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27 Feb, 11 tweets, 3 min read

🚨Anas Sarwar: Donor Speed Thread🚨

After wealthy donors forced out Richard Leonard, we thought it would be a good idea to scrutinize the donors that have bankrolled his successor!

Read on to discover who's money is now doing the talking in Scot Labour! 👇👇👇

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Donor information for Sarwar and Lennon in 2021 has not yet been registered.

Sarwar's donors have been taken from his 2017 contest with Richard Leonard.

We surmise some if not all will have provided financial support to his 2020 campaign.

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Lord William Haughey
£10,000
(2017)

Labour Peer. 425th on Times Rich List with fortune of £309M. ScotLab donor and key architect of Starmer conference call in which Haughey threatened to withhold donations unless Leader Richard Leonard was removed.

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evolvepolitics.com/scottish-labou…

PG Paper Ltd
£40,000
(2017)

Paper manufacturer founded by Scot-Indian businesswoman Poonam Gupta OBE. Her husband Puneet is founder and chair of Scottish Conservative Friends of BAME.

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scbame.com/board-members/

Perveen Sarwar
£20,000
(2017)

Chair of Sarwar foundation. Wife of Mohammad Sarwar MP. Mother of Anas Sarwar MSP.

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sarwarfoundation.org/team/perveen-s…

United Brands Ltd
£41,000
(2017)

Wholesale retailer. Asim Sarwar, brother of Anas is a Director of the Company.

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Kasim Gulzar Ltd
£40,000
(2017)

Pharmaceutical company that became Rightdose Healthcare Ltd (now dissolved). Former Director is Asim Sarwar, a long time business associate of Gulzar.

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United Tradeston Ltd
£2691
(2017)

Company registered purpose as "buying and selling of own Real Estate." Only registered Director is Asim Sarwar.

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From 6 donors Anas Sarwar received £153,691. £103,691 was from 4 donors that were either a family member or a business linked to a family member. None were trade unions.

For context, Richard Leonard received £68,530 in donations from 12 donors. 6 of these were Trade Unions.

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As with CorbynVStarmer the 2017 ScotLab leader race was between a millionaire MSP, bankrolled by family and other millionaires, vs an MSP funded by Trade Unions.

Leonards victory was a victory for Leftwing values.

Sarwars 2020 victory is a victory for anti Left-wing values.
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MSPs have 30 days to register donations.

Register of Interests Sources:

beta.parliament.scot/msps/current-a…

beta.parliament.scot/msps/current-a…

Monica Lennon currently has no financial gifts registered:

beta.parliament.scot/msps/current-a…

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