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− | 103 business leaders | + | The start of the 2015 UK general election campaign saw 103 UK business leaders sign a letter published on the front page of the ''Telegraph'' newspaper praising Conservative policies. <ref name="Tellist">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'', 31 March 2015.</ref> |
==Signatories== | ==Signatories== | ||
− | [[Rooney Anand]] | [[Surinder Arora]] | [[John Ayton]] | [[Alex Baldock]] | [[Richard Baker]] | [[Anthony Bamford|Lord Bamford]] | [[Duncan Bannatyne]] | [[Robert Bensoussan]] | [[Lord Bilimoria]] | [[Charlie Bradshaw]] | [[Baroness Brady]] | [[Graham Chipchase]] | [[Zameer Choudrey]] | [[Neil Clifford]] | [[Steven Cohen]] | [[Glenn Cooper]] | [[Andrew Coppel]] CBE | [[Gerald Corbett]] | [[Peter Cullum]] CBE | [[Ron Dennis]] CBE | [[Julietta Dexter]] | [[Annoushka Ducas]] CBE | [[Bob Dudley]] | Sir [[Charles Dunstone]] | [[John Elliott]] | [[Mark Esiri]] | [[Ralph Findlay]] | [[Richard Glynn]] | [[Ben Gordon]] | [[Julian Granville]] | [[Peter Grauer]] | [[Philip Green (Carillion)| Philip Green]] CBE | [[Michael Gutman]] OBE | [[Wendy Hallett]] MBE | [[Jenny Halpern Prince]] | [[Andy Harrison]] | [[Aidan Heavey]] | [[Oliver Hemsley]] | [[Joe Henderson]] | [[Vernon Hill]] | [[Anya Hindmarch]] MBE | [[Brent Hoberman]] CBE | [[Cassie Hutchings]] | Sir [[George Iacobescu]] CBE | [[Alan Jackson]] | [[Peter Jackson]] | [[Nick Jenkins]] | [[Luke Johnson]] | [[Neil Johnson]] OBE | [[Richard Joseph]] | [[Ray Kelvin]] CBE | [[Nadir Lalani]] | [[Ben Latham Jones]] | [[Nick Leslau]] | [[Rhydian Lewis]] | [[James Lipscombe]] | [[Derek Lovelock]] | Sir [[Cameron Mackintosh]] | [[Ron Mackintosh]] | [[Edward Mellors]] | [[Tom Molnar]] | [[John Morgan]] | [[Matt Moulding]] | [[Stephen Murphy]] | [[Jonathan Neame]] | [[John Neill]] | [[Nick Newbury]] | [[Jonathan Newhouse]] | [[Richard Nichols]] | [[Mike Norris]] | [[Tim Oliver]] | Sir [[Dick Olver]] | [[Alan Parker]] CBE | [[Tony Pidgley]] CBE | [[Thembalath Ramachandran]] | [[Nick Robertson]] OBE | [[Richard Rose]] | [[Lord Rose]] | [[Chrissie Rucker]] MBE | Sir [[Nigel Rudd]] | [[Rakesh Sharma]] | [[Baroness Shields]] OBE | [[Jasminder Singh]] OBE | [[Rob Templeman]] | [[Tidjane Thiam]] | [[Sarah Thomson]] | [[Simon Townsend]] | [[Michael Turner]] | [[Steve Varley]] | [[Moni Varma]] | [[Matthew Vaughn]] | [[Ollie Vigors]] | [[Malcolm Walker | + | [[Rooney Anand]] | [[Surinder Arora]] | [[John Ayton]] | [[Alex Baldock]] | [[Richard Baker]] | [[Anthony Bamford|Lord Bamford]] | [[Duncan Bannatyne]] | [[Robert Bensoussan]] | [[Lord Bilimoria]] | [[Charlie Bradshaw]] | [[Baroness Brady]] | [[Graham Chipchase]] | [[Zameer Choudrey]] | [[Neil Clifford]] | [[Steven Cohen]] | [[Glenn Cooper]] | [[Andrew Coppel]] CBE | [[Gerald Corbett]] | [[Peter Cullum]] CBE | [[Ron Dennis]] CBE | [[Julietta Dexter]] | [[Annoushka Ducas]] CBE | [[Bob Dudley]] | Sir [[Charles Dunstone]] | [[John Elliott]] | [[Mark Esiri]] | [[Ralph Findlay]] | [[Richard Glynn]] | [[Ben Gordon]] | [[Julian Granville]] | [[Peter Grauer]] | [[Philip Green (Carillion)| Philip