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[[John Whittingdale]] is the Conservative MP for Maldon.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/john-whittingdale/25239 John Whittingdale], www.parliament.uk, accessed 14 October 2011.</ref> | [[John Whittingdale]] is the Conservative MP for Maldon.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/john-whittingdale/25239 John Whittingdale], www.parliament.uk, accessed 14 October 2011.</ref> | ||
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| + | Details of the attendees and seating plans of the Conservative's 2013 summer ball, an event where tickets cost up to £12,000 each and allows attendees to sit at the table with ministers, were leaked by the ''Guardian''. It revealed that Whittingdale sat at a table hosted by [[David Burnside]], which included [[Samantha Cameron|Samantha]] and [[David Cameron]] and one of [[Vladimir Putin]]'s aides [[Vasily Shestakov]].<ref> Melanie Newman [http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2014/07/01/russian-front-camerons-encounter-with-putin-friend-at-tory-party/ Russian front: Cameron’s encounter with Putin friend at Tory party] ''The Bureau of Investigative Journalism'', 1 July 2014, accessed 17 October 2014 </ref> | ||
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Revision as of 13:40, 17 October 2014
John Whittingdale is the Conservative MP for Maldon.[1]
Dinner with lobbyists
Details of the attendees and seating plans of the Conservative's 2013 summer ball, an event where tickets cost up to £12,000 each and allows attendees to sit at the table with ministers, were leaked by the Guardian. It revealed that Whittingdale sat at a table hosted by David Burnside, which included Samantha and David Cameron and one of Vladimir Putin's aides Vasily Shestakov.[2]
Affiliations
- Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Intellectual Property Group 2010-2011.
External resources
- JANE MERRICK, BRIAN BRADY, JAMES HANNING AND ANDY MCCORKELL, Revealed: Senior MP's secret links to Murdoch, The Independent, 17 July 2011.
Notes
- ↑ John Whittingdale, www.parliament.uk, accessed 14 October 2011.
- ↑ Melanie Newman Russian front: Cameron’s encounter with Putin friend at Tory party The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, 1 July 2014, accessed 17 October 2014
