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Thread on Keir Starmer's donors

I will highlight some of Starmer's backers on this thread.

During the #LabourLeadership campaign Keir Starmer refused to disclose his donors. #LabourParty #StarmerForSale

Martin Taylor gave Starmer £95k for his leadership bid, Taylor also funded the 2016 chicken coup by donating £80k.

"Labour Tomorrow & Saving Labour" invested £449,860 to take down Corbyn back in 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/21/anti-corbyn-group-funded-tony-blair-spin-doctor-benjamin-wegg-prosser

During the Ed Miliband years, Martin Taylor donated £600,000 to the Labour Party which apparently went unnoticed.

Martin Taylor was the the founder of Nevsky Capital, which run a £1 billion ($1.5bn) hedge fund. Nevsky Capital ceased trading in 2016. https://www.ft.com/content/6e3185ca-cf55-11e4-9949-00144feab7de

Labour’s ‘mystery donor’ revealed as hedge fund manager

Commonplace name meant Martin Taylor’s £600,000 donations went unnoticed

https://www.ft.com/content/6e3185ca-cf55-11e4-9949-00144feab7de

2015 Article

Labour’s ‘Martin Taylor’ question: Who is Miliband’s £600k donor? https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2015-03-17/labours-martin-taylor-question-who-is-milibands-600k-donor

Labour’s ‘Martin Taylor’ question: Who is Miliband’s £600k donor?

The first comprehensive analysis of all cash donations given to Labour from outside trade unions since the last election highlights concerns over party’s pledge to be transparent about its funders.

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2015-03-17/labours-martin-taylor-question-who-is-milibands-600k-donor

In 2016 Martin Taylor funded Dan Jarvis because he was seen as a challenger to replace Jeremy Corbyn according to Murdoch's stooge. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jarvis-copy-dgpb8bx3n

Hedge fund donor to Labour backs ex-Para for leader

One of Labour’s biggest private donors has made a donation to Dan Jarvis in a sign that the MP is seen increasingly as a challenger to replace Jeremy Corbyn.Mr Jarvis, a former paratrooper, received

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jarvis-copy-dgpb8bx3n

Keir Starmer received £50,000 donation from pro-israel lobbyist Trevor Chinn in leadership bid.

Trevor Chinn is a member of the executive committee of the British Israel Communications and Research Centre (BICOM). #StarmerForSale https://www.thecanary.co/exclusive/2020/04/17/keir-starmer-received-50000-donation-from-pro-israel-lobbyist-in-leadership-bid/

Keir Starmer received £50,000 donation from pro-Israel lobbyist in leadership bid | The Canary

New Starmer funding revealed

https://www.thecanary.co/exclusive/2020/04/17/keir-starmer-received-50000-donation-from-pro-israel-lobbyist-in-leadership-bid/

BICOM Trevor Chinn has funded various Labour MPs over the years including Tony Blair, Ruth Smeeth, Liz Kendall, Tom Watson, Dan Jarvis, David Lammy, Owen Smith, Lisa Nandy, Tristram Hunt, Jack Dromey, Ian Austin, Rachel Reeves, Liam Byrne, Joan Ryan [Labour Friends of Israel]

Peter Coates, the multimillionaire founder of Bet365 donated £25,000 towards Keir Starmer's leadership campaign.

Coates gave more than £400,000 to Labour during the Miliband years. #StarmerForSale https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/26/labour-donors-assem-allam-peter-coates-breakaway-new-party-jeremy-corbyn

Labour donors express dismay but do not all want new party set up

Major donors under Ed Miliband, including Assem Allam and Peter Coates, divided on merits of creating breakaway centrist party

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/26/labour-donors-assem-allam-peter-coates-breakaway-new-party-jeremy-corbyn

Jonathan Kestenbaum gave Starmer £5k for his leadership bid. he is the COO of RIT Capital, formerly Rothschild Investment.

Kestenbaum was Chief Executive of the Office of the Chief Rabbi & then Chief Executive of the United Jewish Israel Appeal https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/67-peers-tell-corbyn-you-havent-opened-your-eyes-you-havent-told-the-truth

67 peers tell Corbyn: ‘You haven’t opened your eyes, you haven’t told the truth’

A third of Labour politicians in the House of Lords take out full-page Guardian advert hitting out at the party leader

https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/67-peers-tell-corbyn-you-havent-opened-your-eyes-you-havent-told-the-truth

Jonathan Kestenbaum was one of the 67 Labour peers who took out a full-page propaganda piece in the @guardian. Signatories included Iain McNicol, Peter Hain & Peter Mandelson. Throughout Corbyn’s tenure the Guardian attacked Corbyn relentlessly along with the entire British media

Jonathan Kestenbaum chairs the Balfour Steering Committe on behalf of the Rothschild Foundation.

