But at least we will have given Johnny Foreigner a jolly good what for.
Six of the best, trousers down.
But at least we will have given Johnny Foreigner a jolly good what for.
The campaign to leave the European Union was funded largely by five of the UK’s richest businessmen, including the co-owner of Crystal Palace, according to a study.
The quintet together gave almost £15m to Brexiteers, with a total of £24.1m in donations and loans given to leave campaign groups in the five months leading to the referendum.
A study of finances by The Sunday Times Rich List found that business leaders accounted for 71 per cent of finances for both sides of the Brexit battle.
Crystal Place co-owner Jeremy Hosking paid £1.69m to leave campaigners.
Last week it emerged the Leave.EU campaign, which he co-founded, faces an investigation by the Electoral Commission over potentially impermissible donations.
The other three donors are investment billionaire Peter Hargreves, motor entrepreneur Lord Edmiston and hedge fund manager Crispin Odey.
Lord Salisbury of Turville was the remain campaign’s biggest donor, giving 4.2m to pro-Eu groups, according to the study.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/b...richest-businessmen-study-finds-a3521571.html
Brexit campaign mostly funded by five of UK's richest businessmen, study finds
On a practical level, no. But it confirms for me that Brexit was a bad idea - anything that people with that kind of money are in favour of is rarely good for the likes of your or I.Thanks for that information, does it actually mean anything to anybody though?
On a practical level, no. But it confirms for me that Brexit was a bad idea - anything that people with that kind of money are in favour of is rarely good for the likes of your or I.
It does conveniently fail to mention where the Remain funding came from though, unless both sets of donations are compared then one on its own means nothing
It does conveniently fail to mention where the Remain funding came from though, unless both sets of donations are compared then one on its own means nothing
This is true.
Remain could have been rich folk instead of salt of the earth hard working self starters like Farage....
Especially since some remain campaigners appear to have very deep pockets.
Which is supposed to mean what?
Meaning they're all rich but not everyone was hoodwinked in to thinking otherwise at any point.
Especially since some remain campaigners appear to have very deep pockets.
...except when it comes to paying corporation tax and paying above minimum wage.
The Remain side, of course, had the full weight and resources of the British government behind it, including the famous £9million leaflet drop courtesy of the taxpayer. I wonder if Remain included that in the list of expenses submitted to the Electoral Commission?
Even now we have the likes of Blair, Branson and Miller contributing vast sums to try to undermine the democratic vote taken last June.
How the first stage of Brexit negotiations went
The Remain side, of course, had the full weight and resources of the British government behind it, including the famous £9million leaflet drop courtesy of the taxpayer. I wonder if Remain included that in the list of expenses submitted to the Electoral Commission?
Even now we have the likes of Blair, Branson and Miller contributing vast sums to try to undermine the democratic vote taken last June.
The Remain side, of course, had the full weight and resources of the British government behind it, including the famous £9million leaflet drop courtesy of the taxpayer. I wonder if Remain included that in the list of expenses submitted to the Electoral Commission?
Even now we have the likes of Blair, Branson and Miller contributing vast sums to try to undermine the democratic vote taken last June.
Evidence?Even now we have the likes of Blair, Branson and Miller contributing vast sums to try to undermine the democratic vote taken last June.
I too think there should have been a threshold for something so important, and a tough one too -- certainly more than 50% of all registered electors.Democratic vote? Only 37% of eligible voters, and two out of the four nations of the UK, voted Leave.
IMO that is not a big enough mandate for such a major constitutional change with potentially far-reaching consequences.
It was very short-sighted of David Cameron to only require a simple majority: he should have imposed a minimum threshold of 40% or 50% of all registered voters (not just those who actually voted) and all four, or at least three out of the four, nations of the UK voting Leave for Brexit to happen.
In many other countries that use referenda, such as Switzerland, a two-thirds majority is often needed to overturn the status quo, I believe.
