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David Cameron defends tennis game with Russian donor as they 'didn't talk about Putin'

Ex-banker Lubov Chernukhin, a major donor to the Conservative Party, whose husband is President Putin’s former deputy finance minister, paid £160,000 for a match with David Cameron and Boris Johnson - in 2014

Daily Mirror

Billionaire hands £250k to Tories despite living in Bahamas for 'more than a decade'

Theatre entrepreneur John Gore handed enough to the Tories to qualify for Boris Johnson's 'secret advisory board' in a single cash donation in December last year

Daily Mirror

Labour calls for Tories to sack co-chair over Russia links

Keir Starmer said if Ben Elliot did not step back, he should be forced out.

The Independent UK

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Keir Starmer demands Tories sack co-chairman whose firm boasted of links to 'Russian elite'

Labour's leader hit out after a firm run by Ben Elliot, the co-chairman of the Conservative Party, said it provided 'luxury lifestyle management services to Russia's elite'

Daily Mirror

Give Russian-linked donations to Ukrainian charities, Labour MP tells PM

Lubov Chernukhin, whose husband was Russia’s deputy finance minister, donated £80,250 to the Conservatives at the end of 2021, new data shows.

The Independent UK

Wrong to tar all Russian-linked Tory donors with the same brush, Government says

A Foreign Office minister said many British citizens of Russian origin oppose Putin.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson is 'comfortable' with £2m of Russian-linked donations and won't review them

Labour Leader Keir Starmer has accused Boris Johnson of presiding over an "era of oligarch impunity"

Daily Mirror

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UK PM Johnson denies his party receives donations from Russian oligarchs

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson denied on Wednesday that his Conservative Party took donations from Russian oligarchs, saying all those who fund the governing party were registered in Britain.

Reuters

Ukraine crisis: Keir Starmer accuses Tories of presiding over 'era of oligarch impunity'

Labour leader Keir Starmer urged Boris Johnson to impose further sanctions on Russia at PMQs - as top Tories warned of the imminent threat of invasion of Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Truss suggests Tory donors could be sanctioned if they have links to Putin

The Foreign Secretary is facing calls for the Conservatives to hand back donated cash with Russian connections reportedly worth nearly £2 million.

The Independent UK

Replacing Erin O'Toole exposes the Conservative Party's ever-deepening divides

In voting to remove Erin O’Toole as leader, the Conservative Party of Canada’s caucus has raised the thorny question of how the different groups within contemporary conservatism can co-exist and collaborate.

The Conversation

Erin O'Toole's ouster shows the impact of leadership selection rules

Erin O'Toole is the second person to lead the Conservative Party of Canada since Stephen Harper stepped down in 2015. Why is it significant that the Conservative caucus ousted him?

The Conversation

Labour demands Tory Party pay back donations from Russians and end corruption at home

Labour orders PM Boris Johnson to break the Conservative Party links with Russia and stop dirty cash filtering through UK as Putin threatens invasion of Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson labelled ‘moral vacuum’ over Savile comments by former Tory chairman

Lord Patten says some wings of the Conservative Party have ‘turned into an English nationalist, populist, Johnsonian cult’

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The Conversation

The sun sets on Erin O'Toole as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada

When the dust settled and the caucus votes had been counted, 73 MPs from the Conservative Party of Canada voted to oust their leader, Erin O'Toole.

The Independent UK

Conservative party leader in Canada ousted by his lawmakers

The leader of Canada’s Conservative party has been ousted after a vote by the party’s lawmakers

Al Jazeera

Canada’s Conservative Party removes Erin O’Toole as leader

Confidence vote came amid growing anger over O’Toole strategy to push the opposition Conservatives closer to the centre.

Tribune News Service

Boris Johnson bats away criticism as party allegations escalate

Boris Johnson dismissed criticism about the conduct of his government after further reports of parties in Downing Street during lockdown prompted renewed pressure within his ruling Conservative Party for him to resign.

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UK Lawmaker Calls for Johnson to Resign, Submits No-Confidence Letter

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson should resign, a lawmaker in his Conservative Party said on Twitter, announcing he had submitted a letter of no confidence. Johnson has so far weathered calls to quit over parties held in his Downing Street residence and office during coronavirus lockdowns. "After a great deal…

The Independent UK

Canadian Conservative leader faces revolt by his lawmakers

The leader of Canada’s Conservative party is facing a revolt by his party’s lawmakers and could be ousted as soon as Wednesday

Evening Standard

Evening Standard Comment: The PM’s future is for his MPs to decide

Today was supposed to be D-Day. The moment at which Sue Gray’s long-awaited report would focus minds within the Conservative Party.

The Independent UK

Sarwar: Lack of independent probe into Islamophobia ‘would stink of cover-up’

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar called on the Tories to allow an independent investigation into allegations a minister was sacked over her faith.

The Independent UK

Calls for Islamophobia inquiry after Tory MP’s ‘Muslimness’ sacking claim

Nusrat Ghani said she was informed that her faith was ‘making colleagues uncomfortable’ when she lost her job as a transport minister.

ABC News

Former UK minister Nusrat Ghani says she was fired due to her 'Muslimness', but Chief Whip rejects claim

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab says the claim from Conservative Party colleague Nusrat Ghani that she was sacked as an MP partly due to her Muslim faith should be investigated if a formal complaint is made.

The Independent UK

Nusrat Ghani: PM urged to launch inquiry as MP says government failed to take Islamophobia complaints ‘seriously’

Ms Ghani alleged she was told her Muslim faith was ‘making colleagues feel uncomfortable’

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