Kestenbaum was given a life time peerage by David Cameron. He entered the House of Lords on 26 January 2011 and sits on the Labour benches. https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2017/6/14/balfour-centenary-is-being-used-for-propaganda-not-peace

Balfour centenary is being used for propaganda not peace

Comment: Planned celebrations of the Balfour Declaration are serving...

https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2017/6/14/balfour-centenary-is-being-used-for-propaganda-not-peace

Gail Rebuck gave Starmer £4k for his leadership bid. Rebuck was made a Labour peer in 2014 by Ed Miliband.

She was the Board of Tony Blair Faith Foundation. As chief executive of Random House she paid £4.6 million advance to Tony Blair for his memoirs. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/sep/13/gail-rebuck-tony-blair-random-house

How Gail Rebuck turned Tony Blair's book into a bestseller

The boss of Random House on the former prime minister's memoirs. By Jane Martinson

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/sep/13/gail-rebuck-tony-blair-random-house

Gail Rebuck was nominated as a peer by Ed Miliband in August 2014. Her husband, Philip Gould was given a lifetime peerage by Tony Blair On 7 June 2004.

Rebuck was one of the 67 signatories on the propaganda hit piece in the @guardian against Corbyn. https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/gail-rebuck-nominated-as-a-peer-by-ed-miliband-1.56121

Media mogul & chair of Asos, Waheed Alli gave Starmer £100,000 for his leadership bid, Alli was made a life peer by Tony Blair.

Alli was one of the 67 signatories on the propaganda hit piece in the @guardian claiming Corbyn is "anti-Semitic" https://www.standard.co.uk/business/meet-waheed-alli-the-labour-peer-suffering-birth-pangs-of-india-s-answer-to-asos-a4183176.html

Clive Hollick gave Keir Starmer £25,000 for his leadership bid, he has interests in Banking & Media.

Hollick was the Chief Executive of United News & Media (Daily Express & Daily Star) UNM dropped their longstanding support for Tories in favour of Blair. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/apr/22/dailyexpress.pressandpublishing

Express gives up on Blair

The Daily Express has switched its allegiance to the Tories after seven years supporting Labour. Richard Desmond's paper says the sooner Britain is rid of the party the better. It attacks its...

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/apr/22/dailyexpress.pressandpublishing

Joan Bakewell gave Starmer £5k for his leadership bid; she previously donated £10k to Miliband who gave her a lifetime peerage.

Bakewell was one of the signatory to the full-page propaganda piece on the @guardian claiming Jeremy Corbyn is "anti-semitic". https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/nov/18/joan-bakewell-labour-house-lords

Joan Bakewell expected to be made Labour peer

Joan Bakewell, broadcaster and Labour's tsar for the elderly, is one of Labour's 10 appointments to House of Lords

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/nov/18/joan-bakewell-labour-house-lords

Martin Clarke who was the Chief Financial Officer of @TheAA_UK & a former executive of private equity firm Permira gave Starmer £25k for his leadership bid.

Clarke was anti-Corbyn from the beginning, he is close to Chuka Umunna & is the co-architect of Change UK #StarmerForSale

Lady Katherine Gavron gave Starmer £5k for his leadership bid; she is the widow of printing millionaire Robert Gavron, who funded Tony Blair to the tune of £500,000, he was described as part of the ‘Blairite Aristocracy’, having been appointed as a life peer in 1997 by Blair.

Peter Droussiotis: CEO of PGD Strategy donated £2.5k towards Starmer’s leadership. He is also Chairman of UK Cyprus Enterprise.

Droussiotis seems to enjoy Oakeshott's joke about Corbyn. He isn't a fan of the Turkish President so hopefully that £2.5k won’t buy a war with Turkey.

Denise Kingsmill who was appointed as a life peer in 2006 by Tony Blair donated £2,000 towards Keir Starmer’s leadership campaign.

Kingsmill was one of the 67 Labour peers who took out a full-page propaganda hit piece on the @guardian claiming Jeremy Corbyn is "anti-semitic".

Felicia Nicolette Gavron gave Starmer £2,000 for his leadership bid; she was married to printing millionaire Robert Gavron from 1967 to 1987, Baron Gavron funded Tony Blair to the tune of £500k.

