], Lady [[Gilda Levy]], Lord [[David Ivor Young]] of Graffham, Lord [[Howard Darryl Leigh]], [[Alan Goldberg]], [[Alan Irving Goldman]], [[Ashley Mitchell]], [[Barnett Anthony Saffron]], [[Brian Ivan Leaver]], [[Claude James Weil]], [[Colin Ivor Lehmann]], [[Cyril Julius]], [[David Alan Pears]], [[David John Lewis]], [[David Robert Green]], [[Edward Langton]], [[Edward Langton]], [[Edward Michael Lee]], [[Eli Allen Shahmoon]], [[Frank Cass]], [[Gary Louis Stern]], [[James Elliot Diner]], [[Jeffrey Michael Greenwood]], [[Jonathan Simon Goldstein]], [[Lloyd Marshall Dorfman]], [[Malcolm Dagul]], [[Malcolm Howard Brummer]], [[Marcel Jonathan Knobil]], [[Michael Goldmeier]], [[Michael John Ingram]], [[Michael Ronald Nathan]], [[Nigel Anthony Raine]], [[Nigel Keith Ross]], [[Paul Brian Marber]], [[Philip Leigh]], [[Richard Bruce Mintz]], [[Stpehen Anthony Zimmerman]], [[Stephen Maurice Crown]], [[Stuarty Glyn]], [[Stuart Grant Roden]], [[Timothy Montagu Simon]], [[Anita Mellor]], [[Ann Spiro]], Anne Marks]], [[Bettina Lynda Bradfield]], [[Charlotte Green-Lubett]], [[Connie Elizabeth Levy]], [[Doris David]], [[Edna Halle]], [[Hannah Lewis]], [[Joyce Valerie Saffron]], [[Myrtle Franklin]], [[Ruth Elizabeth Hollander]], [[Sheila Lisbeth Brodtman]], [[Sonie Senat]], [[Stella Lucas]], [[Frances Harris]], [[Jeanie Cressida Rosefield]], [[Joan Beryl Freedman]], [[Margaretta Gremson]], [[Phillippa Mintz]], [[Shirley Jacobs]], [[Shirley Jean Lawson]], [[Susan Melanie Grant]], [[Zena de Groot]], Lord [[Michael Levy]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Stuart Young Foundation]]</td><br />
<td> </td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Frank Stansil]], [[Shirley Young]], [[Michael Phillips]], [[Lesley Aaronson]], [[Elspet Rix]], [[David Young]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Teale Charitable Trust]] </td><br />
<td>1058734</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[David Teale]], [[Christine Teale]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Tel Mond Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>1082457</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Trust for the Study of Social Trauma and the Care and Treatment of Survivors]]</td><br />
<td>277166</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Cicely Hopper]], Earl [[Issey Hooper]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[UK Friends of the Peres Institute for Peace]]</td><br />
<td>1062191</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center">25/03/1997-?</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Omer Moore]], [[Alan Kaye]], [[Stanley Saffer]], Lord [[Greville Ewan Janner]], The Lord [[Michael Levy]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]]</td><br />
<td> </td><br />
<td align="center"> Vice-chairman </td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Lord [[David Alliance]], Sir [[John Ritblat]], [[Robert Abraham Perlman]], [[Jonathan Alexander Metliss]], [[Daniel Gesetner]], Dame [[Vivien Duffield]], [[Parry Mitchell]], [[Arabella Elizabeth Duffield]], [[Jeremy Alan Smouha]], [[Jonathan Ronald Kropman]], [[Robert Ivor Ohrenstein]], [[Myra Waiman]], [[Daniel S Shapiro]], Lord [[Leslie Arnold Turnberg]], [[Benny Chain]], [[Maxwell Nisner]], Lady [[Hannah Lowy Mitchell]], [[Michael Sandler]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Weizmann Institute Foundation Pooled Fund]] (PE)</td><br />
<td>232666-2</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent Company:The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Wolfson Family Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>228382</td><br />
<td align=”center”>Trustee”</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Sir [[Ian Gainsford]], Sir [[Bernard Rix]], Sir [[Eric Ash]], The Hon [[Laura Wolfson Townsley]], Dame [[Janet Wolfson de Botton]], [[Leslie Turnberg|Lord Turnberg]], The Hon [[Elizabeth Wolfson Peltz]], [[Alexandra Wolfson Halamish]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Wolfson Townsley Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>277637</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Helen Wolfson Townsley]], [[Barry Townsley]], The Hon [[Janet Frances Wolfson de Botton]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Woolf Institute]]</td><br />
<td>1069589</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Robert Glatter]], [[David Leibowitz]], [[Edward David Kessler]], [[Julius Lipner]], [[Peter Halban]], [[Khalid Hameed|Lord Hameed of Hamstead]], [[Waqar Ahman]], [[Martin Forward]], Lord [[Richard Douglas Harries]] of Pentregarth, Lady [[Marguerite Leah Woolf]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Yarnton Trust]]</td><br />
<td>309720-1</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">Parent charity: [[Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Yoni Jesner Foundation]]</td><br />
<td></td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Ari Jesner]], [[David Cohen]], [[Jared Jesner]], [[Jonathan Kestenbaum]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Young Charitable Trust]]</td><br />
<td>283841</td><br />
<td align="center">Trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center">[[Denis Leonard Arronson]], [[Shirley Young]]</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
</table><ref> Greer Fay Cashman, A flying start for Binyenei Ha'uma ''The Jerusalem Post'', 5 December 2008, Pg. 24., accessed 3 June 2015.</ref> <ref> The Peltz Trust [Trustees' Annual report for the year ended 5 April 2006], accessed 3 June 2015.</ref><br />
<br />
==Affiliations==<br />
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="1" float="right" align="Center" width="80%"><br />
<tr><br />
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Company name</th><br />
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Dissolved?</th><br />
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Role</th><br />
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Date of Appointment</th><br />
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Date of resignation</th><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Townsley Family Investments]] Limited </td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">16/06/2005</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Metcalf Properties]] Limited </td><br />
<td>Yes - 2003</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">22/08/1996</td><br />
<td align="center">2003</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[British Library Trust]] </td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">09/02/2012</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Romanoff Fund for Russia]] (UK)</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">03/05/1994</td><br />
<td align="center">23/10/1996</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Nameco (No.412)]] Limited</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">24/02/2009</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Bluston Securities]] Limited</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director and Secretary</td><br />
<td align="center">17/06/1992</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Barnet City Academy]]</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">13/10/2004</td><br />
<td align="center">15/10/2008</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Samford University (USA) Trust]] Limited </td><br />
<td>Yes</td><br />
<td>Secretary director</td><br />
<td align="center">31/12/1991</td><br />
<td align="center">N/A</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Kitecross]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes – 07/09/1999</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">02/10/1998</td><br />
<td align="center">07/09/1999</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Eagle Management Company]] Limited</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Secretary</td><br />
<td align="center">17/09/2003</td><br />
<td align="center">14/02/2013</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Consumer Trustees]] Limited</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td> Director</td><br />
<td align="center">08/04/1998</td><br />
<td align="center">18/06/2002</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Sendgrove]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes – 27/11/2001</td><br />
<td>Director and Secretary</td><br />
<td align="center">30/06/1993</td><br />
<td align="center">27/11/2001</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Hadassah Medical Relief Association]] UK</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td> Director</td><br />
<td align="center">29/11/1995</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Trident Investment Company]]</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td> Director </td><br />
<td align="center">28/10/1992</td><br />
<td align="center">29/01/1998</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Hooke Park Educational Trust]]</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td> Director</td><br />
<td align="center">31/03/1992</td><br />
<td align="center">07/03/1994</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies]]</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td> Director and Secretary</td><br />
<td align="center">07/06/1991</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[PCO 217]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes – 13/07/2010</td><br />
<td>Director </td><br />
<td align="center">05/08/1999</td><br />
<td align="center">13/07/2010</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Shaare Zedek]] UK</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td> Director</td><br />
<td align="center">14/12/2010</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Oxford Synagogue & Jewish Centre]]Limited</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director </td><br />
<td align="center">05/05/1992</td><br />
<td align="center">30/04/2004</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Family Trustee Company]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes – 22/01/2013</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">28/03/1991</td><br />
<td align="center">22/01/2013</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Ebury Investments]] Limited</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director </td><br />
<td align="center">24/11/1998</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Stamag Trustee Company]] Limited</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td> Director</td><br />
<td align="center">12/03/1998</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Kinsdale Investments]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes</td><br />
<td>Director and secretary</td><br />
<td align="center">22/06/1992</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[74 Portland Place]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes – 26/04/2011</td><br />
<td>Director </td><br />
<td align="center">13/09/1992</td><br />
<td align="center">26/04/2011 </td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Petermore]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes</td><br />
<td>Director </td><br />
<td align="center">21/08/1991</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[J.&B.Ashley]] Limited</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">13/09/2011</td><br />
<td align="center">- </td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Royal Free Cancerkin Breast Cancer Trust]]</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">29/12/2000</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[European Jewish Publication Society]]</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">15/12/1994</td><br />
<td align="center">- </td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Paimag Trustee Company]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes – 21/08/2001</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">20/03/1998</td><br />
<td align="center">21/08/2001</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Gelmag Trustee Company]] Limited</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">12/03/1998</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Starmain]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes – 22/10/1996</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">10/04/1991</td><br />
<td align="center">22/10/1996</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Inlandglide]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes – 10/02/1998</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">31/03/1991</td><br />
<td align="center">10/02/1998</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Inter-Action Social Enterprise Trust]] Limited</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">21/05/1992</td><br />
<td align="center">07/06/1996</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Jewish Literary Trust]] Limited</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">01/09/1991</td><br />
<td align="center">02/08/1994</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Ebury Investments]] Limited</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Secretary</td><br />
<td align="center">24/11/1998</td><br />
<td align="center">29/01/1999</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Lemag Trustee Company]] Limited </td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">12/03/1998</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Backing Jewish Youth]]</td><br />
<td>Yes – 22/10/2002</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">14/08/1995</td><br />
<td align="center">22/10/2002</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Bluston Securities]] (Bordon) Limited</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Secretary</td><br />
<td align="center">20/04/2009</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Lhotse]] LLP</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">27/09/2012</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Holocaust Educational Trust]]</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">27/04/2001</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[PCO 206]] Limited</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">09/10/1998</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Studio Arts Centers International U.K]]</td><br />
<td>Yes – 15/02/2000</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">30/01/1993</td><br />
<td align="center">15/02/2000</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Trident Investment Holding Company]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes – 22/12/1998</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">28/10/1998</td><br />
<td align="center">22/12/1998</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[New Israel Fund]]</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">01/09/2008</td><br />
<td align="center">20/11/2009</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Jerusalem Foundation Trustees]] Limited </td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director and Secretary</td><br />
<td align="center">20/03/2007</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[74 Portland Place Residents]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes – 07/02/2006</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">30/03/1993</td><br />
<td align="center">07/02/2006</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[The Leadership Trust]] (Trading) Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes – 4/09/2012</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">12/08/1997</td><br />
<td align="center">28/06/1998</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Cinderhall Properties]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes – 20/08/2008</td><br />
<td> Director</td><br />
<td align="center">16/10/2001</td><br />
<td align="center">20/10/2001</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Herts Industrial Construction]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes – 27/08/2008</td><br />
<td>Secretary</td><br />
<td align="center">17/9/2003</td><br />
<td align="center">27/08/2008</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Oakminster Properties]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes – 25/12/2009</td><br />
<td> Director</td><br />
<td align="center">26/02/1991</td><br />
