Revealed: The UK government campaign to force Julian Assange from...<\/h2><\/a>\n READ MORE <\/i><\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u201cGenerous present\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nDuncan\u2019s diaries also highlight a birthday dinner held for him in June 2017 that was attended by Burnett and his wife. The dinner, held at the private Beefsteak club in London the day before the general election, was a \u201cgenerous present from David Ross\u201d, Duncan noted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ross, a businessman and co-founder of Carphone Warehouse, has funded<\/a> an array of Conservative MPs, including Duncan, and gave the Conservative Party \u00a3250,000<\/a> to fight the 2019 election. <\/p>\n\n\n\nOther guests included the Syrian-Saudi billionaire businessman Wafic Sa\u00efd. Long close<\/a> to the Saudi royal family, Sa\u00efd helped<\/a> negotiate the massive UK-Saudi arms deal known as al-Yamamah<\/em> in the 1980s. <\/p>\n\n\n\nSa\u00efd\u2019s wife, Rosemary, who was also in attendance, is another major donor<\/a> to the Conservative Party and has funded Boris Johnson. She was a guest<\/a> at David Cameron\u2019s \u201cLeader\u2019s Group\u201d meetings of key party donors. <\/p>\n\n\n\nOther attendees at Duncan\u2019s birthday dinner included William Hague, Duncan\u2019s close colleague and friend, who was foreign secretary when the UK decided<\/a> not to recognise the asylum granted to Assange by the Ecuadorian government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Duncan\u2019s diaries also highlight a birthday dinner held for him in June 2017 that was attended by Burnett and his wife. The dinner, held at the private Beefsteak club in London the day before the general election, was a \u201cgenerous present from David Ross\u201d, Duncan noted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ross, a businessman and co-founder of Carphone Warehouse, has funded<\/a> an array of Conservative MPs, including Duncan, and gave the Conservative Party \u00a3250,000<\/a> to fight the 2019 election. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Other guests included the Syrian-Saudi billionaire businessman Wafic Sa\u00efd. Long close<\/a> to the Saudi royal family, Sa\u00efd helped<\/a> negotiate the massive UK-Saudi arms deal known as al-Yamamah<\/em> in the 1980s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sa\u00efd\u2019s wife, Rosemary, who was also in attendance, is another major donor<\/a> to the Conservative Party and has funded Boris Johnson. She was a guest<\/a> at David Cameron\u2019s \u201cLeader\u2019s Group\u201d meetings of key party donors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Other attendees at Duncan\u2019s birthday dinner included William Hague, Duncan\u2019s close colleague and friend, who was foreign secretary when the UK decided<\/a> not to recognise the asylum granted to Assange by the Ecuadorian government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n