Millionaire Tory donor Stuart Wheeler was tonight dramatically expelled from the Conservative party after giving £100,000 to the rival UK Independence party (Ukip). Wheeler's expulsion was confirmed in a terse, one-line statement by a party spokesman who said: "Stuart Wheeler has been expelled from the Conservative party". The spread betting tycoon had earlier said that he was making th...
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Guardian on 29th Mar 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
Millionaire Tory donor Stuart Wheeler has been dramatically expelled from the Conservative Party after giving £100,000 to the rival UK Independence Party.
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SkyNews on 30th Mar 2009 (via news.sky.com)
Millionaire Tory donor Stuart Wheeler has been dramatically expelled from the Conservative after giving £100,000 to the rival UK Independence Party.
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SkyNews on 29th Mar 2009 (via news.sky.com)
• Betting tycoon protests at 'silence' on EU • Half of shadow cabinet are Eurosceptics, he claims The Conservative party last night expelled one of its highest profile financial backers, Sir Stuart Wheeler, after the millionaire betting tycoon donated £100,000 to the UK Independence party. In a terse one-line statement the party said: "Stuart Wheeler has been expelled...
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Guardian on 30th Mar 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
MILLIONAIRE Tory donor Stuart Wheeler was dramatically expelled from the Conservative Party last night after giving £100,000 to the rival UK Independence Party.
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Scotsman on 30th Mar 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)
Stuart Wheeler the millionaire Conservative donor has expressed his disappointment at the Tories' decision to expel him for endorsing the UK Independence Party.
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Telegraph on 30th Mar 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Stuart Wheeler the spread betting tycoon will be expelled from the Conservative Party this week after he urged Tory supporters to vote for the UK Independence Party.
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Telegraph on 29th Mar 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Interesting to read that one of the Conservative Party's biggest financial backers has given a very generous donationto the UK Independence Party last night, claiming he was fed up with David Cameron's policy on Europe. Spread-betting millionaire Stuart Wheeler said he doubted the Tory leader would hold a referendum on the EU's Lisbon Treaty &# and revealed he is giving £1...
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ATangledWeb on 29th Mar 2009 (via atangledweb.squarespace.com)
Fresh on the heels of the news that Conservative MEP Caroline Jackson is thinking of quitting the Conservative Party comes this news via The News of the World: The Tories’ top donor today told the News of the World how he has defected to the eurosceptic UK Independence Party. Spread-betting millionaire Stuart Wheeler has written a cheque
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 28th Mar 2009 (via libdemvoice.org)
One of the basic rules of a political party is that members do not incite voters to vote against the party's official candidates. It is a clear cut rule that is held by nearly all significant parties and one that has been enforced irrespective of the identity of the individuals involved. The news that Conservative Party donor Stuart Wheeler has given £100,000 to the UK Independence Part...
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timrollpickering on 29th Mar 2009 (via timrollpickering.blogspot.com)
The wealthy former Conservative Party donor Stuart Wheeler joins the UK Independence Party as treasurer.
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BBCPolitics on 10th Jan 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