<td align="center">25/12/2009</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Jerusalem Trustees]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes – 05/01/2006</td><br />
<td> Director </td><br />
<td align="center">21/10/2008</td><br />
<td align="center">05/01/2006</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Majestic Properties]] (London) Limited</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td> Director</td><br />
<td align="center">13/09/2011</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Weizmann Institute Foundation]]</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td> Director</td><br />
<td align="center">15/02/1980</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Tal Nominees]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes – 02/07/2002</td><br />
<td>Director </td><br />
<td align="center">26/01/2000</td><br />
<td align="center">02/07/2002</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Aimward]] Limited</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td> Director</td><br />
<td align="center">08/09/1998</td><br />
<td align="center">23/11/2001</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[UK Friends of the Peres Institute for Peace]]</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director and Secretary</td><br />
<td align="center">25/03/1997</td><br />
<td align="center">31/03/2011</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Tower Bridge Fiduciary]] Limited</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">13/08/2014</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Teresa]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes – 07/09/1999</td><br />
<td>Director </td><br />
<td align="center">12/01/1998</td><br />
<td align="center">07/09/1999</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Woolf Institute]] </td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">08/03/2007</td><br />
<td align="center">- </td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[W F Nominees]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes – 12/06/2007</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">08/09/1999</td><br />
<td align="center">12/06/2007</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Fortplot]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes – 28/09/2004</td><br />
<td>Secretary</td><br />
<td align="center">17/09/2003</td><br />
<td align="center">28/09/2004</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[PCO 160]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes – 03/08/2004</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">08/11/1999</td><br />
<td align="center">02/08/2004</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[BNAI Brith Foundation]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes – 01/02/2011</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">31/12/1990</td><br />
<td align="center">16/01/1996</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Fairholme Estates]] (Holdings) Limited</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">18/02/1991</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Trust Construction Company]] Limited</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Secretary</td><br />
<td align="center">17/09/2003</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Minderbay]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes – 20/06/2000</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">26/02/1991</td><br />
<td align="center">20/06/2000</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[J.B. Rubens Charity Trustees]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes – 12/09/2006</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">07/03/1993</td><br />
<td align="center">12/09/2006</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Bluston Securities]] (Bordon) Limited</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">20/04/2009</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Paco Nominees]] Limited </td><br />
<td>Yes – 01/03/2011</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">22/07/1999</td><br />
<td align="center">01/03/2011</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Pelmon]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes – 13/10/2009</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">17/07/2008</td><br />
<td align="center">13/10/2009</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Barker Group]] Limited</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Secretary</td><br />
<td align="center">17/09/2003</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Holne Chase Trustee Company]] Limited</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">07/03/1993</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Institute for Strategic Dialogue]]</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">30/04/2008</td><br />
<td align="center">18/05/2010</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Weizmann Trading Company]] Limited</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">16/12/2009</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>The [[Covenant & Conversation Trust]]</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">04/06/2013</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Copac Nominees]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes – 01/03/2011</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">22/07/1999</td><br />
<td align="center">01/03/2011</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Industrial Developments]] (Herts) Limited</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">17/09/2003</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Jewish Care Community Foundation]]</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">21/06/1995</td><br />
<td align="center">23/06/2004</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Wohl Nominees]] Limited</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">13/12/2007</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Piltwon Services]] Limited</td><br />
<td>Yes – 22/03/2011</td><br />
<td>Director</td><br />
<td align="center">06/12/2007</td><br />
<td align="center">22/03/2011</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Tikva Corp]]</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>Vice president/trustee</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Redbourne Avenue]] LLP</td><br />
<td>No</td><br />
<td>LLP designated member</td><br />
<td align="center">27/05/2014</td><br />
<td align="center">-</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
</table><ref> Open Corporates [https://opencorporates.com/officers/gb?q=martin+paisner Martin Paisner], accessed 3 June 2015.</ref><ref> Endole [http://www.endole.co.uk/profile/81463/martin-david-paisner Martin David Paisner], accessed 4 June 2015.</ref><br />
<br />
===Other roles===<br />
*Honorary council member, [[Royal Court Theatre]], London.<ref name="PC"> Peter Cruddas Foundation [http://www.petercruddasfoundation.org.uk/biography-Paisner.htm Paisner Biography], accessed 3 June 2015.</ref><br />
*Vice president, [[Jewish Care]].<ref name="PC"/><br />
*Honorary Member of the council, [[NSPCC]] .<ref name="PC"/><br />
*Member of the board, The [[American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee]] Inc.<ref name="PC"/><br />
*Chairman, [[Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute]] – a think tank partnership between the US based [[Jewish Distribution Committee]] Inc and the Israeli Government dealing primarily with social welfare, health and educational issues.<ref name="PC"/><br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Lawyers|Paisner, Martin]] [[Category:Israel Lobby|Paisner, Martin]] [[Category:Israel|Paisner, Martin]] [[Category:Oxford alumni|Paisner, Martin]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Matthew_Offord&diff=225969Matthew Offord2015-10-23T12:05:13Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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<div>'''Matthew Offord''' has been the [[Conservative Party]] Member of Parliament for Hendon since May 2010. <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/dr-matthew-offord/4006 Dr Matthew Offord MP] ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 28 May 2015 </ref> In the 2015 general election he retained his seat with a majority of 3,724. <ref> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000741 Hendon parliamentary constituency] ''BBC News'', 8 May 2015, accessed 28 May 2015 </ref> <br />
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==Israel Advocacy==<br />
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In October 2015, Offord signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*[[All Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:MP|Offord, Matthew]][[Category:British Politician|Offord, Matthew]][[Category:Conservative Party|Offord, Matthew]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Maajid_Nawaz&diff=225968Maajid Nawaz2015-10-23T12:04:25Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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==Israel Advocacy==<br />
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In October 2015, Nawaz signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*Honorary Associate [[National Secular Society]]<ref> National Secular Society [http://www.secularism.org.uk/honoraryassociates.html Our Honorary Associates]. Accessed 20 September 2015.</ref><br />
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<references/></div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Denis_MacEoin&diff=225967Denis MacEoin2015-10-23T12:03:56Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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<div>'''Denis M. MacEoin''' (b. Belfast 1949) is an Islamic "scholar" &ndash; new-orientalist, a journalist for several rightwing organizations (including [[Daniel Pipes]]'s [[Middle East Forum]]), popular-novel author (under the pseudonyms: Daniel Easterman and Jonathan Aycliffe) and zionist advocate. MacEoin often writes letters to the editor of newspapers to highlight Arab/Islam/terrorism/anti-semitism issues; alternatively, MacEoin writes to "defend Israel".<ref>See for example: [http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,10551,1652125,00.html Letter to The Guardian], 28 November 2005</ref> MacEoin also took on a role to oppose the AUT boycott in 2005, and his statements against the boycott were well publicized by zionist organizations.<ref>See for example: Denis MacEoin, [http://www.defenddemocracy.org/research_topics/research_topics_show.htm?doc_id=275862 Reply from Denis MacEoin Who Has a Petition Online to Reverse AUT Boycott], Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (Accessed: 3 February 2008)</ref><br />
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==Background and education==<br />
MacEoin studied English Language and Literature at the [[University of Dublin]] &ndash; Trinity College, Persian, Arabic and Islamic Studies at the [[University of Edinburgh]], and carried out research for his PhD at King's College, Cambridge. His PhD dissertation dealt with two heterodox movements in 19th-century Iranian Shi'ism: Shaykhism and Bábism. <br />
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From 1979-80, he taught English, Islamic Civilization, and Arabic-English translation at Mohammed V University in Fez, Morocco, before taking up a post as lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies at [[Newcastle University]]. His post at Newcastle was abolished in 1986 by its Saudi sponsors, who disliked the fact that he was teaching subjects such as Sufism and Shi'ism. In 1986, he was made Honorary Fellow in the Centre for Islamic and Middle East Studies at [[Durham University]]. Currently, he is the Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Newcastle University.<ref>[http://www.rlf.org.uk/fellowshipscheme/profile.cfm?fellow=141&menu=2 Denis MacEoin]: Profile, The Royal Literary Fund (Accessed: 3 February 2008)</ref><br />
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He has been married to homoeopath and health writer [[Beth MacEoin]] since 1975. From 1965-1980 MacEoin was a member of the Bahai religion.<br />
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===Career===<br />
: 2005-2008: Fellow at University of Newcastle upon Tyne<br />
:September 2005 - present: [[Royal Literary Fund]] Fellow at Newcastle University.<br />
: 1986-1996: Honorary Fellow, School of Arabic & Islamic Studies, University of Durham<br />
: 1985-1988: Chief Examiner in O-level Persian, University of London<br />
: 1981-1986: Lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies, Department of Religious Studies, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne.<br />
:1979-1980: Maître de conférences, Mohammed ben Abdollah University, Fez, Morocco (teaching English, Arabic-English translation, Islamic civilization)<br />
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==Zionist lobbyist==<br />
In recent years, he has become active in pro-Israel advocacy ([[hasbara]]), chiefly in his capacity as a writer. He continues to work on Islamic issues, particularly the development of radical Islam. <br />
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In December 2007, the BBC [[Newsnight]] program produced evidence that suggested some material on which MacEoin's report on radical Islam in the UK for [[Policy Exchange]] [[The Hijacking Of British Islam]] was based had been forged or simply fabricated.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,2226704,00.html Evidence of extremism in mosques 'fabricated'], The Guardian, 12 December 2007, accessdate 2007-12-12</ref><br />
Denis MacEoin, the author of the [[Policy Exchange]] report, states:<br />
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:... a deepening belief that the future of civilization comes down to Israel in one way or another. If Israel goes, the values that have sustained Western civilization will have gone with it. We aren't simply fighting a war on terror, we're fighting for values that once seemed certain to survive and are now being threatened, above all by an unreformed Islam. For every liberal who chants 'Islam is a religion of love and peace', I can find a score of Quranic verses and hadiths that say quite the opposite. Politicians and the public must be educated."<ref>Irene Lancaster, [http://irenelancaster.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/07/tsaddik_no_19_d.html 10 July 2006 Tsaddik no. 19: Denis MacEoin] (Accessed 13 December 2007)</ref><br />
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NB: the report fits into the "clash of civilization" or "war on terrorism" mould that aims to get the United States and Europe on board with Israel's wars.<br />
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The Policy Exchange report has been pushed strongly by zionist groups aiming to affect British policy toward its Muslim immigrant population, and European policy in general for the same purpose. On 12 February 2008, the [[Transatlantic Institute]] (the foremost zionist lobby in Europe) and the [[European Foundation for Democracy]] hosted a discussion on MacEoin's report, attempting to further promote its message in Brussels-Europe.<ref>[http://www.sustainabilitank.info/2008/01/31/the-european-foundation-for-democracy-a-panel-debate-brussels-february-12-2008-%c2%b4the-hijacking-of-british-islam%c2%b4-12-february-2008/ A panel debate - Brussels: The Hijacking of British Islam 12 February 2008], The European Foundation for Democracy and the Transatlantic Institute, posted 31 January 2008.</ref><br />
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In October 2015, MacEoin signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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===Smearing Keith Ellison===<br />
MacEoin wrote a lengthy article in the Summer 2010 edition of the [[Middle East Quarterly]] in which he accused Democratic Congressman [[Keith Ellison]] -- one of the two Muslims in the US House of Representatives -- of waging 'stealth Jihad' against America.<ref>Denis MacEoin, [http://www.meforum.org/2756/keith-ellison-stealth-jihad Keith Ellison's Stealth Jihad], ''Middle East Quarterly'', Summer 2010, pp. 31-40</ref><br />
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==='Letter to an anti-Israel activist' book===<br />
