Exclusive:Loans for Peerage Millionaire Gives His First Candid Interview
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A LABOUR millionaire at the centre of the loans-for-peerages scandal told last night how his 'whole life and reputation' had been wrecked by his decision to fund the campaign to re-elect Tony Blair.
Property tycoon Sir David Garrard, who loaned the party Pounds 2.3million and was later put forward for a seat in the Lords, is now being treated as a suspect in a police inquiry into alleged political corruption.See the full content of this document
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Exclusive:Loans for Peerage Millionaire Gives His First Candid Interview
He and several other Labour donors some of Britain's wealthiest men have, humiliatingly, been interviewed under caution by Scotland Yard. The Mail on Sunday has learned from separate sources that they gave statements but then refused to answer any questions. In an exclusive interview with this newspaper, Sir David did not A
deny he had been quizzed under caution. He said: 'I can barely believe it, let alone understand it I bailed the Labour Party out and now I am in the worst position I have ever been in in my life.' We have also learned how: .The Prime Minister and Cherie Blair personally wooed rich businessmen at intimate dinner parties at the home of Labour fundraiser Lord Levy..Levy met Sir David to urge him to make ...See the full content of this document
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