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BANKERS, oil barons and a notorious union-basher were among Tory donors wined and dined by David Cameron while the government made plans to bankrupt Labour, the Morning Star can reveal.
Newly released Conservative Party documents reveal the Prime Minister was among eight ministers who entertained 39 super-rich supporters between October 1 and December 31.
Chancellor George Osborne also attended “Leader’s Group” meals, which donors must pay at least £50,000 a year to attend, in the final three months of 2015.
Labour’s toxic centrists have wealthy backers but there’s little to suggest they can win over MPs or party members in an open fight, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Martin Taylor, the hedge-fund multimillionaire who has poured millions into pushing Labour rightwards, helped finance Lucy Powell’s supposedly dissenting campaign — suggesting her victory was not the ‘soft-left’ rebellion some have claimed, says SOLOMON HUGHES
It is rather strange that Labour continues to give prestigious roles to inappropriate, controversy-mired businessmen who are also major Tory donors. What could Labour possibly be hoping to get out of it, asks SOLOMON HUGHES