In December 2012, a book called 'Dear Gary, why you're wrong about Israel: letter to an anti-Israel activist', written by MacEoin, was published by the [[Institute for Middle Eastern Democracy]], based in the UK.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Dear-Youre-Wrong-About-Israel/dp/0957482507 Dear Gary, Why You're Wrong About Israel], Amazon UK, accessed 22 March 2013.</ref><br />
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A launch event for the book was held on 20 March 2013 in the [[House of Lords]], 'by kind invitation of [[Baroness Deech]]'.<ref>[http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/5752353444?utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email_attendees&utm_term=event Dear Gary, Why You're Wrong about Israel], Eventbrite, accessed 22 March 2013.</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*[[Centre for Social Cohesion]] - advisory council<br />
*[[Middle East Forum]] - he is a senior editor of the Forum's flagship publication [[Middle East Quarterly]]<br />
*[[Policy Exchange]] - author of report.<br />
*[[Royal Literary Fund]] - Fellow<br />
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==Contact, references and resources==<br />
===Contact===<br />
:Email: maceoin@btinternet.com <br />
===External resources===<br />
*Royal Literary Fund [http://www.rlf.org.uk/fellowshipscheme/profile.cfm?fellow=141&menu=2 Profile]<br />
*Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_MacEoin Profile]<br />
*New Castle Univ. [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/elll/staff/profile/denis.maceoin Profile] (Accessed: 3 February 2008)<br />
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[[Category:UK|MacEoin, Denis]][[Category:Israel Lobby|MacEoin, Denis]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Andrea_Jenkyns&diff=225966Andrea Jenkyns2015-10-23T12:02:51Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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<div>'''Andrea Jenkyns''' has been the [[Conservative Party]] Member of Parliament for Morley and Outwood since May 2015. <br />
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One of the shock defeats of the general election saw Jenkyns defeat the [[Labour Party]] candidate [[Ed Balls]], who had previously held the seat since 2005 <ref> [http://www.theweek.co.uk/election-2015/63608/ed-balls-loses-his-seat-in-shock-result Ed Balls loses his seat in shock result] The Week, 8 May 2015, accessed 27 May 2015 </ref>, with a majority of 422 votes. <ref> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000826 Morley & Outwood parliamentary constituency] ''BBC News'', 8 May 2015, accessed 27 May 2015 </ref> <br />
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In October 2015, Jenkyns signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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[[Category:MP|Jenkyns, Andrea]][[Category:British Politician|Jenkyns, Andrea]][[Category:Conservative Party|Jenkyns, Andrea]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=John_Howell&diff=225965John Howell2015-10-23T12:02:21Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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<div>'''John Howell''' has been the [[Conservative Party]] member of parliament (MP) for Henley since 2008. He was re-elected in May 2010 with a majority of 16,588<ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/john-howell/1606 John Howell MP] ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 6 March 2015 </ref> and again in 2015 with a majority of 25,375.<ref> BBC News [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000742 Henley], accessed 15 May 2015.</ref><br />
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In October 2015, Howell signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Apprenticeships]], vice chair from May 2015<br />
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==Contact==<br />
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*Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA<br />
*Telephone: 020 7219 6676<br />
*Email: howelljm@parliament.uk<br />
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*Address: PO Box 84, Watlington, OX49 5XD<br />
*Telephone: 01491 613072<br />
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====Web & Social media====<br />
*Website: http://www.johnhowellmp.com<br />
*Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnhowellmp<br />
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[[Category:Conservative Party|Howell, John]][[Category:MP|Howell, John]][[Category:British Politician|Howell, John]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Stephen_Grosz&diff=225964Stephen Grosz2015-10-23T12:01:38Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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<div>Stephen Grosz is a British Solicitor and Head of the Public Law and Human Rights Department in Bindman and Partners.<ref>Bindmans, [http://www.bindmans.com/index.php?id=stephengrosz "Stephen Grosz"], Bindmans, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
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==Israel Advocacy==<br />
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In October 2015, Grosz signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[JUSTICE]] - Executive Committee<br />
*[[British Institute of Human Rights]] - Advisory Council Member<br />
*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]]<ref name=nov>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/pdf/november2005.pdf "1300 British Lawyers Call for Removal of Unjust Terror Tag from Iranian Mojahedin"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, November 2005, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
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<references/></div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Mike_Freer&diff=225963Mike Freer2015-10-23T12:01:09Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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<div>'''Mike Freer''' has been the [[Conservative Party]] MP for Finchley and Golders Green since 2010 and in the 2015 election Freer successfully retained his seat with a majority of 5,662. <ref> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000703 Finchley & Golders Green Parliamentary constituency] ''BBC News'', accessed 21 May 2015 </ref> <br />
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He previously served as leader of Barnet Council 2006-2009.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mike-freer/35366 Mike Freer], wwww.parliament.uk, accessed 4 November 2012.</ref><br />
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Since May 2015, Freer has been the parliamentary private secretary to the leader of the House of Commons [[Chris Grayling]].<ref> Guido Fawkes [http://order-order.com/tag/pps/#_@/kLedddMB1Im3fg PPS reshuffle in full], 29 May 2015, accessed 1 June 2015.</ref><br />
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In October 2015, Freer signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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[[Category:Conservative Party|Freer, Ian]][[Category:MP|Freer, Ian]] [[Category:British Politician|Freer, Ian]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Mike_Freer&diff=225962Mike Freer2015-10-23T12:00:50Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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<div>'''Mike Freer''' has been the [[Conservative Party]] MP for Finchley and Golders Green since 2010 and in the 2015 election Freer successfully retained his seat with a majority of 5,662. <ref> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000703 Finchley & Golders Green Parliamentary constituency] ''BBC News'', accessed 21 May 2015 </ref> <br />
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He previously served as leader of Barnet Council 2006-2009.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mike-freer/35366 Mike Freer], wwww.parliament.uk, accessed 4 November 2012.</ref><br />
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Since May 2015, Freer has been the parliamentary private secretary to the leader of the House of Commons [[Chris Grayling]].<ref> Guido Fawkes [http://order-order.com/tag/pps/#_@/kLedddMB1Im3fg PPS reshuffle in full], 29 May 2015, accessed 1 June 2015.</ref><br />
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==Israel Advocacy==<br />
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In October 2015, Bragg signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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[[Category:Conservative Party|Freer, Ian]][[Category:MP|Freer, Ian]] [[Category:British Politician|Freer, Ian]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Michael_Foster&diff=225961Michael Foster2015-10-23T12:00:24Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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'''Michael Foster''' was the [[Labour]] member of parliament for Worcester between 1997 and 2010.<br />
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He is currently head of communications to the charity [[WaterAid]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Foster was the [[Labour]] member of parliament for Worcester between 1997 and 2010. In 1997 he won 50.1 percent, 48.6 percent in 2001, 41.9 percent in 2005 and came second in 2010 with 33.4 percent to the [[Conservatives]]'s [[Robin Walker]].<ref> [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/person/1788/michael-foster Michael Foster] ''The Guardian'', accessed 4 December 2014 </ref><ref> [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/f28.stm Election 2010 results by constituency] ''BBC News'', accessed 4 December 2014 </ref><br />
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Whilst in parliament he held the roles of parliamentary private secretary to the [[Department for Education and Skills]], [[Home Office]] and to Rt Hon [[Peter Hain]], he was then assistant whip between 2006 and 2008 and finally parliamentary under-secretary to the [[Department for International Development]] until 2010.<ref> [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10209/michael_foster/worcester Michael Foster] ''They Work For You'', accessed 4 December 2014 </ref><br />
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==Israel Advocacy==<br />
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In October 2015, Bragg signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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==Revolving door==<br />
*Head of Communications, [[WaterAid]], November 2010. The role was approved by [[ACOBA]] who saw "no reason why he should not take up this appointment forthwith, subject to the condition that, for 2 years from his last day in office, he should not become personally involved in lobbying UK GovernmentMinisters or Crown servants, including Special Advisers, on behalf of his new employer".<ref> [http://acoba.independent.gov.uk/media/acoba/assets/acobatwelfthreport2010-2011.pdf Twelfth Report 2010-2011] ''Advisory Committee on Business Appointments'', accessed 4 December 2014 </ref> Foster has been appointed to help drive forward [[WaterAid]]'s global five year strategy to bring safe water and sanitation to 25 million people by 2015.<ref> David Woods [http://www.prweek.com/article/1041596/wateraid-appoints-mike-foster-head-communications Wateraid appoints Mike Foster as head of communications] ''PR Week'', 19 November 2010, accessed 4 December 2014 </ref><br />
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[[Category:Revolving Door|Foster, Michael]][[Category:ACOBA|Foster, Michael]][[Category:Labour Party|Foster, Michael]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Stanley_Fink&diff=225960Stanley Fink2015-10-23T11:59:56Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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<div>[[File:Stanley Fink.png|right|thumb|350px|Stanley Fink at [[Edelman]]'s Crystal Ball event in 2010]]<br />
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'''Stanley Fink, Baron Fink''' (born 15 September 1957) is a British hedge fund manager, the former CEO and deputy chairman of the [[Man Group]].<ref>[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4537f52e-7ecf-11dd-b1af-000077b07658.html / UK - Preservation 'a cheap option']. Ft.com (2008-09-10). Retrieved on 2010-11-19.</ref> He is one of the most respected names in the City, dubbed the ‘Godfather of hedge funds’ by the media.<br />
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In January 2009 he was appointed co-treasurer of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]].<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/4271961/New-Tory-Treasurer-Stanley-Fink-plans-to-blow-Labour-out-of-water.html New Tory Treasurer Stanley Fink plans to blow Labour out of water], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 16 January 2009</ref> That same year he donated the party £1.65million to start an election fighting war chest.<ref> Kiran Stacey, [http://blogs.ft.com/westminster/2011/12/the-explosion-of-hedge-fund-donations-to-the-tories/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ft%2Fwestminster+%28Westminster+Blog%29#axzz1gKhLiKyN The explosion of hedge fund donations to the Tories], FT Westminster blog, 8 December 2011, acc 12 Dec 2011 </ref> He stepped down from this role in February 2012 to focus on his business interests and philanthropic work. He was replaced by [[Michael Farmer]].<ref> [http://www.conservatives.com/News/News_stories/2012/02/Michael_Farmer_appointed_as_new_CoTreasurer.aspx Michael Farmer appointed as new Co-Treasurer], Conservative Party News, February 6 2012, acc 13 March 2012 </ref> However, Fink was asked to step back into the role the following month amid a scandal caused by a 'cash for access' newspaper sting on co-treasurer [[Peter Cruddas]], who resigned on 25 March 2012.<br />
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He is a [[Conservative]] peer of the House of Lords, having joined on the 18 January 2011.<br />
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Fink is a member of [[The Leader's Group]], the premier [[Conservative Party]] supporter group. Through an annual membership fee of £50,000 donors are able to secure access to leading members of the party.<br />
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==Career==<br />
In a 21 year career with Man Group, Fink oversaw the transformation of the business from a medium sized private company largely focused on agricultural commodity trading to a world leader in alternative asset management. He stepped down as Chief Executive Officer of Man Group in March 2007 but remained on the Board as Deputy Chairman. He retired from the Board at Man Group’s AGM in July 2008. <br />
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In September 2008 he came out of retirement to act as Chief Executive of [[International Standard Asset Management]] (ISAM), an absolute return investment company incorporating specialist Macro and Gold funds.<br />
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[[Edelman]]’s London Office handled the appointment of Fink for ISAM.<ref>[http://www.edelman.co.uk/news/edelman/20080925/edelman-supports-isam-following-stanley-fink%E2%80%99s-appointment-ceo Edelman press release], 25 Sept 2008</ref><br />
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In September 2009 he became chairman of the hedge fund-backed Academy sponsor [[Absolute Return for Kids]].<ref>'Educashun News', ''[[Private Eye]]'', No. 1245 (18 Sep-1 Oct 2009), p. 15</ref><br />
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===Pro-Israel donations and Israel Advocacy===<br />
According to ''The Jewish Chronicle'', Lord Fink was a 'loyal donor' to [[Just Journalism]], a pro-Israel media flak group linked to the [[Henry Jackson Society]] which closed in 2011.<ref>Simon Rocker, [http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/55184/just-journalism-forced-close ‘Just Journalism forced to close’], ''Jewish Chronicle'', 22 September 2011, accessed 3 August 2014</ref><br />
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In October 2015, Fink signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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==Tax avoidance==<br />