Green]] CBE | [[Michael Gutman]] OBE | [[Wendy Hallett]] MBE | [[Jenny Halpern Prince]] | [[Andy Harrison]] | [[Aidan Heavey]] | [[Oliver Hemsley]] | [[Joe Henderson]] | [[Vernon Hill]] | [[Anya Hindmarch]] MBE | [[Brent Hoberman]] CBE | [[Cassie Hutchings]] | Sir [[George Iacobescu]] CBE | [[Alan Jackson]] | [[Peter Jackson]] | [[Nick Jenkins]] | [[Luke Johnson]] | [[Neil Johnson]] OBE | [[Richard Joseph]] | [[Ray Kelvin]] CBE | [[Nadir Lalani]] | [[Ben Latham Jones]] | [[Nick Leslau]] | [[Rhydian Lewis]] | [[James Lipscombe]] | [[Derek Lovelock]] | Sir [[Cameron Mackintosh]] | [[Ron Mackintosh]] | [[Edward Mellors]] | [[Tom Molnar]] | [[John Morgan]] | [[Matt Moulding]] | [[Stephen Murphy]] | [[Jonathan Neame]] | [[John Neill]] | [[Nick Newbury]] | [[Jonathan Newhouse]] | [[Richard Nichols]] | [[Mike Norris]] | [[Tim Oliver]] | Sir [[Dick Olver]] | [[Alan Parker (CBE)| Alan Parker]] CBE | [[Tony Pidgley]] CBE | [[Thembalath Ramachandran]] | [[Nick Robertson]] OBE | [[Richard Rose]] | [[Lord Rose]] | [[Chrissie Rucker]] MBE | Sir [[Nigel Rudd]] | [[Rakesh Sharma]] | [[Baroness Shields]] OBE | [[Jasminder Singh]] OBE | [[Rob Templeman]] | [[Tidjane Thiam]] | [[Sarah Thomson]] | [[Simon Townsend]] | [[Michael Turner]] | [[Steve Varley]] | [[Moni Varma]] | [[Matthew Vaughn]] | [[Ollie Vigors]] | [[Malcolm Walker]] CBE | [[Robert Walker]] | [[Paul Walsh]] | [[James Wates]] CBE | [[George Weston]] | [[Mike Wheeler]] | [[Nick Wheeler]] | The Hon. [[Charles Wigoder]] | [[Paul Wilkinson (Thorntons)|Paul Wilkinson]] | [[Will Wyatt (Caledonia)| Will Wyatt]] | Sir [[Hossein Yassaie]]<ref name="Tellist">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'', 31 March 2015.</ref> |
+ | |||
+ | ==Criticism== | ||
+ | Many commentators pointed out a sizeable number of the signatories had close links to the Conservative Party and included a range of donors and business advisers. A good number had also been given peerages during Cameron's leadership. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Links to the Conservative Party== | ||
+ | ===Previously signed a letter of support=== | ||
+ | [[Surinder Arora]] | [[Alex Baldock]] | [[Robert Bensoussan]] | [[Ralph Findlay]] | [[Andy Harrison]] | [[Luke Johnson]] | [[Mike Norris]] | [[Michael Turner]] | [[Nick Wheeler]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Business Advisory Council=== | ||
+ | [[Surinder Arora]] | [[Dick Olver]] | [[Tidjane Thiam]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Donors=== | ||
+ | ====Personal==== | ||
+ | [[Alex Baldock]] | [[Anthony Bamford]] | [[Lord Bilimoria]] | [[Zameer Choudrey]] | [[Neil Clifford]] | [[Ron Dennis]] | [[Charles Dunstone]] | [[John Elliott]] | [[Ben Gordon]] | [[Julian Granville]] | [[Aidan Heavey]] | [[Oliver Hemsley]] | [[George Iacobescu]] | [[Nick Jenkins]] | [[Nick Leslau]] | [[Cameron Mackintosh]] | [[Tim Oliver]] | [[Tony Pidgley]] | [[Nigel Rudd]] | [[Malcolm Walker]] | [[Paul Walsh]] | [[George Weston]] | [[Charles Wigoder]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Donors through company==== | ||