Nicky Gavron was Former Deputy Mayor of London under Ken Livingstone (2004 - 2008).

Robert Latham, a retired barrister who has been outspokenly anti-Corbyn gave his former colleague Keir Starmer £100,000 towards his labour leadership campaign. Latham is an admirer of Tony Blair. A lifetime peerage awaits perhaps? http://westendextra.com/article/belief-in-the-betterment-of-society-seems-to-have-gone

Howard Dawber donated £1,000 towards Keir Starmer’s leadership campaign. Mr Dawber is the Managing Director of Canary Wharf Group plc.

Miranda Grell donated £2,000 towards Starmer’s leadership campaign; Ms Grell is a barrister 10KW, She is a former Labour Party councillor and was convicted in September 2007 for making false allegation of paedophilia against her political opponent. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/l

Mr Alexander Silverleaf donated £2,500 towards Keir Starmer’s leadership campaign; back in 2016 Mr Silverleaf also donated £2,500 towards Owen Smith’s bid for the Labour leadership in the chicken coup.

Story: https://legalcheek.com/2012/06/top-qc-in-wnker-hand-gesture-shame

Smith 2016: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem

Top QC In W*nker Hand Gesture Shame - Legal Cheek

Barrister delivers annoying speech. Rival barrister rolls his eyes, turns to his junior and conspiratorially...

https://legalcheek.com/2012/06/top-qc-in-wnker-hand-gesture-shame

Founder & Managing Director of Pensions & Investment Research Consultants Ltd (PIRC Ltd), Alan MacDougall donated £6,500 towards Keir Starmer’s leadership campaign. Mr MacDougall is no fan of Jeremy Corbyn or Seumas Milne or Steve Howell. #Starmergeddon #StarmerForSale

Clive Hollick gave Keir Starmer £50,000 in total for his leadership bid.

Baron Hollick was one of the 67 Labour Peers who took out a full-page propaganda piece on the @guardian claiming Jeremy Corbyn is "anti-semitic"

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/may/13/executivesalaries.executivepay
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/may/13/executivesalaries.executivepay

Ian Rosenblatt gave Starmer £5k for his leadership bid; during the Miliband years he gave Labour more than £65,000 according to the @guardian. In 2016 Rosenblatt resigned his membership & said he would not be funding the party whilst Corbyn remains leader. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/05/labour-donor-exodus-struggling-fund-general-election-corbyn

Labour's donor exodus 'will leave it struggling to fund general election'

Sources say departure of private donors amid leadership turmoil and £5m EU referendum bill has hurt party’s finances

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/05/labour-donor-exodus-struggling-fund-general-election-corbyn

Keir Starmer's biggest backers are all Blairites.

Baron Alli - £100k
Robert Latham - £100k
Martin Taylor - £95k
Lord Hollick - £50k
Trevor Chinn - £50k
Unison - £41k
Martin Clarke - £25k
Peter Coates - £25k
Community - £25k
USDAW - £25k

Total: £536k https://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?p=25353

TheyWorkForYou

TheyWorkForYou is a website which makes it easy to keep track of your local MP's activities.

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?p=25353

In 2016 Billionaire hedge fund manager Martin Taylor gave £180,000 towards a campaign to take down Corbyn. Liberal Democrat peer Matthew Oakeshott also gave £25,000 to "Labour Tomorrow" which was setup by rabid Blairite David Blunkett. #StarmerForSale https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/revealed-hedge-fund-manager-and-ex-lib-dem-peer-among-donors-to-anti-corbyn-labour-fund-a7193556.html

Lib Dem peer is one of the biggest donors to the new anti-Corbyn Labour campaign

New anti-Corbyn Labour centrist organisation 'Labour Tomorrow' set up by David Blunkett is being bankrolled by one of the party's biggest donors

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/revealed-hedge-fund-manager-and-ex-lib-dem-peer-among-donors-to-anti-corbyn-labour-fund-a7193556.html

"Labour Tomorrow" "Saving Labour" invested £449,860 to take down Corbyn back in 2016 according to this article.

Wegg-Prosser "loaned" £10k towards taking Corbyn down. he was Peter Mandelson's adviser who now runs Global Counsel chaired by Mandelson. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/21/anti-corbyn-group-funded-tony-blair-spin-doctor-benjamin-wegg-prosser

New anti-Corbyn group is funded by former Tony Blair spin doctor

Benjamin Wegg-Prosser loaned £10,000 to Labour Tomorrow, whose other backers include former Gordon Brown adviser

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/21/anti-corbyn-group-funded-tony-blair-spin-doctor-benjamin-wegg-prosser

Benjamin Wegg-Prosser was Tony Blair's Director of Strategic Communications. He previously worked for the Guardian & Russian SUP Media. Wegg-Prosser is the managing partner of Global Counsel & director of LabourList.