In February 2015, Fink was named as one of clients of the Swiss branch of [[HSBC]]. He opened the accounts in 1996 and 1997 whilst on a four-year posting on Switzerland working at hedge fund the [[Mag Group]]. On the topic, Fink has said, “I was Swiss-resident … the only reasons I opened bank accounts in Switzerland was the ordinary management of my current affairs. To the extent I created any trust accounts, these were perfectly normal planning matters, and could have been set up with similar effect, without the Swiss bank being involved.” Most of the trusts were wound up when Fink finished his work in Switzerland, and he claims they were 'fully declared and tax paid on all the dividends they received'.<ref> David Leigh, James Ball, Juliette Garside and David Pegg, [http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/feb/11/hsbc-files-show-tories-raised-over-5m-from-hsbc-swiss-account-holders?CMP=share_btn_tw HSBC files show Tories raised over £5m from HSBC Swiss account holders] ''The Guardian'', 11 February 2015, accessed 13 February 2015 </ref><br />
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In the House of Commons, [[Labour]] leader [[Ed Miliband]] made a claim that Fink had been avoiding tax with the use of these bank accounts. Fink threaten to sue Miliband if he repeated these claims outside of Parliament. Miliband repeated the claims and, however Fink revealed he will not be pursuing legal advice.<ref name="GU"> Patrick Wintour, [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/feb/12/miliband-victory-fink-drops-threat-sue-tax-avoidance-conservative-hsbc Miliband claims victory after Fink drops threat to sue over tax avoidance claim] ''The Guardian'', 12 February 2015, 13 February 2015 </ref><br />
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In an interview with the ''Evening Standard'', Fink said, 'Everybody does tax avoidance', 'The expression "tax avoidance" is so wide that everyone does tax avoidance at some level. I didn’t object to his use of the word "tax avoidance". Because you are right: tax avoidance, everyone does it' and that 'What [he] did was at the vanilla, bland, end of the spectrum.'<ref name="GU"/><br />
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==Directorships==<br />
*[[Beetle Capital Partners]] LLP (advisory business for companies and funds engaged in environmental finance)<br />
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*[[Earth Capital Partners]] LLP (asset management company investing in renewable energy projects)<br />
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*[[Gencore]] Limited (real estate investment holding company)<br />
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*[[Global Free Holdings]] Limited (holding company for Key-2 Luxury, the Global Party and Global PR)<br />
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*The [[Global PR Network]] Ltd (event management company)<br />
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*The [[Global Party]] Limited (event management company)<br />
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*[[ISAM]] (UK) Limited (asset manager)<br />
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*[[ISAM Services]] (UK) Limited (asset manager)<br />
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*[[Key-2 Luxury]] Ltd (event management company)<br />
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*[[Marex Group]] Limited (futures broker)<br />
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*Chairman and Director, [[Zenith Hygiene Group]] plc (hygiene products and non-food consumables to businesses mainly in the food or residential care sectors)<br />
<ref> Lords [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/stanley-fink/51090 Register of Interests Stanley Fink], www.parliament.co.uk, acc 13 March 2012 </ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*Chair of Governors, [[Burlington Danes Academy]]<br />
*Director, [[Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies]]<br />
*President, [[Evelina Children's Hospital]]<br />
*Donor, [[Just Journalism]]<br />
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==Donation history==<br />
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="1" float="left" align="left" width="100%"><br />
<tr><br />
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Date</th><br />
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Name of donor</th><br />
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Amount</th><br />
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Donated to</th><br />
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Subsidiary (parties only)</th><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">14/11/2003</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£21,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">03/02/2004</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£30,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Stephen O'Brien]]</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">16/03/2004</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£30,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">21/04/2004</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£1,000</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">30/09/2004</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£30,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Stephen O'Brien]]</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">30/08/2005</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£10,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Liam Fox]]</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">13/10/2005</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£10,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Liam Fox]]</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">31/03/2006</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£100,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">01/04/2006</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£3,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Harlow</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">07/11/2006</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£35,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Stephen O'Brien]]</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">30/10/2006</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£3,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Harlow</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">13/12/2006</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£65,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central Party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">24/01/2007</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£10,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Liam Fox]]</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">22/10/2007</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£20,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Boris Johnson]]</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">25/10/2007</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£35,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Stephen O'Brien]]</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">29/11/2007</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£10,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Liam Fox]]</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">17/12/2007</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£55,500.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">09/07/2008</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£23,001.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">24/11/2008</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£40,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Stephen O'Brien]]</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">18/12/2008</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£65,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">23/10/2008</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£3,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Harlow</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">13/02/2009</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£1,080,500.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">28/04/2009</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£2,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">14/07/2009</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£10,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Stephen O'Brien]]</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">13/08/2009</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£8,600.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Richmond Park</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">10/07/2009</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£3,225.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">03/11/2009</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£45,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Stephen O'Brien]]</td><br />
<td align="center"></td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">27/10/2009</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£500,540.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">31/12/2009</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£1,100.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">11/03/2010</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£34,500.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">28/02/2010</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£2,100.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">28/02/2010</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£60,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">26/04/2010</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£2,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">30/07/2010</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£35,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">30/09/2010</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£9,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">25/11/2010</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£50,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central Party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">09/03/2011</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£68,600.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">07/02/2011</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£5,100.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">21/06/2011</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£51,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">28/08/2011</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£57,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">04/11/2011</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£750.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Harlow</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">04/11/2011</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£70,751.26</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">12/03/2012</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£34,450.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">12/03/2012</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£1,500.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">12/03/2012</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£7,290.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">15/06/2012</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£12,150.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">15/06/2012</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£61,850.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">27/09/2012</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£700.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">27/09/2012</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£151,200.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">19/12/2012</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£16,100.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">19/12/2012</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£1,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">19/12/2012</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£3,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">22/03/2013</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£56,400.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">17/05/2013</td><br />
<td align="center">Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£51,500.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">05/09/2013</td><br />
<td align="center">Lord Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£1,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">05/09/2013</td><br />
<td align="center">Lord Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£8,600.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">04/03/2014</td><br />
<td align="center">Lord Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£7,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">04/03/2014</td><br />
<td align="center">Lord Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£50,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Central party</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">24/04/2014</td><br />
<td align="center">Lord Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£3,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Brighton Kemptown</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">24/04/2014</td><br />
<td align="center">Lord Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£6,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Brigg & Goole</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<td align="center">24/04/2014</td><br />
<td align="center">Lord Stanley Fink</td><br />
<td align="center">£3,000.00</td><br />
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td><br />
<td align="center">Harrow East</td><br />
</tr><br />
<br />
</table><ref> Electoral Commission, [https://pefonline.electoralcommission.org.uk/Search/CommonReturnsSearch.aspx?type=basicDonationSearch Donation Search], accessed 13 February 2015 </ref><br />
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==Resources==<br />
*Holly Watt, [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/04/tories-leaders-group-donor-club-david-cameron-conservatives-dinners The Tory Leader's Group donor club: 'A chance for like-minded people to talk'] ''Guardian'', 4 May 2015, accessed 5 May 2015.<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Financial sector lobbying|Fink, Stanley]] [[Category: Conservative Party|Fink, Stanley]] [[Category: Israel Lobby|Fink, Stanley]] [[Category:House of Lords|Fink, Stanley]][[Category:Revolving Door|Fink, Stanley]][[Category:Conservative Party Donors|Fink, Stanley]][[Category:Tax avoidance|Fink, Stanley]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Niall_Ferguson&diff=225959Niall Ferguson2015-10-23T11:58:50Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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<div>[[Niall Ferguson]] is Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at Jesus College, Oxford University, and a Senior Fellow at the [[Hoover Institution]], Stanford University.<ref>[http://drfd.hbs.edu/fit/public/facultyInfo.do?facInfo=ovr&facId=16538 Overview], Niall Ferguson, Faculty & Research, Harvard Business School, accessed 26 July 2010.</ref><br />
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==Early Life==<br />
Ferguson was born in Glasgow on 18 April 1964. He was educated at [[Glasgow Academy]].<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7026213.ece PROFILE: Niall Ferguson], Sunday Times, 14 February 2010.</ref><br />
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==Academic Career==<br />
Ferguson graduated from [[Magdalen College, Oxford]] with First Class Honours in 1985.<ref>[http://drfd.hbs.edu/fit/public/facultyInfo.do?facInfo=ovr&facId=16538 Overview], Niall Ferguson, Faculty & Research, Harvard Business School, accessed 26 July 2010.</ref><br />
