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[[Rocco Forte]] is a multi-millionaire hotelier and has been a donor to the [[Conservative Party]]<ref>Lisa Buckingham, OUTLOOK: FORTE LOOKS FOR DOLLAR BOOKINGS, ''the Guardian'', 2-October-1992</ref> since at least the early nineties. He also gives financial backing to the [[Taxpayers' Alliance]].<ref>Robert Booth, Front: Politics: Big money alliance at heart of the low tax campaign: Taxpayers Alliance portrays itself as voice of the people, but where does its £1m funding come from?, ''the Guardian'', 10-October-2009</ref> | [[Rocco Forte]] is a multi-millionaire hotelier and has been a donor to the [[Conservative Party]]<ref>Lisa Buckingham, OUTLOOK: FORTE LOOKS FOR DOLLAR BOOKINGS, ''the Guardian'', 2-October-1992</ref> since at least the early nineties. He also gives financial backing to the [[Taxpayers' Alliance]].<ref>Robert Booth, Front: Politics: Big money alliance at heart of the low tax campaign: Taxpayers Alliance portrays itself as voice of the people, but where does its £1m funding come from?, ''the Guardian'', 10-October-2009</ref> | ||
Revision as of 16:55, 7 June 2016
Rocco Forte, Source: Rocco Forte Hotels
Rocco Forte is a multi-millionaire hotelier and has been a donor to the Conservative Party[1] since at least the early nineties. He also gives financial backing to the Taxpayers' Alliance.[2]
As of 24 March 2016, the Electoral Commission had registered Forte as having donated £12,000 to the Vote Leave campaign, the lead group in persuading British voters to leave the European Union in the referendum on 23 June 2016. [3]
Affiliations
Conservative Party | Taxpayers' Alliance | Bruges Group[4]
Notes
- ↑ Lisa Buckingham, OUTLOOK: FORTE LOOKS FOR DOLLAR BOOKINGS, the Guardian, 2-October-1992
- ↑ Robert Booth, Front: Politics: Big money alliance at heart of the low tax campaign: Taxpayers Alliance portrays itself as voice of the people, but where does its £1m funding come from?, the Guardian, 10-October-2009
- ↑ Electoral Commissions, Donor Search, accessed 13 May 2016
- ↑ Mary Ann Sieghart, The twin angry men behind outburst against Major, the Times, 12-April-1991
