Rocco Forte
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]
Vote Leave donor
The Electoral Commission's register shows Forte donated £12,000 on 24 March 2016 to the Vote Leave campaign, the lead group campaigning to persuade British voters to leave the European Union in a UK referendum on 23 June 2016. [3]
Forte is listed as a supporter of the Open Europe think tank, which states that it has a neutral position on the EU referendum despite its longstanding Eurosceptic stance and push for EU reform.
Affiliations
Conservative Party | Taxpayers' Alliance | Bruges Group[4]
- Open Europe - Advisory board member, [5]
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
- ↑ Open Europe Board, June 2016, OpenEurope, accessed 15 June 2016