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Subsequently, writes Robert S. Boynton, "Ferguson was accepted into the postgraduate program. He chose as his mentor the historian [[Norman Stone]], who was a fellow-Scot, a Glasgow Academy alumnus, a much reviled Thatcherite, and-like one of Stone's heroes, [[A.J.P. Taylor]], a media don."<ref>Robert S. Boynton, [http://www.robertboynton.com/articleDisplay.php?article_id=50 Thinking the Unthinkable: A profile of Niall Ferguson], New Yorker, 12 April 1999, archived at robertboynton.com.</ref> <br />
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He spent two years as a Hanseatic Scholar in Hamburg and Berlin.<ref>[http://drfd.hbs.edu/fit/public/facultyInfo.do?facInfo=ovr&facId=16538 Overview], Niall Ferguson, Faculty & Research, Harvard Business School, accessed 26 July 2010.</ref> Ferguson's supplemented his income by writing for the [[Daily Mail]] and the [[Daily Telegraph]], while studying in the Warburg archives in Hamburg. This research provided the material for his first book, Paper and Iron, which argued that "the hyperinflation that destroyed Weimar's rich bourgeois culture could have been avoided by a combination of deflationary economic policies and authoritarian political measures".<ref>Robert S. Boynton, [http://www.robertboynton.com/articleDisplay.php?article_id=50 Thinking the Unthinkable: A profile of Niall Ferguson], New Yorker, 12 April 1999, archived at robetboynton.com.</ref> <br />
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He took up a Research Fellowship at Christ’s College, Cambridge in 1989. He later moved to a Lectureship at Peterhouse<ref>[http://drfd.hbs.edu/fit/public/facultyInfo.do?facInfo=ovr&facId=16538 Overview], Niall Ferguson, Faculty & Research, Harvard Business School, accessed 26 July 2010.</ref>, where he was influenced by the conservative historian [[Maurice Cowling]].<ref>Robert S. Boynton, [http://www.robertboynton.com/articleDisplay.php?article_id=50 Thinking the Unthinkable: A profile of Niall Ferguson], New Yorker, 12 April 1999, archived at robetboynton.com.</ref> <br />
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He returned to Oxford in 1992 to become Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at Jesus College, a position he held until 2000, when he was appointed Professor of Political and Financial History at Oxford. Two years later he left for the United States to take up the Herzog Chair in Financial History at the Stern Business School, New York University. He moved to Harvard in 2004.<ref>[http://drfd.hbs.edu/fit/public/facultyInfo.do?facInfo=ovr&facId=16538 Overview], Niall Ferguson, Faculty & Research, Harvard Business School, accessed 26 July 2010.</ref><br />
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==Debate on the financial crisis==<br />
In April 2009 Ferguson debated the financial crisis along with economist [[Paul Krugman]] and others at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.<ref>[http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3217/prmID/1831 The Economic Crisis and How to Deal with It], PEN, 30 April 2009.</ref> The event proved to be the starting point for a literary spat. Krugman wrote on his New York Times blog that the event proved that "we’re living in a Dark Age of macroeconomics, in which hard-won knowledge has simply been forgotten."<br />
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::What’s the evidence? Niall Ferguson “explaining” that fiscal expansion will actually be contractionary, because it will drive up interest rates. At least that’s what I think he said; there were so many flourishes that it’s hard to tell. But in any case, this is really sad: John Hicks knew far more about this in 1937 than people who think they’re sophisticates know now.<ref>Paul Krugman, [http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/02/liquidity-preference-loanable-funds-and-niall-ferguson-wonkish/ Liquidity preference, loanable funds, and Niall Ferguson (wonkish)], The Conscience of a Liberal, nytimes.com, 2 May 2009.</ref> <br />
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Ferguson claimed a month later in the ''Financial Times'' that a subsequent rise in bond yields "settled a rather public argument between me and the Princeton economist Paul Krugman."<ref>Niall Ferguson, [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a635d12c-4c7c-11de-a6c5-00144feabdc0.html History lesson for economists in thrall to Keynes], Financil Times, 29 May 2009.</ref><br />
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In July 2010, Ferguson wrote:<br />
::The federal debt burden [in the United States] rose only slightly – from 40 to 45 per cent of GDP – prior to the outbreak of the second world war. It was the war that saw the US (and all the other combatants) embark on fiscal expansions of the sort we have seen since 2007.<ref>Quoted in Brad Delong, [http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2010/07/cant-anybody-here-play-this-game-fiscal-policy-edition.html Can't Anybody Here Play This Game? Fiscal Policy Edition], Grasping Reality with Both Hands, 19 July 2010.</ref><br />
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Krugman retorted:<br />
::If you were ignorant of basic facts about the Depression — or if you didn’t know that movements in a ratio can reflect changes in the denominator as well as the numerator — you might think that it’s possible to summarize fiscal policy by looking at the federal debt-GDP ratio...<ref>Paul Krugman, [http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/depression-debt/ Depression Debt], The Conscience of a Liberal, nytimes.com, 20 July 2010.</ref><br />
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==National Curriculum role==<br />
At the 2010 Hay Festival, the new Education Secretary [[Michael Gove]] invited Ferguson to "spend more time in Britain to help us design a more exciting and engaging history curriculum?."<ref>Charlotte Higgins, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/30/niall-ferguson-school-curriculum-role Rightwing historian Niall Ferguson given school curriculum role], guardian.co.uk, 30 May 2010.</ref> Gove had praised Ferguson in 2006 article because he "he dared to approach the legacy of the British Empire with a balanced mind, accepting its manifold evils but also ready to acknowledge its progressive side."<ref>Michael Gove, [http://www.michaelgove.com/content/theres-only-one-fergie-history-game There's only one Fergie in the history game], michaelgove.com, 14 June 2006.</ref><br />
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==Israel Advocacy==<br />
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In October 2015, Ferguson signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*[[Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs]]<br />
*[[Harvard University]]<br />
*[[Harvard Business School ]]<br />
*[[Center for European Studies ]]<br />
*[[Jesus College]], [[Oxford University]]<br />
*[[Hoover Institution]]<br />
*[[Weatherhead Center for International Affairs]]<br />
*[[Centre for Policy Studies]]<br />
===Conferences===<br />
*[[Bilderberg 2009 Vouliagmeni]] <br />
*[[Bilderberg 2010 Sitges]]<br />
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==Publications==<br />
===Books===<br />
*Paper and Iron: Hamburg Business and German Politics in the Era of Inflation, 1897–1927, Cambridge University Press, 1995.<br />
*(editor) Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals, Macmillan, 1997.<br />
*The World’s Banker: The History of the House of Rothschild, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998.<br />
*The Pity of War, Allen Lane/Penguin Press, 1998.<br />
*The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700-2000, Allen Lane/Penguin Press, 2001.<br />
*Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World, Allen Lane/Penguin Press, 2003.<br />
*Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire, London, Allen Lane/Penguin Press, 2004.<br />
*The War of the World: History’s Age of Hatred, London, Allen Lane/Penguin Press, 2006.<br />
*(with Oliver Wyman), The Evolution of Financial Services, London/New York: Oliver Wyman, 2007.<br />
*The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World, New York: Penguin Press, 2008.<ref>[http://www.niallferguson.com/site/FERG/Templates/General.aspx?pageid=16 Books], niallferguson.com, accessed 24 July 2010.</ref><br />
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==External Resources==<br />
*Robert S. Boynton, [http://www.robertboynton.com/articleDisplay.php?article_id=50 Thinking the Unthinkable: A profile of Niall Ferguson], New Yorker, 12 April 1999, archived at robertboynton.com.<br />
*Johann Hari, [http://www.johannhari.com/2006/06/12/there-can-be-no-excuse-for-empire There can be no excuse for Empire], 12 June 2006.<br />
*Johann Hari, [http://www.johannhari.com/2006/06/17/the-truth-our-empire-killed-millions The truth? Our empire killed millions], 17 June 2006.<br />
*David Smith, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2006/jun/18/academicexperts.highereducation Niall Ferguson: The empire rebuilder], The Observer, 18 June 2006.<br />
*Johann Hari, [http://www.johannhari.com/2006/06/23/niall-ferguson-the-row-continues Niall Ferguson - the row continues], 23 June 2006. <br />
*[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7026213.ece PROFILE: Niall Ferguson], Sunday Times, 14 February 2010.<br />
*Laurie Penny, [http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2010/06/history-british-ferguson Michael Gove and the imperialists] New Statesman blogs, 1 June 2010.<br />
*Bernard Porter, [http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2010/06/29/bernard-porter/militant-tendency/ Militant Tendency], London Review of Books, 29 June 2010.<br />
*Jessica Irvine, [http://www.smh.com.au/federal-election/pathetic-campaigns-need-a-swing-to-the-east-20100726-10sn6.html 'Pathetic' campaigns need a swing to the East], Sydney Morning Herald, 27 July 2010.<br />
*Michael Lind, [http://www.salon.com/news/glenn_beck/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2011/05/24/lind_niall_fergsuon Niall Ferguson and the brain-dead American right], Salon, 24 May 2011.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[category:UK|Ferguson, Niall]][[Category: Glasgow Academy alumni|Ferguson, Niall]][[Category:Magdalen College Oxford Alumni|Ferguson, Niall]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Michael_Dugher&diff=225958Michael Dugher2015-10-23T11:56:49Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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<div>[[File:Michael Dugher.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Michael Dugher]]<br />
[[Michael Dugher]] has been the [[Labour Party]] MP for Barnsley East since 2010 and vice-chairman of the [[Labour Party]]. <ref> [http://www.theguardian.com/profile/michael-dugher Michael Dugher] ''The Guardian'', accessed 17 October </ref> <br />
He was appointed a shadow defence minister in 2010, and a shadow minister without portfolio in the [[Cabinet Office]] since 2011.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/michael-dugher/3916 Michael Dugher], www.parliament.uk, accessed 24 August 2013.</ref><br />
Before that, he was parliamentary private secretary to the leader of the opposition, [[Ed Miliband]], and was shadow minister for defence equipment, support and technology. <br />
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In the 2015 general election, Dugher retained his seat with a majority of 12,034 over closest competitor [[Robert Swiffen]] of [[UKIP]]. <ref> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000542 Barnsley East Parliamentary constituency] ''BBC News'', 7 May 2015, accessed 21 May 2015 </ref><br />
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As of September 2015 he has been appointed the Shadow Culture Secretary in the wake of the 2015 leadership election. <ref> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34241395 Who's who in Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet] BBC News, Accessed 16 September 2015</ref> <br />
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==Background==<br />
Michael worked at 10 Downing Street as chief political spokesman for the then Prime Minister [[Gordon Brown]]. He previously worked as a special adviser in a variety of Government roles, including: Transport, Local Government and the Regions; Defence; for the Leader of the House of Commons; and for the Government Chief Whip.<br />
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Prior to working in government, he was head of policy for the AEEU Engineering Union (now Unite). Michael is still a member of [[Unite]] and also a member of Britains biggest trade union [[Unison]]. <ref> [http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/michael-dugher/ Michael Dugher] ''Huffington Post'', accessed 17 October 2014 </ref> <br />
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==Labour leadership 2015==<br />
Dugher is the manager of [[Andy Burnham]]'s campaign to become [[Labour Party]] leader. He will be joined by [[Luciana Berger]], [[Owen Smith]] and [[Lord Falconer]].<ref> Labour List [http://labourlist.org/2015/05/dugher-to-manage-burnhams-leadership-campaign/ Dugher to manage Burnham’s leadership campaign], 16 May 2015, accessed 21 May 2015.</ref><br />
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==Israel Advocacy==<br />
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In October 2015, Dugher signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Labour Party|Dugher, Michael]][[Category:MP|Dugher, Michael]] [[Category:British Politician|Dugher, Michael]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Culture_for_Coexistence&diff=225957Culture for Coexistence2015-10-23T11:54:43Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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[[Culture for Coexistence]] is an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. The organisation launched with a letter in ''The Guardian'' in October 2015 signed by more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref> <br />
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==People== <br />
===Committee members===<br />
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[[Neil Blair]] | [[Loraine da Costa]] | [[Yigal Elstein]] | [[John Levy]] | [[Karen Smith]] | [[Mark Smith]] | [[Rob Suss]]<br />
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===Letter Signatories===<br />
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[[Naomi Alderman]] | [[Shay Alkalay]] | [[Bennett Arron]] | [[Jonathan Aycliffe]] | [[Daniel Battesk]] | [[John Battsek]] | [[Guto Bebb]] MP | [[Gina Bellman]] | [[Michael Berg]] | [[Josh Berger]] | [[Bob Blackman]] MP | [[Neil Blair]] | [[Iwona Blazwick]] OBE | [[Elli Bobrovizki]] | [[Gabi Bobrovizki]] | [[Melvyn Bragg]] | [[David Burrowes]] MP | [[Teresa Cahill]] | [[Colin Callender]] | [[Simon Chinn]] | [[Danny Cohen]] |[[Frank Cohen]] | Prof [[Susan Collins]] | [[Wendy Cope]] | [[Loraine da Costa]] | [[Marcus Davey]] | [[Oliver Dowden]] MP | [[Daniel Easterman]] | [[Ruth Dudley Edwards]] | [[Michael Dugher]] MP | [[Brian Elias]] | [[Yigal Elstein]] | [[Allie Esiri]] | [[Michael Etherton]] | [[Moris Farhi]] MBE | [[Niall Ferguson]] | [[Stanley Fink]] | [[Larry Finlay]] | [[Amanda Foreman]] | [[Michael Foster]] | [[Andrew Franklin]] | [[Nick Fraser]] | [[Mike Freer]] MP | [[Julian Friedman]] | [[Sonia Friedman]] | [[Jonny Geller]] | [[Adele Geras]] | [[David Glick]] | [[Taryn Gold]] | [[Amanda Goldman]] | [[Richard Goldstein]] | [[Graham Gouldman]] | <br />
