In total, the Conservatives raised more than 500 500,000 overnight for the party’s growing efforts to raise money to pay for dozens of campaign managers in the next general election. Lord Leigh of Hurley, the longtime treasurer, raised .000 40,000 asking guests to stand up if they could donate another 500 500 each. About 300 guests, in lounge suits and formal attire, enjoyed an appetizer with salmon tartare followed by beef puree with asparagus and passion fruit meringues for dessert.
It knocks on the doorstep
With the striking railway protesters at the door, the peer – who has been treasurer since Mr Cameron became opposition leader – abandoned his usual jokes to make an immediate cash offer. “If you give money to the Conservative Party and go to any bar in Kyiv and tell them you support Boris, you are guaranteed a free drink,” he said. Two dozen cabinet ministers were on the 30 tables, each with 12 seats. The only apparent absentee was Alok Sarma, who is abroad for state-owned companies. Mr. Johnson was there for 30 minutes, shaking hands and giving a short speech, even though he had sinus surgery earlier in the day. The prime minister’s speech, given the distant voice of protesting union officials outside Kensington, was described as a “horizon tour” that checked the names of almost all cabinet ministers. He joked that he was only there against the doctors’ orders because he had had a “nose job” earlier in the day, adding: “But Lynton Crosby told me to ask for my money back.”
