More questions about tory fundraising

Peter Welch — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 10:54:09 +0100

Last week we listed a string of issues about Tory finances. This week a new story has emerged.

According to the Observer

It was a poker night with a difference. Renowned Australian cricketer Shane Warne teamed up with millionaire ecologist Zac Goldsmith to entice the rich and famous to pay £10,000 a head to play cards at an exclusive London members' club.
The aim, thought most of guests there, was to raise money for charity and those who turned out included Sting, his wife Trudi Styler, Goldsmith's sister Jemima Khan, her partner Hugh Grant, the footballer Teddy Sheringham and Tom Parker Bowles. There were also various additional members of the Goldsmith clan, including Zac's wife, Sheherazade, who was the centre of media attention after rumours that her husband had been having a relationship with Alice Rothschild, the sister of his younger brother, Ben's wife, Kate.

But today The Observer can reveal that the event was actually planned by Goldsmith in part to raise thousands of pounds for the Conservative party through a company run by his cousin Alex.

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