[[Michael Grade]] | [[Maurice Gran]] | [[Linda Grant]] | [[Miriam Gross]] | [[Tom Gross]] | [[Stephen Grosz]] |[[Peter Halban]] | [[Martine Halban]] | [[Jan Harlan]] | Sir [[Ronald Harwood]] | [[Noreena Hertz]] | [[John Heyman]] | [[Lilian Hochhauser]] | [[Tom Holland]] | [[John Howell]] MP | [[Judy Ironside]] | [[David Japp]] | [[Andrea Jenkyns]] MP | [[Zygi Kamasa]] | [[Jack Kirkland]] | [[Evgeny Kissin]] | [[Michael Kuhn]] | [[David Kustow]] | [[Norman Lebrecht]] | [[Sam Leifer]] | [[Teddy Leifer]] | [[Camilla Lewis]] | [[David Levy]] | [[John Levy]] | [[Maureen Lipman]] | [[Andrew Macdonald]] | Dame [[Hilary Mantel]] | [[Stephen Margolis]] | [[Dan Marks]] | [[Laurence Marks]] | [[Denis McEoin]] | [[Charlotte Mendelson]] | [[Yael Mer]] | [[Ivan Moscovich]] | [[Maajid Nawaz]] | [[Anthony Newman]] | [[Gavin Newman]] | [[Hayley Newstead]] | [[Paula Noble]] | [[Tracy-Ann Oberman]] | [[Matthew Offord]] MP | [[Cosh Omar]] | [[Martin Paisner]] | [[Robin Pauley]] | [[Leo Pearlman]] | [[Daniel Peltz]] | [[Andrew Percy]] MP | Sir [[Eric Pickles]] | [[Stuart Polak]] (Lord Polak of Hertsmere) | [[Monica Porter]] | Baroness [[Gail Rebuck]] | [[Charlie Redmayne]] | [[Andrew Roberts]] | [[JK Rowling]] | Sir [[Paul Ruddock]] | Prof [[Carol Rumens]] FRSL | [[Marc Samuelson]] | [[Charles Robert Saumarez Smith]] CBE | Prof [[Robert Saxton]] | [[Joanna Scanlan]] | [[Kenny Schachter]] | [[Simon Schama]] | [[Simon Sebag Montefiore]] | [[Francesca Segal]] | Sir [[Anthony Seldon]] | [[Rick Senats]] | [[Zaab Sethna]] | [[Jonathan Shalit]] | [[Bernard Shapero]] | [[David Shelley]] | [[Clive Sinclair]] | [[Daniel Silver]] | [[Lucy Silver]] | [[Dan Silverston]] | [[Chloe Smith]] MP | [[Karen Smith]] | [[Mark Smith]] | Prof [[Ashley Solomon]] | [[Claire Speller]] | [[Rob Suss]] | Dr [[George Szirtes]] | [[Paul Trijbits]] | [[Kevin Tsjiuhara]] | [[Gabe Turner]] | [[Moni Varma]] | [[Rebecca Wallersteiner]] | [[Minette Walters]] | [[Zoë Wanamaker]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Israel Lobby]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Ruth_Dudley_Edwards&diff=225956Ruth Dudley Edwards2015-10-23T11:53:49Z<p>Alex Doherty: /* Israel Advocacy */</p>
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<div>'''Dr Ruth Dudley Edwards''' is an Irish historian, writer and journalist. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the [[New Culture Forum]] which advocates right-wing positions on social and cultural issues.<br />
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==Background==<br />
Dudley Edwards was born and brought up in Dublin <ref>[http://www.ruthdudleyedwards.co.uk/ Home], Ruth Dudley Edwards, 2 June 2010.</ref> and has described her Grandmother Edwards as a diehard Sinn Féin supporter: 'Like the present-day Sinn Fein/IRA, what drove her was her visceral hatred of the British - an interesting trait in the wife of an English Quaker.' <ref>Ruth Dudley Edwards, Fanatical enough to make Granny proud; As Sinn Fein prepares for its weekend conference, Ruth Dudley Edwards looks at its historical mandate, ''Independent'', 23 February 1994.</ref><br />
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She studied history as an undergraduate at University College Dublin, and as a postgraduate at Girton and Wolfson Colleges, Cambridge, obtaining an M.A. and a Doctorate. <ref>[http://www.ruthdudleyedwards.co.uk/RDE_cv.pdf DR RUTH DUDLEY EDWARDS: Curriculum Vitae], ruthdudleyedwards.co.uk, accessed 3 July 2010.</ref> In 1982, Dudley Edwards was commissioned to write the official history of ''[[The Economist]]''.<ref>Ruth Dudley Edwards, History saved from bombs and bin-liners, The Independent, 2 September 1993.</ref> She spent two years visiting British diplomatic posts around the world for her 1994 book on the [[Foreign Office]], ''True Brits''.<ref>Michael Binyon, 'Our not-so-innocents abroad', ''The Times'', 23 April 1994.</ref><br />
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==On The Irish Peace Process==<br />
Following RTE's first interview with [[Gerry Adams]] in 1994, Dudley Edwards wrote:<br />
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<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Should the British broadcasting ban be lifted, now that the Irish have welshed? Probably not. As it stands it is ridiculous, but at least it stops reverential interviews in which apologists for terrorism wipe the floor with their interviewers.<ref>Ruth Dudley Edwards, ''Independent'', 2 February 1994.</ref></blockquote><br />
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[[Andrew Marr]] responded:<br />
<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Much as I respect Ruth Dudley Edwards, I thought her argument on this page yesterday for the ban was dangerous. Citing Bagehot, she said that you had to have order before ''the luxury of liberty''. That could neatly justify state censorship on a host of issues.<ref>Andrw Marr, 'Terrorists become statesmen: fact of life', ''Independent'', 3 February 1994.</ref></blockquote><br />
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In March 1994, shortly after a series of [[Provisional IRA|IRA]] mortar attacks against Heathrow, Dudley Edwards wrote:<br />
<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">There should be no appeasement, no talks, no communications - private or public. The governments must accept that negotiation with the terrorists in their two islands is wrong as well as fruitless, that they must co-operate to root them out and that they should draw on the practical experience of European partners such as Italy and Spain.<ref>Ruth Dudley Edwards, 'Slaughter won't stop until they've won; Bleating about peace will only prolong Northern Ireland's agony, warns Ruth Dudley Edwards', ''Independent'', 17 March 1994.</ref></blockquote><br />
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==On British Muslims==<br />
On 21 August 2006 Dudley Edwards attended a seminar called, '[[Why Are Britain's Universities Incubating Islamist Extremism?]]' at the neoconservative orientated think-tank [[Policy Exchange]] . <ref>Tom Gallagher, '[[Media:Wrong Muslim voices on campus.pdf|Wrong Muslim voices on campus]]', ''The First Post'', 21 August 2006. [PDF created 25 February 2010]</ref> It was also attended by other right-wing figures including [[Anthony Glees]], the author of ''When Students Turn to Terror'' and the Scottish academic [[Tom Gallagher]]. Dudley Edwards wrote an article on the conference in the Irish ''Sunday Independent''. Starting with two anecdotes about how British students came home from university with more conservative religious views, she continued:<br />
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<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Such undergraduates are typical of those who have been and are being turned into extremists on university campuses in Britain. In some cases, they have become murderers. These days they don't have to go to Pakistan to learn how to kill people: there are several training camps in England. ... Easy prey for extremists, said [[Tom Gallagher|Gallagher]], are British students whose talents suit them to be plumbers or carpenters, but whose parents are starry-eyed about their becoming professionals. With poor grades, they end up on a pointless course at a mediocre university and realise that they'll end up in some dead-end job. This makes them perfect recruiting material for those promising to give them a way of making sense of their lives. First, they are offered brotherhood and, through Islamic teaching, clear instructions on how to live each minute of your life. Then comes the indoctrination in the victim culture, the propaganda videos showing the suffering of brothers and sisters in Palestine and Chechnya and Iraq at the hands of Christians and Jews: obviously, no one points out that more Muslims are killed by Muslims than by anyone else. Nor are they told of how the West rescued Kuwait, or saved Muslims in the Balkans. The videoed sermons preaching the extermination of Jews and infidels come next. <ref>Ruth Dudley-Edwards, ‘[http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/fundamentalist-lessons-to-be-learnt-by-irish-academe-133912.html Fundamentalist Lessons to be learnt by Irish Academe]', ''Sunday Independent'' (Ireland), 27 August 2006.</ref></blockquote><br />
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In 2010 Dudley Edwards was one of a number of commentators who attacked [[Teaching About Terrorism: University College London|University College London]] after it was revealed that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had been President of the Islamic Society at UCL. On 2 January 2010 the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' published an article by Dudley Edwards in which she wrote that, ‘a mixture of greed, knee-jerk Left-wingery, anti-Semitism and pusillanimity have combined to make our universities breeding grounds for Islamism.’ She concluded: ‘If vice-chancellors of universities that contain festering ideological cesspits do not clear them out, they should be replaced.’ <ref>Ruth Dudley Edwards, ‘[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/6917777/British-universities-seats-of-learning---and-loathing.html British universities: seats of learning – and loathing]’, ''Daily Telegraph'', 2 January 2010; p.23</ref> The same day the Telegraph’s website posted an article detailing guest speakers at student Islamic Societies in British universities including UCL, which it said would raise ‘concerns of whether university authorities have taken sufficient measures to prevent violent extremism on campus.’ <ref>Patrick Sawer and David Barrett, ‘Special investigation Bomber's mentor invited to spread hate in Britain’, Telegraph.co.uk, 2 January 2010</ref> The report, which cited the [[Centre for Social Cohesion]] and the [[Quilliam Foundation]], was also printed in the ''Sunday Telegraph'' the next day. <ref>Patrick Sawer and David Barrett, ‘Special investigation Bomber's mentor invited to spread hate in Britain’, ''Sunday Telegraph'', 3 January 2010; p.4</ref><br />
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==On Douglas Murray==<br />
After [[Paul Goodman]] criticized [[Douglas Murray]]'s approach to Islam in a [[ConservativeHome]] article, Dudley Edwards defended Murray with the following comment:<br />
:: I was proud to be a director of the Centre for Social Cohesion, which, under Douglas Murray's leadership, produced fine work. Now merged with the Henry Jackson Society, it continues to cast a cold eye on political extremism. I really don't care much that Douglas put something badly in a speech in 2006 or that he was too confrontational for the a Conservative Party bend - above all - on proving itself to be nice. We are lucky to have such a brave and brilliant champion of Western values: there is nothing of a bigot about him. I'm sorry that Paul Goodman, whom I admire, has allowed his emotions to make him intemperate.<ref>Ruth Dudley Edwards, comment at 15.05 in [http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2011/10/by-paul-goodman-the-struggle-against-islamist-extremism-demands-from-the-start-the-separation-of-islam-a-complex-religion.html Paul Goodman: Why the Conservative frontbench broke off relations with Douglas Murray - and what happened afterwards], ConservativeHome, 17 October 2011.</ref><br />
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==Israel Advocacy==<br />
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In October 2015, Edwards signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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==Website==<br />
[http://www.ruthdudleyedwards.co.uk/index.html www.ruthdudleyedwards.co.uk]<br />
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==Publications==<br />
===Non Fiction Books===<br />
*An Atlas of Irish History (1973, 1981, 2005)<br />
*Patrick Pearse: the triumph of failure (1977 and 2006)<br />
*James Connolly (1981)<br />
*Harold Macmillan: a life in pictures (1983)<br />
*Victor Gollancz: a biography (1987)<br />
*The Pursuit of Reason: The Economist 1843–1993 (1993)<br />
*The Best of Bagehot (1993)<br />
*True Brits: Inside the Foreign Office (1994)<br />
*The Faithful Tribe: an intimate portrait of the loyal institutions (1999)<br />
*Newspapermen: Hugh Cudlipp, Cecil King and the Glory Days of Fleet Street (2003)<br />
*Aftermath: the Omagh bombing and the families’ pursuit of justice (2009)<br />
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===Fiction Books===<br />
*Corridors of Death (1981) <br />
*The Saint Valentine’s Day Murders (1984)<br />
*The School of English Murder (1990)<br />
*Clubbed to Death (1992) <br />
*Matricide at St Martha’s (1994)<br />
*Ten Lords A-Leaping (1995)<br />
*Murder in a Cathedral (1996)<br />
*Publish and be Murdered (1998)<br />
*The Anglo-Irish Murders (2000)<br />
*Carnage on the Committee (2004)<br />
*Murdering Americans (2007)<br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*[[Reform Movement]] Patron<br />
*[[New Culture Forum]] Advisory Board<br />
*[[Reform Club]] Member<br />
*[[Academy Club]] Member<br />
*[[Little House Club]] Member<br />
*[[Culture for Coexistence]] Signatoru<br />
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==Connections==<br />
*[[David Trimble]]<br />
*[[Dean Godson]]<br />
*[[Sean O'Callaghan]]<br />
==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Northern Ireland|Dudley Edwards, Ruth]]<br />
[[Category:Revisionist Historian|Dudley Edwards, Ruth]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Ruth_Dudley_Edwards&diff=225954Ruth Dudley Edwards2015-10-23T11:53:08Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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<div>'''Dr Ruth Dudley Edwards''' is an Irish historian, writer and journalist. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the [[New Culture Forum]] which advocates right-wing positions on social and cultural issues.<br />
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==Background==<br />
Dudley Edwards was born and brought up in Dublin <ref>[http://www.ruthdudleyedwards.co.uk/ Home], Ruth Dudley Edwards, 2 June 2010.</ref> and has described her Grandmother Edwards as a diehard Sinn Féin supporter: 'Like the present-day Sinn Fein/IRA, what drove her was her visceral hatred of the British - an interesting trait in the wife of an English Quaker.' <ref>Ruth Dudley Edwards, Fanatical enough to make Granny proud; As Sinn Fein prepares for its weekend conference, Ruth Dudley Edwards looks at its historical mandate, ''Independent'', 23 February 1994.</ref><br />
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She studied history as an undergraduate at University College Dublin, and as a postgraduate at Girton and Wolfson Colleges, Cambridge, obtaining an M.A. and a Doctorate. <ref>[http://www.ruthdudleyedwards.co.uk/RDE_cv.pdf DR RUTH DUDLEY EDWARDS: Curriculum Vitae], ruthdudleyedwards.co.uk, accessed 3 July 2010.</ref> In 1982, Dudley Edwards was commissioned to write the official history of ''[[The Economist]]''.<ref>Ruth Dudley Edwards, History saved from bombs and bin-liners, The Independent, 2 September 1993.</ref> She spent two years visiting British diplomatic posts around the world for her 1994 book on the [[Foreign Office]], ''True Brits''.<ref>Michael Binyon, 'Our not-so-innocents abroad', ''The Times'', 23 April 1994.</ref><br />
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==On The Irish Peace Process==<br />
Following RTE's first interview with [[Gerry Adams]] in 1994, Dudley Edwards wrote:<br />
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<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Should the British broadcasting ban be lifted, now that the Irish have welshed? Probably not. As it stands it is ridiculous, but at least it stops reverential interviews in which apologists for terrorism wipe the floor with their interviewers.<ref>Ruth Dudley Edwards, ''Independent'', 2 February 1994.</ref></blockquote><br />
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[[Andrew Marr]] responded:<br />
<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Much as I respect Ruth Dudley Edwards, I thought her argument on this page yesterday for the ban was dangerous. Citing Bagehot, she said that you had to have order before ''the luxury of liberty''. That could neatly justify state censorship on a host of issues.<ref>Andrw Marr, 'Terrorists become statesmen: fact of life', ''Independent'', 3 February 1994.</ref></blockquote><br />
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In March 1994, shortly after a series of [[Provisional IRA|IRA]] mortar attacks against Heathrow, Dudley Edwards wrote:<br />
<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">There should be no appeasement, no talks, no communications - private or public. The governments must accept that negotiation with the terrorists in their two islands is wrong as well as fruitless, that they must co-operate to root them out and that they should draw on the practical experience of European partners such as Italy and Spain.<ref>Ruth Dudley Edwards, 'Slaughter won't stop until they've won; Bleating about peace will only prolong Northern Ireland's agony, warns Ruth Dudley Edwards', ''Independent'', 17 March 1994.</ref></blockquote><br />