Peter Mandelson is Co-founder & Chairman of Global Counsel.

The Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska who gave hospitality to Peter Mandelson was revealed to have links to the former boss of one of Russia's most powerful criminal gangs in 2008. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/peter-mandelson-oligarch-oleg-deripaska-linked-to-mafia-boss-0jx60pvcdls

Peter Mandelson oligarch Oleg Deripaska linked to mafia boss

The Russian oligarch who gave hospitality to Peter Mandelson is this weekend revealed to have been linked to the former boss of one of Russia's most powerful criminal gangs. A High Court judgment

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/peter-mandelson-oligarch-oleg-deripaska-linked-to-mafia-boss-0jx60pvcdls

Good take on Mandelson & the Russian oligarch.

Peter Mandelson, Oleg Deripaska and George Osborne https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/oct/21/mandelson-georgeosborne

Q&A: Peter Mandelson, Oleg Deripaska and George Osborne

How did the row start, who is involved and what are they supposed to have done?

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/oct/21/mandelson-georgeosborne

In 2018 Peter Mandelson’s Global Counsel won a contract to advise Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s companies on climate change policy. https://www.ft.com/content/57f8a214-23aa-11e8-add1-0e8958b189ea?segmentid=acee4131-99c2-09d3-a635-873e61754ec6

Mandelson’s advisory group working with Deripaska’s EN+

Labour peer had come under fire for staying on Russian oligarch’s yacht in Corfu

https://www.ft.com/content/57f8a214-23aa-11e8-add1-0e8958b189ea?segmentid=acee4131-99c2-09d3-a635-873e61754ec6

Keir Starmer is a member of the Trilateral Commission.

David Rockefeller and Zbigniew Brzezinski founded the Trilateral Commission in 1973 to promote #Neoliberalism & undermine democracy.

[Noam Chomsky on the Trilateral Commission]

"Lively discussion this morning @ Trilateral Commission. Different points of view is an understatement: different visions for Britain!" Keir Starmer 04/11/2017

Unison donated £41,000 towards Starmer's leadership campaign. Emilie Oldknow is the Assistant General Secretary of Unison. She is Starmer's favourite to replace Jennie Formby.

@DavePrentis promised to back all Labour HQ staff in the leaked #LabourReport according to reports

USDAW bankrolled Keir Starmer with £25,000.

The @UsdawUnion "represent" some of the most underpaid workers in the country! Looking at Starmer's millionaire backers it makes no sense!

Starmer refused to vote against austerity along with 184 Labour MPs under Ed Miliband's reign!

Rajesh Agrawal donated £5.000 towards Keir Starmer’s leadership campaign. He is the Deputy Mayor of London for Business, founder of RationalFX & Xendpay international money transfer services

Responsibilities: Chair of London & Partners

Salary: £132,664 https://www.london.gov.uk/people/mayoral/rajesh-agrawal

Rajesh Agrawal

https://www.london.gov.uk/people/mayoral/rajesh-agrawal

CROWNHAWK PROPERTIES Ltd donated £6,521.80 towards Keir Starmer’s leadership campaign for the Labour Party. The company is registered at a residential address and has no known website.

Director: Joanne Mary Humphreys & Roderick Havard Lloyd

DCD London & Mutual PLC donated £5,000 towards Keir Starmer’s leadership campaign. The company operates as a financial asset management group with a core focus on property. There are several other registered businesses under dictators.

https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/02896868/officers

Ecotricity Group Ltd donated £20,000 towards Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership campaign. Ecotricity is an energy company which claims to specialise in selling green energy. #StarmerForSale

Web: https://www.ecotricity.co.uk

CH: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03521776/officers

Ecotricity

Choosing green energy makes the biggest difference to fighting climate change - switch to green electricity and green gas for your home or business.

https://www.ecotricity.co.uk

Mancunian Way Properties LLP donated £5,000 towards Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership campaign.

https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/OC425695/officers

Construction and Property Solutions Ltd donated £5,000 towards Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership campaign. https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07773717/officers

Khalidoscope Services Ltd donated £5,000 towards Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership campaign. https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07577676/officers

List of all other Keir Starmer private donors – I haven’t been able to verify their identity therefore can’t provide more info on these individuals. I am sure Starmer will reward all his donors sooner or later, some more than others of course.