What were the options? A referendum had been offered, legitimately by the prime minister. The question was in or out the EU. A majority of voters crossed the out box. Cameron's alternatives were to approach the EU again, ask for concessions which the commission were almost certainly not going to offer having sent him away with a flea in his ear weeks before, or go the British people and say thanks for your opinion but I've decided to do nothing after all. How was that going to work out? It would remove the possibility of a referendum in perpetuity because no one would bother to vote. Parties like UKIP would see their vote increase exponentially as they'd point out, quite reasonably, that the government was undemocratic, and Britain's Brexit negotiating position with the EU would be completely untenable. It would be straight out, no settling the tab or trade swaps and far right reactionaries calling all the shots.I too think there should have been a threshold for something so important, and a tough one too -- certainly more than 50% of all registered electors.
However, Cameron in his wisdom did not write anything like that in. On the other hand, the referendum Act did not make the result binding on parliament -- it was advisory only. Could it just be that no-one thought that in the event of such a narrow majority for change parliament would automatically go ahead with Brexit -- until Cameron himself appeared in Downing Street to tell us all that the British people had spoken ?
Evidence?
Richard Bransons Virgin Group is to help bankroll a campaign set up in secret by Blairite former ministers and advisers to derail Brexit, The Independent can reveal.
An email seen by The Independent highlights the scale of backing the group has already secured. It shows the campaign has been months in the planning and claims substantial progress has already been made, including the identification of an excellent potential CEO. The memo was written by Alan Milburn, who was one of Tony Blairs closest cabinet allies.
It reveals the group has heavy financial, political and corporate backing and is receiving advice and support from a host of high-level business and communications organisations.
Gina Miller is Britains most loved/hated woman who is currently in the political frontline, and the millionaire business woman has now launched a crowd-funding appeal.
The campaign named Best for Britain is making cash available to pro-Remain candidates from the SNP, the Lib Dems, the Greens and Labour fighting for a seat on June 8th.
The campaign has already raised £330,000, £55,400 of which could be funnelled to the Scottish nationalists an enormous sum when you consider that the Tories are only targeting 12 seats north of the border.
As for the moneys origin, the crowdfunding page does not encourage donors to provide their name and donations are capped at £499 for electoral reasons, but there is more to this than meets the eye.
The Electoral Commission does not class any contribution under £500 as a donation, and donors therefore have no obligation to reveal their identity.
A large number of Best for Britains 11,000 backers have decided to remain anonymous.
There's no mention on what that referendum should be on. Does it mean a second referendum on membership? A referendum on the deal secured by the Government?One source said the aim of the campaign, which will launch formally in the new year, is to secure a second referendum on Brexit.
That's not what it was about. If you can't get that right, why should I think you have anything else right?Having failed with her court action to derail Brexit, Miller is now co-ordinating a nationwide campaign to financially support anti-Brexit MPs to get elected next month.
Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show on Sunday (6 November), she said: "This is not about the referendum vote. This is about how we leave the EU and the papers have behaved, in my view, disgracefully.
"I'd like to challenge them as to whether they have actually read the case? Have they actually read the judgement?
"Because the elephant in the room is that [the ruling is] actually about leaving the EU, not about reversing the EU referendum [decision]."
Responding to Marr's questions about Theresa May's piece in the Sunday Telegraph where she states MPs have already been given the vote on holding the EU referendum and that they now need to accept the will of the people, Miller said: "That's misdirection.
"The case is that she cannot use something called the Royal Prerogative to [leave the EU], because we do not live in a tin-pot dictatorship.
"We live in a country that has a sovereign parliament. So, you can't win back sovereignty at the very moment you sidestep it.
"We have the rule of law and it's British judges in a British court who have made a decision about how we leave. And so now, get on and leave. Why is she so afraid of having this debate?"
http://talkradio.co.uk/news/brexit-crusader-gina-miller-i-always-saw-myself-super-woman-17032711823Brexit crusader Gina Miller: 'I always saw myself as Super Woman'
The woman who has led the fight against Brexit has told talkRADIO she's always seen herself as super woman, and called on all of us to "keep an eye" on the Government as they take us out of the EU.
Gina Miller won a High Court battle last year, forcing the Government to get Parliamentary approval to trigger Article 50. She's also a very successful businesswoman.
Appearing on our Badass Women's Hour show, Miller said: I literally cant ever remember not thinking I was super woman. Ive always been an activist.
If a man had said that, no-one would bat an eyelid.Millers arrogance knows no bounds.
Gina Miller seems to be a pretty remote and self-serving character without a democratic mandate