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==On British Muslims==<br />
On 21 August 2006 Dudley Edwards attended a seminar called, '[[Why Are Britain's Universities Incubating Islamist Extremism?]]' at the neoconservative orientated think-tank [[Policy Exchange]] . <ref>Tom Gallagher, '[[Media:Wrong Muslim voices on campus.pdf|Wrong Muslim voices on campus]]', ''The First Post'', 21 August 2006. [PDF created 25 February 2010]</ref> It was also attended by other right-wing figures including [[Anthony Glees]], the author of ''When Students Turn to Terror'' and the Scottish academic [[Tom Gallagher]]. Dudley Edwards wrote an article on the conference in the Irish ''Sunday Independent''. Starting with two anecdotes about how British students came home from university with more conservative religious views, she continued:<br />
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<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Such undergraduates are typical of those who have been and are being turned into extremists on university campuses in Britain. In some cases, they have become murderers. These days they don't have to go to Pakistan to learn how to kill people: there are several training camps in England. ... Easy prey for extremists, said [[Tom Gallagher|Gallagher]], are British students whose talents suit them to be plumbers or carpenters, but whose parents are starry-eyed about their becoming professionals. With poor grades, they end up on a pointless course at a mediocre university and realise that they'll end up in some dead-end job. This makes them perfect recruiting material for those promising to give them a way of making sense of their lives. First, they are offered brotherhood and, through Islamic teaching, clear instructions on how to live each minute of your life. Then comes the indoctrination in the victim culture, the propaganda videos showing the suffering of brothers and sisters in Palestine and Chechnya and Iraq at the hands of Christians and Jews: obviously, no one points out that more Muslims are killed by Muslims than by anyone else. Nor are they told of how the West rescued Kuwait, or saved Muslims in the Balkans. The videoed sermons preaching the extermination of Jews and infidels come next. <ref>Ruth Dudley-Edwards, ‘[http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/fundamentalist-lessons-to-be-learnt-by-irish-academe-133912.html Fundamentalist Lessons to be learnt by Irish Academe]', ''Sunday Independent'' (Ireland), 27 August 2006.</ref></blockquote><br />
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In 2010 Dudley Edwards was one of a number of commentators who attacked [[Teaching About Terrorism: University College London|University College London]] after it was revealed that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had been President of the Islamic Society at UCL. On 2 January 2010 the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' published an article by Dudley Edwards in which she wrote that, ‘a mixture of greed, knee-jerk Left-wingery, anti-Semitism and pusillanimity have combined to make our universities breeding grounds for Islamism.’ She concluded: ‘If vice-chancellors of universities that contain festering ideological cesspits do not clear them out, they should be replaced.’ <ref>Ruth Dudley Edwards, ‘[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/6917777/British-universities-seats-of-learning---and-loathing.html British universities: seats of learning – and loathing]’, ''Daily Telegraph'', 2 January 2010; p.23</ref> The same day the Telegraph’s website posted an article detailing guest speakers at student Islamic Societies in British universities including UCL, which it said would raise ‘concerns of whether university authorities have taken sufficient measures to prevent violent extremism on campus.’ <ref>Patrick Sawer and David Barrett, ‘Special investigation Bomber's mentor invited to spread hate in Britain’, Telegraph.co.uk, 2 January 2010</ref> The report, which cited the [[Centre for Social Cohesion]] and the [[Quilliam Foundation]], was also printed in the ''Sunday Telegraph'' the next day. <ref>Patrick Sawer and David Barrett, ‘Special investigation Bomber's mentor invited to spread hate in Britain’, ''Sunday Telegraph'', 3 January 2010; p.4</ref><br />
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==On Douglas Murray==<br />
After [[Paul Goodman]] criticized [[Douglas Murray]]'s approach to Islam in a [[ConservativeHome]] article, Dudley Edwards defended Murray with the following comment:<br />
:: I was proud to be a director of the Centre for Social Cohesion, which, under Douglas Murray's leadership, produced fine work. Now merged with the Henry Jackson Society, it continues to cast a cold eye on political extremism. I really don't care much that Douglas put something badly in a speech in 2006 or that he was too confrontational for the a Conservative Party bend - above all - on proving itself to be nice. We are lucky to have such a brave and brilliant champion of Western values: there is nothing of a bigot about him. I'm sorry that Paul Goodman, whom I admire, has allowed his emotions to make him intemperate.<ref>Ruth Dudley Edwards, comment at 15.05 in [http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2011/10/by-paul-goodman-the-struggle-against-islamist-extremism-demands-from-the-start-the-separation-of-islam-a-complex-religion.html Paul Goodman: Why the Conservative frontbench broke off relations with Douglas Murray - and what happened afterwards], ConservativeHome, 17 October 2011.</ref><br />
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==Israel Advocacy==<br />
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In October 2015, Bragg signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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==Website==<br />
[http://www.ruthdudleyedwards.co.uk/index.html www.ruthdudleyedwards.co.uk]<br />
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==Publications==<br />
===Non Fiction Books===<br />
*An Atlas of Irish History (1973, 1981, 2005)<br />
*Patrick Pearse: the triumph of failure (1977 and 2006)<br />
*James Connolly (1981)<br />
*Harold Macmillan: a life in pictures (1983)<br />
*Victor Gollancz: a biography (1987)<br />
*The Pursuit of Reason: The Economist 1843–1993 (1993)<br />
*The Best of Bagehot (1993)<br />
*True Brits: Inside the Foreign Office (1994)<br />
*The Faithful Tribe: an intimate portrait of the loyal institutions (1999)<br />
*Newspapermen: Hugh Cudlipp, Cecil King and the Glory Days of Fleet Street (2003)<br />
*Aftermath: the Omagh bombing and the families’ pursuit of justice (2009)<br />
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===Fiction Books===<br />
*Corridors of Death (1981) <br />
*The Saint Valentine’s Day Murders (1984)<br />
*The School of English Murder (1990)<br />
*Clubbed to Death (1992) <br />
*Matricide at St Martha’s (1994)<br />
*Ten Lords A-Leaping (1995)<br />
*Murder in a Cathedral (1996)<br />
*Publish and be Murdered (1998)<br />
*The Anglo-Irish Murders (2000)<br />
*Carnage on the Committee (2004)<br />
*Murdering Americans (2007)<br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*[[Reform Movement]] Patron<br />
*[[New Culture Forum]] Advisory Board<br />
*[[Reform Club]] Member<br />
*[[Academy Club]] Member<br />
*[[Little House Club]] Member<br />
*[[Culture for Coexistence]] Signatoru<br />
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==Connections==<br />
*[[David Trimble]]<br />
*[[Dean Godson]]<br />
*[[Sean O'Callaghan]]<br />
==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Northern Ireland|Dudley Edwards, Ruth]]<br />
[[Category:Revisionist Historian|Dudley Edwards, Ruth]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Oliver_Dowden&diff=225953Oliver Dowden2015-10-23T11:51:36Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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[[File:Oliver Dowden.png|200px|thumb|right|Oliver Dowden being interviewed by World Denver Talks]]<br />
'''Oliver Dowden''' has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hertsmere since May 2015. He is a former deputy chief of staff to [[David Cameron]].<ref> Parliament.UK [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/oliver-dowden/4441 Oliver Dowden MP], accessed 8 June 2015.</ref> <br />
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In the 2015 general election, he was elected with 59 per cent of the vote and a majority of 18,461. <ref> Josh Jackman [http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/136001/election-2015-tory-rising-star-oliver-dowden-wins-comfortably-hertsmere Election 2015: Tory rising star Oliver Dowden wins comfortably in Hertsmere] ''Jewish Chronicle', 8 May 2015, accessed 21 May 2015.</ref><br />
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==Background==<br />
Dowden studied law at Cambridge. In 2004 he joined the [[Conservative Research Department]]. He left the Tories in 2007 to work for the PR and lobbying company [[Hill & Knowlton]] but returned to the party to work alongside [[Andy Coulson]] in early 2009.<ref name="Olive"/><br />
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During his time in Cameron's team, Dowden has been described as one of the most highly regarded figures in Downing Street, 'with an expertise in the attacking form of political communications that has led to comparisons with [[Alastair Campbell]]',<ref name="Olive"> Jane Merrick, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/olive-in-charge-after-no-10-shakeup-8210440.html 'Olive' in charge after No 10 shake-up] ''Independent'', 14 October 2012 , accessed 17 September 2014.</ref> former spindoctor to Labour Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]]. His previous roles include working to link Number 10 with the [[Conservative Campaign Headquarters]] (CCHQ), he was replaced in this role by [[Adam Atashzai]], who had worked on the Treasury brief at CCHQ. <ref> James Forsyth [http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2012/09/the-downing-street-reshuffle/ The Downing Street reshuffle] ''The Spectator'', 4 September 2012, accessed 27 February 2015 </ref> <br />
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Dowden has broad experience in domestic policy reform, immigration, welfare, health and criminal justice. <ref> Jyoti Rambhai [http://www.lexisnexis.com.ezp1.bath.ac.uk/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T20842758843&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T20842758848&cisb=22_T20842758846&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=323955&docNo=2 Prime Minister's Deputy Chief of Staff selected as Conservative candidate for Hertsmere] ''Watford Observer'', 8 October 2014, accessed 30 October 2014 </ref> <br />
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Dowden left his role as Special Advisor to the Prime Minister (Cabinet Office) in October 2014.<ref>Gov.UK [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/acoba-recommendation-oliver-dowden-special-adviser-to-the-prime-minister/summary-of-business-appointments-applications-oliver-dowden Business Appointments Applications: Mr Oliver Dowden]26 August 2015, accessed 23 September 2015</ref><br />
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==Revolving Door==<br />
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In December 2014, after leaving Downing Street, Mr Dowden took on a Consultant role at Policy Exchange, in which he would advise on a public education project regarding the role free markets play within a free society. Despite occasionally attending seminars whilst in office, [[ACOBA]] found no conflict of interest here, and approved the appointment. <br />
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In July of 2015, he also sought the advice of [[ACOBA]] on an appointment to Political Advisor for the [[Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed]] (IPSE), a non-profit that represents freelance and self employed individuals. The Committee approved this position as it was made clear that the former Special Adviser's new role would not in any way be involved with his former department, central government, lobbying or parliamentary representation. <br />
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In the same month, he was permitted to take on a post as Political Advisor to [[Caxton Europe Asset Management]], a trading and investment firm, on the grounds that he would not be affecting policy and had not effected the organisation during his service to the crown. <ref>Gov.UK [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/acoba-recommendation-oliver-dowden-special-adviser-to-the-prime-minister/summary-of-business-appointments-applications-oliver-dowden Business Appointments Applications: Mr Oliver Dowden]26 August 2015, accessed 23 September 2015.</ref> <br />
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==Israel Advocacy== <br />
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In October 2015, Dowden signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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===Notes===<br />
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[[Category:Special Advisers|Dowden, Oliver]][[Category:Lobbyists|Dowden, Oliver]][[Category:Revolving Door|Dowden, Oliver]][[Category:MP|Dowden, Oliver]][[Category:British Politician|Dowden, Oliver]][[Category:Conservative Party|Dowden, Oliver]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Guto_Bebb&diff=225952Guto Bebb2015-10-23T11:49:35Z<p>Alex Doherty: </p>
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<div>'''Guto Bebb''' has been the [[Conservative Party]] MP for Aberconwy since 2010.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/guto-bebb/3910 Guto Bebb], www.parliament.uk, accessed 8 September 2013.</ref> He retained his seat with a majority of 3,999 in the 2015 election. <ref> [http://www.express.co.uk/politics/politicians/conservative/guto-bebb/71 Guto Bebb] ''Express'', accessed 19 May 2015 </ref><br />
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==Israel Advocacy==<br />
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In October 2015, Bebb signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref> <br />
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==Sponsors==<br />
In March 2014 Bebb declared the following donation on the MPs' Register of interests <br />
===Support in the capacity as an MP===<br />
:Name of donor: [[Alexander Temerko]]<br />
:Address of donor: private<br />
:Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000<br />
:Date of receipt: 26 March 2014<br />
:Date of acceptance: 26 March 2014<br />
:Donor status: individual<br />
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==Contact==<br />
====Parliamentary====<br />
*Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA<br />
*Telephone: 020 7219 7002<br />
*Email: guto.bebb.mp@parliament.uk<br />
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====Constituency====<br />
*Address: 1 Ashdown House, Riverside Business Park, Benarth Road, Conwy, LL32 8YX<br />
*Telephone: 01492 583094<br />
*Fax: 01492 592721<br />
*Email: office@gutobebbmp.co.uk<br />
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====Web & Social media====<br />
*Website: http://www.gutobebb.org.uk<br />
*Twitter: https://twitter.com/GutoBebb<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[category:Conservative Party|Bebb, Guto]][[Category:MP|Bebb, Guto]] [[Category:British Politician|Bebb, Guto]]</div>Alex Dohertyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=David_Burrowes&diff=225951David Burrowes2015-10-23T11:48:42Z<p>Alex Doherty: /* Israel Advocacy */</p>
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<div>[[File:David Burrowes MP.jpg|200px|thumb|right|David Burrowes]]<br />
'''David Burrowes''' has been the [[Conservative Party]] MP for Enfield Southgate since 2005,<ref>[http://www.davidburrowes.com/biog About David], davidburrowes.com, accessed 3 February 2012</ref> retaining his seat in the 2015 general election with a majority of 4,753. <ref> [http://www.express.co.uk/politics/politicians/conservative/david-burrowes/400 David Burrowes] ''Express'', accessed 19 May 2015 </ref> <br />
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==Views==<br />
