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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jon Ungoed-Thomas

Give me back my £200,000, major donor tells Tories

Mohamed Amersi
Mohamed Amersi paid £50,000 for membership of the Leader’s Group donor club. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

A major Tory party supporter is demanding the repayment of £200,000 in donations after complaining that he was excluded from elite political events and was never given auction prizes he had bid for at fundraising dinners, including breakfast with Boris Johnson.

Telecoms businessman Mohamed Amersi paid £50,000 for membership of Tory donor club the Leader’s Group in December 2020. But he says he was excluded from the invitation list for high-level events last year, and that officials were instructed not to invite him to the party’s winter ball last November.

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