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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. <ref>Electoral Commissions, [http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/Search/Donations?currentPage=8&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], accessed 13 May 2016</ref>  
 
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. <ref>Electoral Commissions, [http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/Search/Donations?currentPage=8&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], accessed 13 May 2016</ref>  
  
Forte is listed as a supporter of the [[Open Europe]] think tank, which states that it has taken a neutral position on the EU referendum despite its longstanding push for EU reform.
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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==
 
==Affiliations==

Revision as of 03:17, 9 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]

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]

Notes

  1. Lisa Buckingham, OUTLOOK: FORTE LOOKS FOR DOLLAR BOOKINGS, the Guardian, 2-October-1992
  2. 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
  3. Electoral Commissions, Donor Search, accessed 13 May 2016
  4. Mary Ann Sieghart, The twin angry men behind outburst against Major, the Times, 12-April-1991