Over the past quarter of a century a dangerous new belief has sprung up in political circles. It is that ex-prime ministers have every right to enrich themselves as much as possible by exploiting the contacts and know-how they acquired in office. Tony Blair has done this on an epic scale. He has made tens … Read more
Now David Cameron faces questions on Far East trip with tycoon amid accusations he ‘blurred the lines’ with role at financial firm David Cameron faces questions over a business trip to Singapore in 2019 Cameron flew to the Asian city state to open an office for Greensill Capital Critics question if he was transparent about … Read more
The former Prime Minister, a paid advisor to Greensill, met with the then Australian finance minister Mathias Cormann at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort Davos in January last year David Cameron lobbied the Australian Government over a wage-payment app on behalf of financier Lex Greensill – but the plan was rejected … Read more
A tycoon at the centre of a lobbying scandal engulfing David Cameron boasted that the former Prime Minister set up a meeting between him and Barack Obama that paved the way for the magnate’s finance firm to strike deals across the world. Lex Greensill claimed Mr Cameron brokered an introduction to the then US President while … Read more
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Invitation snub for Tony Blair and Gordon Brown at Prince William and Kate’s wedding was ‘establishment revenge’ on the former Labour PMs, Alastair Campbell claims By Eden Confidential By Richard Eden For The Daily Mail Published: 01:58 GMT, 27 March 2021 | Updated: 01:58 GMT, 27 March 2021 When it was revealed that Tony … Read more
David Cameron CLEARED by lobbying watchdog over ‘texts to Rishi Sunak asking for millions in Covid loans’ for Greensill Capital before it collapsed into administration Ex-Tory leader faced a probe over text messages he was reported to have sent His activities were investigated by registrar of consultant lobbyists Post set up in legislation passed by … Read more
Watchdog launches formal investigation into claims David Cameron breached ‘anti-sleaze’ laws his own government introduced by ‘lobbying the Treasury to get stricken financial firm Greensill access to Covid loan schemes’ Former prime minister alleged to have lobbied Treasury on behalf of Greensill Said to have been part of efforts to increase firm’s access to Covid … Read more
When Boris Johnson ordered a £900,000 red, white and blue makeover of the RAF-issue prime ministerial plane last year, some critics questioned why the taxpayer needed to cough up nearly £1 million just so the PM could look like ‘Austin Powers on tour’. The previously sombre grey military Voyager A330 aircraft had already been refitted … Read more
When Boris Johnson ordered a £900,000 red, white and blue makeover of the RAF-issue prime ministerial plane last year, some critics questioned why the taxpayer needed to cough up nearly £1 million just so the PM could look like ‘Austin Powers on tour’. The previously sombre grey military Voyager A330 aircraft had already been refitted … Read more
David Cameron texted Rishi Sunak lobbying him to grant hundreds of millions of taxpayer-funded loans to stricken financial firm Greensill before it went bust The former prime minister is said to have texted the Chancellor’s private mobile Mr Sunak ignored most of the messages and instead referred him to officials Labour called for an inquiry … Read more