As Adam Boulton says, the Oldham by-election has produced another noteworthy moment. And, in this case, it's one of the smaller parties making the splash. In a press conference in the constituency this afternoon, UKIP confirmed that Stuart Wheeler has joined their party as treasurer. This is, of course, the Stuart Wheeler who gave £millions to the Tories during the wilderness year after ...

The wealthy former Conservative Party donor Stuart Wheeler joins the UK Independence Party as treasurer.

Tycoon and former Conservative donor Stuart Wheeler says his Trust Party will clean up politics after the expenses scandal.

From the Tories to UKIP, Stuart Wheeler has now moved on to found the Trust Party, according to a teaser in the Mail. Launch is tomorrow. Leaving aside the (so far) implicit criticism of Farage and UKIP in Wheeler's action, it seems planning is at an early stage, with only one other candidate in place and one more possible. Apart from financial honesty in politics and condign punishment for t...

Stuart Wheeler, the man who gave the Conservative Party £5 million, is forming his own political party and standing for Parliament.  Prominent anti-EU campaigner Wheeler, who was expelled by the Tories last year after making a donation to UKIP, will announce tomorrow that he has set up the Trust Party and will fight Bexhill MP Greg Barker at the Genera...

I've blogged before about the problems that David Cameron will encounter from his own party's right wing should he enter power. Cameron the liberal moderniser is in a minority within his own party. Now the Guardian's Michael White has written about the problem of Cameron's right-wing enemies, having been to a reception held by Stuart Wheeler (former Tory financier) and addressed by Norman Tebbit. ...

Dear Stanley, Nearly two years ago, in July 2007, you took great exception to a blogpost I wrote which suggested that party donors should be seen and not heard. When we met to discuss it we had a good laugh about it and buried the hatchet. I explained my motives for writing it and you told me why I was wrong. Since then Stuart Wheeler has been expelled from the Party for declaring his support for ...

UKIP supporter Stuart Wheeler today attacked David Cameron for continuing to mislead the British public over an EU referendum. Following the Tory leader's interview on BBC Radio's Today programme, the spread betting millionaire said: "David Cameron is showing contempt for the British people by continuing to be evasive over his so-called 'pledge' to hold a referendum on the EU c...

Lord Tebbit nearly did a Stuart Wheeler, by telling people not to vote for the main three parties at the EU Elections (and nobody missed the fact that would include the Conservative Party, to whom he was once Chairman)... The difference with Mr Wheeler being that Mr Tebbit did stop short of encouraging a specific alternative and also, did not stump up £100,000 to UKIP. Mr Tebbits words were: "Loc...

Iain Dale's favourite cleric feels that Iain Dale has become a miserable sinner and asks whether the wretch should be shriven or ex-communicated from The Fat Cats Party. Hot on the heels of Iain's Bunker Tantrums "Damned Again!" over losing the Booker Prize "Orwell" comes the revelation that having called a storm down on poor old former Fat Cats Party donor Stuart Wheeler's ass, Iai...