Total on this list = £64,458

Labour Party MPs funded by pro-Israel lobbyist Trevor Chinn of BICOM.

Chaim "Poju" Zabludowicz is the founder & former Chairman of the Britain Israel Communications & Research Centre. Zabludowicz has donated a total of £380,000 to the Tory Party. https://twitter.com/BossLarkin/status/1252215674367328256?s=19

https://twitter.com/BossLarkin/status/1252215674367328256?s=19

Martin Taylor's comeback into the hedge fund game was the biggest in Europe in 2019. Taylor's Crake Asset Management LLP raised $1.6 Billion and started trading from October 2019. #LabourParty https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-04/crake-raises-1-6-billion-in-biggest-european-hedge-fund-startup

Crake Raises $1.6 Billion in Biggest European Hedge Fund Startup

Martin Taylor, who shuttered Nevsky Capital more than three years ago, has returned to the industry with the biggest hedge fund startup in Europe this year.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-04/crake-raises-1-6-billion-in-biggest-european-hedge-fund-startup

In March 2015 it emerged Nevsky Capital had a £10million stake in United Health, an American private healthcare giant which runs NHS-funded GP surgeries. Martin Taylor invested a lot of money taking down Corbyn & is back in the hedge fund game #LabourParty https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3006673/Multi-millionaire-hedge-fund-boss-gave-600-000-Labour-stands-cash-privatisation-NHS-services.html

Millionaire Labour donor stands to cash in from NHS privatisation

Martin Taylor - unveiled last week as the party’s fourth largest donor since 2012 - heads up a firm with a £10million stake in a US private healthcare giant which has run NHS-funded GP surgeries.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3006673/Multi-millionaire-hedge-fund-boss-gave-600-000-Labour-stands-cash-privatisation-NHS-services.html

Martin Taylor's hedge fund, Nevsky Capital was based in the Cayman Islands, a secretive tax haven where investors can protect their identities and can avoid paying tax on profits.

In 2014 UnitedHealth Group was seeking £1bn worth of NHS contracts. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/30/nhs-bosses-summits-contracts-unitedhealth-insurer

Calls for greater disclosure on NHS chiefs' meetings with private US health insurer

Critics warn of more privatisation as UnitedHealth leads firms seeking £1bn worth of contracts

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/30/nhs-bosses-summits-contracts-unitedhealth-insurer

Simon Stevens, the current Chief Executives of the NHS was the Senior Executive at UnitedHealth.

Before moving to UnitedHealth he was a key player in the direction of the NHS under Tony Blair where he championed the use of privately-run treatment centres https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/oct/23/simon-stevens-nhs-chief-private-past-uk

Simon Stevens: new NHS chief executive with a private past

Prior to taking on one of the toughest jobs in public life, Stevens was a hospital porter who rose to become a key player in the direction of the NHS under Tony Blair’s government

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/oct/23/simon-stevens-nhs-chief-private-past-uk

Keir Starmer's Communication Director, Ben Nunn worked as a lobbyist for private healthcare. Incisive Health are paid to represent top NHS privatisers like Virgin Care, Ramsay Healthcare, Care UK, Circle Health.

I wonder who Mr Nunn voted for in GE19? https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/ex9qxj/richard-douglas-incisive-health-nhs-department-of-health

Bill Morgan is one of the founder of lobbying firm Incisive Health, Morgan was "Special Health Advisor" to Andrew Lansley (Health Secretary under Cameron).

Morgan sold his 33% stake in Virgin Care for £13.6million in 2019.

[3rd Pic Starmer & Ben Nunn]
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/ournhs/former-health-secretary-andrew-lansley-s-diaries-finally-released-in-nearly-full

UDG Healthcare acquired Incisive Health lobbying firm and US-based Putnam Associates in May 2019.

UDG Healthcare plc is a Dublin-based company providing clinical, commercial, lobbying and packaging services to the healthcare industry worldwide http://www.prweek.com/article/1585352

Healthcare giant acquires UK's Incisive Health and US-based Putnam Associates

Incisive Health has been acquired by the agency and clinical services group UDG Healthcare for £13.6m ($17.7m), it was announced today.

http://www.prweek.com/article/1585352

If you still haven't figured out who Keir Starmer is by now, you never will! If you still haven't figured out majority of the Labour MPs are neo-liberals then perhaps you're lost.

“I just want to give Keir Starmer my support." War Criminal Tony Blair

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