In March 2012 Burrowes wrote a column published in ''The Telegraph'' entitled, 'I can handle death threats, but gay marriage threatens freedom of speech', in which he stated his opposition to the goverment's consultation on this subject. <br />
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Since the government had announced in October 2011 a consultation on legalising gay marriage Burrowes said he had received 'hate filled messages of bigotry, intolerance, and violent threats (including death)' against him speaking up for the institution of marriage'. These had 'strengthened' his position 'that this debate is as much about freedom for people to express their belief as it is about equality'. <br />
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:As an MP I have broad shoulders and will not be intimidated by threats in expressing my views. However, I fear for other people’s freedoms if marriage is redefined; where teachers are being told what they should not only think but teach - even if it goes against their conscience. Teachers will be reading Orwell with new meaning. <br />
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Burrowes said he had received a strong demand from the [[Coalition for Marriage]] pressure group, which had already amassed over 200,000 signatures for its petition supporting the current definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman, he said. <ref> David Burrowes, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9144586/I-can-handle-death-threats-but-gay-marriage-threatens-freedom-of-speech.html 'I can handle death threats, but gay marriage threatens freedom of speech'], The Telegraph, 15 Mar 2012, accessed 16 March 2012 </ref><br />
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==Israel Advocacy==<br />
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Burrowes is the UK Caucus Chair of the [[Israel Allies Foundation]] an organisation which exists to enlist Christian lawmakers internationally in support of Israel.<br />
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Burrowes has made numerous trips to Israel. A BBC investigation discovered that Burrowes was in breach of rules regarding declaring overseas visits paid for by foreign governments: <br />
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:The Conservative MP for the Enfield Southgate constituency in north London visited Israel in January 2006 on a trip paid for by the Conservative Friends of Israel and the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<br />
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:On 13 February 2006, Mr Burrowes tabled a question about the Palestinian group Hamas without declaring an interest.<br />
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:On 18 January 2006, Mr Burrowes participated in a debate entitled Palestinian Territories (Israeli Policy). While he declared he had recently been on a trip to Israel funded by the Conservative Friends of Israel, he did not declare that the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs had contributed towards the trip.<br />
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:On 4 July 2006 Mr Burrowes participated in a debate entitled Israel (War against Terror) during which he again declared that he had been on a trip to Israel funded by the Conservative Friends of Israel but did not declare the contribution of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<br />
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:Mr Burrrowes also signed the following early day motions without declaring an interest:<br />
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:1. ISRAELI HOSTAGES / 15.11.2006 / EDM 24<br />
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:2. BBC'S COVERAGE OF CONFLICT IN ISRAEL AND LEBANON / 24.07.2006 / EDM 2626<ref>'[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8574970.stm David Burrowes MP: Foreign trips and rule breaches]', ''BBC Online'', accessed 4 May 2014</ref><br />
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In October 2014 Burrowes went on a three day visit to Israel and the West Bank sponsored by the Israel Allies Foundation. Burrowes claimed to have timed his visit in order to avoid the house of commons vote on recognising Palestinian statehood.<ref> Raphael Ahren, [http://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-mps-yes-to-palestine-no-earthquake-but-certainly-a-tremor/ UK MPs’ ‘Yes’ to Palestine – no earthquake, but certainly a tremor], The Times of Israel, 14 October 2014, accessed 4 May 2015 </ref><br />
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:David Burrowes, a British MP who belongs to the Conservative Friends of Israel, decided to skip the vote and instead spend some time touring the Holy Land as a guest of the Israel Allies Foundation. Sure that the opposition would win the vote anyway, he felt that it was more important to show support for Israel on the ground than to cast a vain “no” vote in London.<br />
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During the visit he stated his opposition to the British parliament's recognition of Palestinian statehood and his opposition to the boycotting of products from West Bank settlements. Burrowes visited the settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim and its nearby industrial park Mishor Adumim. With regards to the park, built on occupied Palestinian territory, he commented:<br />
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:Just to hear that Israelis and Palestinians are working together in the thousands, that is more meaningful that what is happening in the British parliament... <ref name ="British MP in Israel">Tovah Lazaroff [http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/British-MP-in-Israel-Symbolic-vote-on-Palestinian-statehood-is-a-mistake-378737 'British MP in Israel: Symbolic vote on Palestinian statehood is a mistake]', ''Jerusalem Post'', 13 October 2014, accessed 2 May 2015</ref> <br />
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He also characterised the relationship between Israeli settlers and Arab workers as one of peaceful coexistence: <br />
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:The real voices on the ground aren’t heard – the fact that there is peace and coexistence among the people living in Judea and Samaria. Just seeing Israelis and Palestinians working together in a factory was a reality check...<ref>'[http://www.israelallies.org/international/news_article/lawmakers_from_around_world_tour_judea_samaria/ Lawmakers from around world tour Judea, Samaria]', ''Israel Allies Foundation Website'', accessed 4 May 2014</ref><br />
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During the visit Burrowes and 19 other parliamentarians from 16 nations signed a resolution declaring that peace discussions between Israel and the Palestinian Authority ought to be conducted through direct negotiations. The resolution also called on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to 'investigate allegations of UNWRA’s alleged complicity with Hamas’s terrorist activity during this summer’s conflict'. It also called for the UNRWA's funding to be made dependent upon 'full transparency and accounting.' Burrowes presented the resolution to Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister [[Tzachi Hanegbi]].<ref name ="Hanegbi">Jeremy Sharon [http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Hanegbi-PA-is-trying-to-bypass-negotiations-to-avoid-compromise-378927 'Hanegbi: PA is trying to bypass negotiations to avoid compromise]', ''Jerusalem Post'', 15 October 2014, accessed 2 May 2015</ref><br />
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Burrowes declared that he received a total of £2,276 from the Israel Allies Foundation to fund his visit.<ref>'[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/11573/david_burrowes/enfield%2C_southgate David Burrowes Former MP, Enfield, Southgate]', ''theyworkforyou.com'', accessed 4 May 2014</ref><br />
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According to his declaration of financial interests Burrowes also visited Israel from the 11th to the 14 March. The visit, described as a political delegation, was sponsored by the [[Conservative Friends of Israel]]. Burrowes received £1,200 to fund his visit. <ref>'[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/141208/burrowes_david.htm The Register of Members' Financial Interests]', ''parliament.uk'', accessed 4 May 2015</ref><br />
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In October 2015, Burrowes signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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==Staff==<br />
*[[Elizabeth Berridge]], Executive Director, [[Conservative Christian Fellowship]] (bridge between the Christian community and the Conservative Party) is listed on the Register of MPs Secretaries and Research Assistants as of 1 October 2010 <ref> REGISTER OF INTERESTS OF MEMBERS’ SECRETARIES AND RESEARCH ASSISTANTS (As at 1 October 2010)</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Israel Allies Foundation]] - UK Caucus Chair<br />
*[[Conservative Christian Fellowship]] - Parliamentary Chairman<br />
*[[Conservative Friends of Israel]] - Officer<br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Harm]] - Member <br />
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<div>Melvyn Bragg (born 6 October 1939) is a broadcaster and New Labour peer.<br />
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Melvyn Bragg is Controller of Arts at the ITV channel LWT, where he has worked since 1982. <ref>BBC Radio 4, [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/presenters/melvyn_bragg.shtml Presenters: Melvyn Bragg]</ref> He is one of a number of important Labour Party figures who worked at LWT, including [[Peter Mandelson]], [[Greg Dyke]], [[Trevor Phillips]], [[Gerry Robinson]], [[Charles Leadbetter]] and [[Barry Cox]] (former Chief Executive of the ITV Network Centre).<br />
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Barry Cox was [[Tony Blair]]'s neighbour when he lived in Hackney in the early 1980's. Blair regularly stayed in his house in the South of France before [[Geoffrey Robinson]] offered his villa in Tuscany. Barry Cox acted as fundraiser for Blair's campaign for the Leadership of the Labour Party in 1994, raising £79,000. In the previous year LWT executives, including Bragg, Barry Cox and Greg Dyke, made £8.7 million when LWT retained its ITV franchise. Cox and Bragg donated some of this money to Blair's campaign.<br />
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Bragg was chairman of Border TV from 1990-95 and is a Governor of the [[London School of Economics]], along with Cherie Blair, [[Lord Puttnam]], [[Lord Stevenson]] and [[Lord Gavron]], and where [[Anthony Giddens]] (3rd Way guru) is Director and [[Lord Layard]] (an adviser to the DfEE, given a peerage in March 2000) is a Professor.<br />
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A friend of [[Tony Blair]], the former Labour Prime Minister, in 1998 Bragg was named in a list of the largest private financial donors to the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/161057.stm "Luvvies" for Labour] ''BBC News'' 30 August 1998</ref>Melvyn Bragg gave £25,000 to the [[Labour Party]] in 1997. He was given his peerage in 1998. He gave another £7,500 in 1999. <ref>Available through: [http://www.red-star-research.org.uk/subframe5.html Red Star Research search function]</ref><br />
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==Career Overview==<br />
Profile taken from 'The Guardian' <ref>Steven Morris, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1306537,00.html The Guardian Profile: Melvyn Bragg], The Guardian, 17 September 2004.</ref><br />
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:Born: 6 October 1939 to Stanley and Ethel Bragg, at Wigton, Cumberland<br />
:'''Family''': Married French vicomtesse Marie-Elisabeth Roche, 1961 (died 1971), one daughter; and Catherine Mary Haste in 1973, one daughter and one son.<br />
:'''Education''': Wigton Primary School and Nelson Thomlinson grammar school, Wigton; Wadham College, Oxford (modern history)<br />
:'''Career''': BBC: general traineeship 1961; <br />
:*producer on Monitor 1963, editor BBC 2 1964; <br />
:*presenter and editor, Read All About It (BBC) 1976-77; <br />
:*South Bank Show (ITV) 1978- ;<br />
:*Start the Week (BBC) 1988-1998; <br />
:*Routes of English (BBC) 1999; In Our Time (BBC) 1998- . <br />
:*Head of arts, LWT 1982-1990; <br />
:*deputy chairman, Border Television 1985-90; <br />
:*chairman, Border Television1990-96; <br />
:*Governor LSE 1997-;<br />
:*Chancellor Leeds University 1999-;<br />
:*President MIND 2002-;<br />
:*Occasional contributor: Observer, Sunday Times and Guardian;<br />
:*Weekly column Times 1996-1998<br />
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===Novels===<br />
:''For Want of Nail'', 1965; <br />
:''The Maid of Buttermere'', 1987; <br />
:''Credo'', 1996; <br />
:''The Soldier's Return'', 1999; <br />
:''A Son of War'', 2001.<br />
==Affiliations==<br />
*Vice President of the [[Friends of the British Library]], a charity set up to provide funding support to the [[British Library]].<ref name="ar0607">*[http://www.bl.uk/supportus/pdf/friendsannrep0607.pdf Friends of the British Library Annual Report 2006/07] </ref> <br />
*a member of the [[Arts Council of Great Britain]] Literature Panel in 1969, and later Chairman<br />
*Honorary Fellow of the [[Royal Society]].<ref>Royal society [http://royalsociety.org/people/melvyn-bragg/ Melvyn Bragg FRS], accessed 10 April 2013</ref><br />
*[[Labour Friends of Israel]], member <ref name="Totally"> Justin Cohen [http://www.totallyjewish.com/news/national/c-6474/bragg-joins-boycott-fight/ Bragg Joins Boycott Fight], ''Totally Jewish'', Wednesday 13th June 2007.</ref><br />
*[[Science Media Centre]] Board member in 2002<br />
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==Views on Israel==<br />
In November 12, 2000, Bragg stated:<br />
<blockquote style="background-color:beige;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%">I do not think that ‘need’ is too dramatic a word. The fate of Israel matters beyond its borders. The country has an infinite attraction for those like myself whose childhood was saturated in Christianity and part of whose adolescence was defined in the battle against it. For Christians, Israel is some sort of home.<ref>Melvyn Bragg, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4089901,00.htm The Desert Conscience of Israel], The Guardian, 12 November 2000.</ref></blockquote><br />
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Bragg also took a prominent position against the proposed academic boycott of Israel in 2007. Bragg was among more than 250 signatories to a national newspaper advert condemning the [[University and College Union]] vote to support a boycott of Israeli universities. Bragg, reportedly said: <br />
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:Like many others who have connections with academics and journalists, I am dismayed by moves for boycotts. The situation in the Middle East is difficult enough without this. It appears that these suggestions come from a very small minority within the associations concerned; that while they take into account the sufferings of Palestinians they fail to understand the legitimate concerns of a democratic Israel and they threaten to annul efforts being made in this country to help resolve a terrible dilemma. Furthermore, they undermine one of the most hard fought for and hard won freedoms in this country - the indivisibility of freedom of speech.<ref name="Totally"/><br />
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In October 2015, Bragg signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' along with more than 150 people drawn from the arts and politics. The letter launched [[Culture for Coexistence]], an organisation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, '[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/star-authors-jk-rowling-hilary-mantel-israel-palestinian-boycott-guardian-letter Star authors call for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue rather than boycotts]', ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2015, accessed 23 October 2015</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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