Got half a million quid spare?

[DoctorStrangelove]

Ah, what it is to be ruled by a tin pot dictator.

One does so hope he comes to a bad & inglorious end.

Very soon.

As Cummings said, what does it say about the country that the choice was between an incompetent clown and a magic grandpa.

Doomed etc.

[ladymuck]

Yep, and it wasn’t HMG that overruled the commission it was Johnson personally.

I suspected but the article I read said 'Downing Street' so I didn't want to assume.

[DaveB]

Oh this is the guy the Lords Appointment Commission refused to endorse last year and HMG overrode them.

Yep, and it wasn’t HMG that overruled the commission it was Johnson personally.

[GigiBronz]

reading "Money Land by Oliver Bullough" atm.

considering his net wealth and the business he is in, I am quite surprised how the transaction got caught...

[OwlHoot]

I didn't know he was a big Vote Leave donator until i read the OP's link, now i like him even more!

Is he by Gad? We need more people like him in the HoL!

[Fraidycat]

I have always liked him and his story, was a customer of his spread bet firm back in the day. He used to reply to some of my email queries.

"Born in Hackney, east London, a lack of family finances forced him to leave Shoreditch comprehensive school with no qualifications at the age of 15, despite having the academic ability.

In 1989 he established his own company, CMC Markets plc, with a capital of £10,000. It is now worth an estimated £1.25bn"



I didn't know he was a big Vote Leave donator until i read the OP's link, now i like him even more!

[ladymuck]

Oh this is the guy the Lords Appointment Commission refused to endorse last year and HMG overrode them.

[ladymuck]

I know I should be really bloody angry about this but all I can muster is 'FFS'.

[DaveB]

Get yourself a seat in the Lords.

Peter Cruddas: Peer donated £500,000 to Conservative Party days after joining House of Lords

And don't worry about those awkward court cases old chap, nothing to be bothered about.