Peter Cruddas - Revision history

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 '''Peter Cruddas''' is Britain’s 15th richest man, and the founder of the spread betting firm [[CMC Markets]].<ref name="groves"> Jason Groves, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1395080/Billionaire-gambling-tycoon-new-Tory-treasurer--despite-tax-dodging-claims.html#ixzz1OoQJZkpa Billionaire gambling tycoon is new Tory treasurer... despite tax-dodging claims] ''Daily Mail'', 7 June 2011, accessed 9 June 2011</ref>
-He is a [[Conservative Party]] donor and former co-treasurer of the party, resigning after a 'cash for access' newspaper sting.
+Cruddas is a [[Conservative Party]] donor and former co-treasurer of the party, resigning after a 'cash for access' newspaper sting.
 He is a Brexit supporter and was one of the biggest donors to the campaign for Britain to leave the EU, giving a total of $350,000.
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 ===Opposing voting reform===
-He was by far the largest donor to the successful ‘No to AV’ campaign in 2011, which opposed replacing the UK's first-past-the-postvoting with a fairer 'alternative voting' system. He effectively bankrolled the campaign with a donation of £400,000.<ref>[http://www.no2av.org/04/a-letter-from-donors-to-no-to-av/ A Letter from Donors to NO to AV], 9 April 2011, accessed 1 December 2011</ref>
+He was by far the largest donor to the successful ‘No to AV’ campaign in 2011, which opposed replacing the UK's first-past-the-post voting with a fairer 'alternative voting' system. He effectively bankrolled the campaign with a donation of £400,000.<ref>[http://www.no2av.org/04/a-letter-from-donors-to-no-to-av/ A Letter from Donors to NO to AV], 9 April 2011, accessed 1 December 2011</ref>
 ===Free-market think tank donor===
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 :But within that room everything is confidential - you can ask him practically any question you want.
-:If you're unhappy about something, we will listen to you and put it into the policy committee at number 10 - we feed all feedback to the policy committee.' <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17501618? 'Tory Peter Cruddas sold access to PM, Sunday Times allege'], ''BBC'', 25 march 2012.</ref>
+:If you're unhappy about something, we will listen to you and put it into the policy committee at number 10 - we feed all feedback to the policy committee.' <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17501618? 'Tory Peter Cruddas sold access to PM, Sunday Times allege'], ''BBC'', 25 March 2012.</ref>
 Following the release of the video Cruddas resigned from his position as Tory co-treasurer. Cruddas stated:

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 He is a [[Conservative Party]] donor and former co-treasurer of the party, resigning after a 'cash for access' newspaper sting.
-He is a Brexit supporter and donor to the campaign for Britain to leave the EU.
+He is a Brexit supporter and was one of the biggest donors to the campaign for Britain to leave the EU, giving a total of $350,000.
 ==Funding right-wing campaigns==

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 In June 2011 the self-made billionaire was appointed co-treasurer of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], alongside long-serving treasurer [[Stanley Fink]].<ref name="groves"/> <ref>James Quinn and Ben Harrington, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/8560001/CMC-founder-Peter-Cruddas-to-be-co-treasurer-of-Conservative-Party.html CMC founder Peter Cruddas to be co-treasurer of Conservative Party ], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 7 June 2011</ref> Fink stepped down in early 2012, to be replaced by another hedge fund millionaire, [[Michael Farmer]]. Just nine months later Cruddas resigned as Tory co-treasurer after a 'cash for access' newspaper sting (see below).
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+===Brexit supporter===
 Cruddas was a major donor to the eurosceptic [[Vote Leave]] campaign in the UK's 2016 EU referendum. He gave the Brexit campaign £350,000.

