Re: Disgraced multi-millionaire ex-Tory treasurer Peter Cruddas gives the party £500,000
https://www.businessinsider.com/disg...21-6?r=US&IR=T
The Appointments Commission was unable to support the nomination owing to concerns over allegations made following an investigation by undercover reporters from the Sunday Times after he offered them access to the then Prime Minister David Cameron in exchange for £250,000 in donations.
Following the Sunday Times's story, Cruddas stepped down as co-treasurer of the Conservative Party. He would go on to sue the Sunday Times for libel, initially winning £180,000 in damages. The Sunday Times then appealed the judgment, with
judges in the court of appeal reducing the damages to £50,000, after they
ruled that the paper's central allegation of selling access to Cameron and other senior politicians were accurate.
The judges described Cruddas's actions as
"unacceptable, inappropriate and wrong".
BJ later saw it differently:
"The most serious accusations levelled at the time were found to be
untrue and libellous. In order to avoid any ongoing concern, Mr Cruddas resigned from his post, and offered an apology for any impression of impropriety, and reflecting his particular concern for integrity in public life."
BJ's penchant for lying used to be a joke when he was the Clown Mayor of London but his "antisocial" habit has now been caught by his cabinet, particularly "Soapy" Hancock, and is rapidly becoming standard procedure for cabinet members in order to rewrite parliamentary history for the minds of the gullible masses .....