Questions have been raised over a possible conflict of interest arising from George Osborne’s announcement yesterday that he intends to break up BT as part of his plans for a broadband revolution because it “holds back” companies like Virgin and Carphone Warehouse.
The co-founder of Carphone Warehouse David Ross is a close friend of David Cameron, donating more than £130,000 to the Conservative party. A man not without controversy, he was forced to resign as Boris Johnson’s Olympic Adviser in December 2008 after breaking stock exchange rules by using £157 million of Carphone Warehouse shares to prop up his struggling property empire, and only last December he was questioned by police over an alleged assault.
Here is a detailed breakdown of his donations to the Conservative party; figures obtained from the Electoral Commission:
|
Received by |
Donor |
Date |
Donation |
Accumulation |
|
CCO |
Mr David P Ross |
09/05/2001 |
£25,000 |
£25,000 |
| CCO | David Ross | 31/03/2006 | £5,300 | £30,300 |
| CCO | Mr David Ross | 20/07/2006 | £4,460 | £34,760 |
| CCO | Mr David Ross | 02/10/2006 | £3,600 | £38,360 |
| Corby | David Ross | 06/06/2007 | £2,500 | £40,860 |
| Corby | David Ross | 19/09/2007 | £1,500 | £42,360 |
| CCO | Mr David Ross | 20/12/2007 | £41,000 | £83,360 |
| Corby | Mr David Ross | 20/12/2007 | £1,500 | £84,860 |
| Corby | Mr David P J Ross | 12/03/2008 | £1,500 | £86,360 |
| CCO | Mr David PJ Ross | 08/05/2008 | £30,500 | £116,860 |
| Corby | Mr David PJ Ross | 12/06/2008 | £1,500 | £118,360 |
| Corby | Mr David PJ Ross | 10/09/2008 | £1,500 | £119,860 |
| CCO | Mr David PJ Ross | 10/11/2008 | £8,000 | £127,860 |
| Corby | Mr David PJ Ross | 17/12/2008 | £1,500 | £129,360 |
| Corby | Mr David PJ Ross | 11/03/2009 | £1,500 | £130,860 |
| Corby | Mr David PJ Ross | 18/06/2009 | £1,500 | £132,360 |
| Corby | Mr David PJ Ross | 10/09/2009 | £1,500 | £133,860 |
The Conservative party were unavailable for comment.
17 Responses to “Tory conflict of interest over BT break-up”
ray odonnell
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Albert
im sure in the mind of David Ross these are not donations… they are investments. Ross seems desperate to squeeze out all other shareholders at cosalt plc so that all his buddies in high places can award the wind energy contracts to him and he can pocket millions.