🚨Andrew Bowie: A Thread🚨

If you want to know why Tory vice-Chairman Andrew Bowie had no response to@georgemonbiot (accurate) accusation he is part of the dysfunctional WM elite that we in Scotland are better off without, check out our quick expose of his donors!👇👇👇

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Angelica Salvesen
£4500

Wife of Andrew Salvesen, a member of the Salvesen shipping and whaling dynasty, which has a combined family wealth of £472 Million.

Total registered Salvesen family donations to Conservatives:

£73,950

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Gigi Salomon
£7500

Married to William H Salomon, an investment banker and trustee of right-wing think-tank Policy Exchange.

Total Salomon family registered donations to the Conservative Party:

£710,884

/3
Lord Philip Harris of Peckham
£2000

Conservative Peer and millionaire businessman, he is a member of the Leaders group of elite Conservative donors and donated £50,000 to Vote Leave.

Total registered Conservative donations:

£974,409.

/4
Stalbury Trustees
£5000

Thatcher linked group funded by the Marquess of Salisbury, whos family has been influencing UK, and global, politics for centuries!

Total Conservative donation on register:

£917,838 since 2001(we estimate over £1M since 1979)

/5

the-free-press.co.uk/2021/01/24/sta…
International Republican Institute
£2000 (Trip)

American "non-partisan" right-wing think-tank/lobby group."Non-profit" organisation once chaired by John McCain with a USD Million budget. Accused of fomenting coups/subversion in several countries.
/6

nytimes.com/2008/07/28/us/…
Conservative Friends of Israel
£2650 (Trip)

"works to promote its twin aims of supporting Israel and promoting Conservatism in the UK...CFI is active at every level of the Conservative Party."

Registered donations:
£516,124

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cfoi.co.uk/aboutcfi/

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