+ | [[Peter Grauer]] | [[Michael Gutman]] | [[Cassie Hutchings]] | [[Peter Jackson]] | [[Matt Moulding]] | [[Michael Turner]] | [[Moni Varma]] | [[James Wates]] | [[Will Wyatt (Caledonia)|Will Wyatt]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===[[Leader's Group]]=== | ||
+ | [[Anthony Bamford]] | [[Zameer Choudrey]] | [[Michael Gutman]] | [[Matt Moulding]] | [[James Wates]] | [[Charles Wigoder]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Government advisory roles=== | ||
+ | [[Glenn Cooper]] | [[Philip Green (Carillion)| Philip Green]] | [[Dick Olver]] | [[Baroness Shields]] | [[Paul Walsh]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Awarded honours whilst Cameron in power=== | ||
+ | [[John Ayton]] | [[Anthony Bamford]] | [[Lord Bilimoria]] | [[Baroness Brady]] | [[Peter Cullum]] | [[Annoushka Ducas]] | [[Charles Dunstone]] | [[Philip Green (Carillion)| Philip Green]] | [[Michael Gutman]] | [[Wendy Hallett]] | [[Brent Hoberman]] | [[George Iacobescu]] | [[Ray Kelvin]] | [[Dick Olver]] | [[Alan Parker (CBE)| Alan Parker]] | [[Tony Pidgley]] | [[Nick Robertson]] | [[Lord Rose]] | [[Baroness Shields]] | [[James Wates]] | [[Hossein Yassaie]] | [[James Wates]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Friends of the Camerons=== | ||
+ | [[Charles Dunstone]] | [[Mark Esiri]] | [[Anya Hindmarch]] | [[Matthew Vaughn]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Conservative Party fundraising ball attendees=== | ||
+ | [[Anya Hindmarch]] | [[Matthew Vaughn]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Former Labour supporters== | ||
+ | [[Surinder Arora]] | [[Duncan Bannatyne]] | [[Charles Dunstone]] | [[Cameron Mackintosh]] | [[Moni Varma]] | ||
==External resources== | ==External resources== |
Latest revision as of 11:08, 29 April 2015
The start of the 2015 UK general election campaign saw 103 UK business leaders sign a letter published on the front page of the Telegraph newspaper praising Conservative policies. [1]
Contents
Signatories
Rooney Anand | Surinder Arora | John Ayton | Alex Baldock | Richard Baker | Lord Bamford | Duncan Bannatyne | Robert Bensoussan | Lord Bilimoria | Charlie Bradshaw | Baroness Brady | Graham Chipchase | Zameer Choudrey | Neil Clifford | Steven Cohen | Glenn Cooper | Andrew Coppel CBE | Gerald Corbett | Peter Cullum CBE | Ron Dennis CBE | Julietta Dexter | Annoushka Ducas CBE | Bob Dudley | Sir Charles Dunstone | John Elliott | Mark Esiri | Ralph Findlay | Richard Glynn | Ben Gordon | Julian Granville | Peter Grauer | Philip Green CBE | Michael Gutman OBE | Wendy Hallett MBE | Jenny Halpern Prince | Andy Harrison | Aidan Heavey | Oliver Hemsley | Joe Henderson | Vernon Hill | Anya Hindmarch MBE | Brent Hoberman CBE | Cassie Hutchings | Sir George Iacobescu CBE | Alan Jackson | Peter Jackson | Nick Jenkins | Luke Johnson | Neil Johnson OBE | Richard Joseph | Ray Kelvin CBE | Nadir Lalani | Ben Latham Jones | Nick Leslau | Rhydian Lewis | James Lipscombe | Derek Lovelock | Sir Cameron Mackintosh | Ron Mackintosh | Edward Mellors | Tom Molnar | John Morgan | Matt Moulding | Stephen Murphy | Jonathan Neame | John Neill | Nick Newbury | Jonathan Newhouse | Richard Nichols | Mike Norris | Tim Oliver | Sir Dick Olver | Alan Parker CBE | Tony Pidgley CBE | Thembalath Ramachandran | Nick Robertson OBE | Richard Rose | Lord Rose | Chrissie Rucker MBE | Sir Nigel Rudd | Rakesh Sharma | Baroness Shields OBE | Jasminder Singh OBE | Rob Templeman | Tidjane Thiam | Sarah Thomson | Simon Townsend | Michael Turner | Steve Varley | Moni Varma | Matthew Vaughn | Ollie Vigors | Malcolm Walker CBE | Robert Walker | Paul Walsh | James Wates CBE | George Weston | Mike Wheeler | Nick Wheeler | The Hon. Charles Wigoder | Paul Wilkinson | Will Wyatt | Sir Hossein Yassaie[1]
Criticism
Many commentators pointed out a sizeable number of the signatories had close links to the Conservative Party and included a range of donors and business advisers. A good number had also been given peerages during Cameron's leadership.
Links to the Conservative Party
Previously signed a letter of support
Surinder Arora | Alex Baldock | Robert Bensoussan | Ralph Findlay | Andy Harrison | Luke Johnson | Mike Norris | Michael Turner | Nick Wheeler
Business Advisory Council
Surinder Arora | Dick Olver | Tidjane Thiam
Donors
Personal
Alex Baldock | Anthony Bamford | Lord Bilimoria | Zameer Choudrey | Neil Clifford | Ron Dennis | Charles Dunstone | John Elliott | Ben Gordon | Julian Granville | Aidan Heavey | Oliver Hemsley | George Iacobescu | Nick Jenkins | Nick Leslau | Cameron Mackintosh | Tim Oliver | Tony Pidgley | Nigel Rudd | Malcolm Walker | Paul Walsh | George Weston | Charles Wigoder
Donors through company
Peter Grauer | Michael Gutman | Cassie Hutchings | Peter Jackson | Matt Moulding | Michael Turner | Moni Varma | James Wates | Will Wyatt
Leader's Group
Anthony Bamford | Zameer Choudrey | Michael Gutman | Matt Moulding | James Wates | Charles Wigoder
Government advisory roles
Glenn Cooper | Philip Green | Dick Olver | Baroness Shields | Paul Walsh
Awarded honours whilst Cameron in power
John Ayton | Anthony Bamford | Lord Bilimoria | Baroness Brady | Peter Cullum | Annoushka Ducas | Charles Dunstone | Philip Green | Michael Gutman | Wendy Hallett | Brent Hoberman | George Iacobescu | Ray Kelvin | Dick Olver | Alan Parker | Tony Pidgley | Nick Robertson | Lord Rose | Baroness Shields | James Wates | Hossein Yassaie | James Wates
Friends of the Camerons
Charles Dunstone | Mark Esiri | Anya Hindmarch | Matthew Vaughn
Conservative Party fundraising ball attendees
Anya Hindmarch | Matthew Vaughn
Former Labour supporters
Surinder Arora | Duncan Bannatyne | Charles Dunstone | Cameron Mackintosh | Moni Varma
External resources
- Jon Stone, Hazel Sheffield, Matt Dathan, One in five of the businessmen who signed pro-Tory letter were given honours by David Cameron and one third are Tory donors, Independent, 01 April 2015
- Evan Bartlett, We combed through the signatories of this morning's anti-Labour Telegraph letter so you don't have to, Independent i100, 1 April 2015.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Peter Dominiczak, 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery, Telegraph, 31 March 2015.