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 He is a Brexit supporter and donor to the campaign for Britain to leave the EU.
-==Tory donor==
+==Funding right-wing campaigns==
-He is the [[Conservative Party]]’s second largest donor having given a total of £1.2 million to the party.<ref>Mark Hughes, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9166217/Peter-Cruddas-The-boy-Scout-who-left-school-at-15-and-became-a-millionaire.html? 'Peter Cruddas: The boy Scout who left school at 15 and became a millionaire'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 26 march 2012.</ref> He has given about £350,000 to the Conservative Party between 2009-11<ref name="groves"/> and was by far the largest donor to the recent ‘No to AV’ campaign in 2011, bankrolling the campaign with £400,000.<ref>[http://www.no2av.org/04/a-letter-from-donors-to-no-to-av/ A Letter from Donors to NO to AV], 9 April 2011, accessed 1 December 2011</ref> An investigation of the funding of [[Policy Exchange]] in 2011 found that his [[Peter Cruddas Foundation]] was the think-tank's single largest donor. The Foundation donated £140,000 to [[Policy Exchange]] in 2007/8,  £300,000 in 2008/9, and £120,000 in 2009/10.<ref> see The [[Peter Cruddas Foundation]]</ref> These donations have supported research on public service delivery and welfare, ‘broken Britain’, and child poverty. The Foundation is credited in Policy Exchange reports on health, education and welfare reform and child poverty. <ref>[http://www.spinwatch.org/images/SpinwatchReport_ColdWar.pdf The Cold War on British Muslims] p.50</ref>
+===Conservative Party===
-==Brexit backers suffer big losses==
+In June 2011 the self-made billionaire was appointed co-treasurer of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], alongside long-serving treasurer [[Stanley Fink]].<ref name="groves"/> <ref>James Quinn and Ben Harrington, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/8560001/CMC-founder-Peter-Cruddas-to-be-co-treasurer-of-Conservative-Party.html CMC founder Peter Cruddas to be co-treasurer of Conservative Party ], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 7 June 2011</ref> Fink stepped down in early 2012, to be replaced by another hedge fund millionaire, [[Michael Farmer]]. Just nine months later Cruddas resigned as Tory co-treasurer after a 'cash for access' newspaper sting (see below).
-Cruddas, who founded and floated [[CMC Markets]] at 240p a share, has seen its value drop by £100 million since the vote on 23 June 2016, with a recovery taking his losses down to just £30 million overall. <ref>Kate Burgess, [https://next.ft.com/content/375334f8-3d14-11e6-9f2c-36b487ebd80a 'Brexit backers hit by big losses on company shares', 29 June 2016], ''Financial Times'', accessed 4 July 2016</ref>
+==Brexit supporter==
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 ==Political Donations==
+Recorded by the Electoral Commission. For an up-to-date list of donations by Peter Cruddas, search the Electoral Commission website:<ref>[http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/Search/Donations?currentPage=1&rows=10&sort=Value&order=desc&tab=1&open=filter&et=perpar&date=Reported&from=2016-04-01&to=2016-05-03&prePoll=true&postPoll=false&optCols=AccountingUnitsAsCentralParty&optCols=IsSponsorship&optCols=RegulatedDoneeType&optCols=CompanyRegistrationNumber&optCols=Postcode&optCols=NatureOfDonation&optCols=PurposeOfVisit&optCols=DonationAction&optCols=ReportedDate&optCols=IsReportedPrePoll&optCols=ReportingPeriodName&optCols=IsBequest&optCols=IsAggregation Donor Search], ''Electoral Commission'', accessed 25 May 2016</ref>
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-'''Peter Cruddas''' is Britain’s 15th richest man, and the founder of the spread betting firm [[CMC Markets]], which focuses on bets on the financial markets.<ref name="groves"> Jason Groves, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1395080/Billionaire-gambling-tycoon-new-Tory-treasurer--despite-tax-dodging-claims.html#ixzz1OoQJZkpa Billionaire gambling tycoon is new Tory treasurer... despite tax-dodging claims] ''Daily Mail'', 7 June 2011, accessed 9 June 2011</ref>
+'''Peter Cruddas''' is Britain’s 15th richest man, and the founder of the spread betting firm [[CMC Markets]].<ref name="groves"> Jason Groves, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1395080/Billionaire-gambling-tycoon-new-Tory-treasurer--despite-tax-dodging-claims.html#ixzz1OoQJZkpa Billionaire gambling tycoon is new Tory treasurer... despite tax-dodging claims] ''Daily Mail'', 7 June 2011, accessed 9 June 2011</ref>
-In June 2011 the self-made billionaire was appointed co-treasurer of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], alongside long-serving treasurer [[Stanley Fink]].<ref name="groves"/> <ref>James Quinn and Ben Harrington, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/8560001/CMC-founder-Peter-Cruddas-to-be-co-treasurer-of-Conservative-Party.html CMC founder Peter Cruddas to be co-treasurer of Conservative Party ], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 7 June 2011</ref> Fink stepped down in early 2012, to be replaced by another hedge fund millionaire, [[Michael Farmer]]. Just nine months later Cruddas resigned as Tory co-treasurer after a 'cash for access' newspaper sting.
+He is a [[Conservative Party]] donor and former co-treasurer of the party, resigning after a 'cash for access' newspaper sting.
 ==Tory donor==

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-<td align="center">[[Vote Leave]]<ref>[http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/Search/Donations?currentPage=1&rows=10&sort=Value&order=desc&tab=1&open=filter&et=perpar&date=Reported&from=2016-04-01&to=2016-05-03&prePoll=true&postPoll=false&optCols=AccountingUnitsAsCentralParty&optCols=IsSponsorship&optCols=RegulatedDoneeType&optCols=CompanyRegistrationNumber&optCols=Postcode&optCols=NatureOfDonation&optCols=PurposeOfVisit&optCols=DonationAction&optCols=ReportedDate&optCols=IsReportedPrePoll&optCols=ReportingPeriodName&optCols=IsBequest&optCols=IsAggregation Donor Search], ''Electoral Commission'', accessed 25 May 2016</td>
+<td align="center">[[Vote Leave]]<ref>[http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/Search/Donations?currentPage=1&rows=10&sort=Value&order=desc&tab=1&open=filter&et=perpar&date=Reported&from=2016-04-01&to=2016-05-03&prePoll=true&postPoll=false&optCols=AccountingUnitsAsCentralParty&optCols=IsSponsorship&optCols=RegulatedDoneeType&optCols=CompanyRegistrationNumber&optCols=Postcode&optCols=NatureOfDonation&optCols=PurposeOfVisit&optCols=DonationAction&optCols=ReportedDate&optCols=IsReportedPrePoll&optCols=ReportingPeriodName&optCols=IsBequest&optCols=IsAggregation Donor Search], ''Electoral Commission'', accessed 25 May 2016</ref></td>
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