However, a senior
DUP source dismissed speculation about Dodds as «complete nonsense», indicating she was too young to be in the House of Lords.
Government and
DUP sources have denied that this is «protection» for the DUP, as part of their deal to keep the Conservatives in power.
Not exact matches
A month after Baker took over the role, the group accepted a donation of # 6,500 from the Constitutional Research Council — the same secretive organisation which had previously funnelled a controversial # 435,000 to the
DUP for their Brexit campaign, and which has repeatedly refused to disclose the
source of this cash.
However government
sources have insisted that the «confidence and supply» set up that will see the
DUP's 10 MPs vote with the government on financial bills and back Theresa May in any vote of no confidence is a special situation so the Barnett formula won't apply.
But, crucially, he has gone back on a prior commitment to backdate transparency to 2014 so that the
source of the vast
DUP donation could be revealed — despite calls from all the Northern Irish political parties (apart from the
DUP) to do so.
In the run - up to March's Northern Irish assembly elections
DUP leader Arlene Foster denied knowing the size of the donation or the specific
source.
He asked Chloe Smith if she had satisfied herself on the
source of the
DUP donation and whether it had been legal.
She is hiding the true
source of this donation and the only conclusion here, is this protects the deal the government has with the
DUP.»
«The
DUP was used by the CRC to funnel money to the leave campaign that to this day keeps the
source of that money secret,» Bradshaw said.
Sources close to the prime minister say that she understands the concerns of liberal Tories like Ruth Davidson about the possible price of a deal with the
DUP, and she will not offer them any promises to reduce the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trangender or intersexual community, or to reduce womens» rights to abortion.
But he has now ruled out backdating the law change to 2014, which would have revealed the
source of the
DUP cash.
The # 435,000 donation given to the
DUP's Brexit campaign has been the
source of on - going controversy.
However, the
DUP's revelation that a shady group with no clear history of activity beyond funnelling money to right - wing causes was the
source of its vast campaign donation in fact leaves us no clearer about where the Brexit campaign cash actually came from — including any potential links to the Saudi Arabian intelligence agency.
The measure means that while the Electoral Commission can now publish information about any donations since July last year — and in the future — it is still banned from sharing key information about donations to Northern Irish parties during a period which included the European referendum, when the
DUP received # 435,000 for their Brexit campaign from an unknown
source via a secretive group in Glasgow whose chair set up a company in 2013 with the former head of the Saudi intelligence service.
openDemocracy contacted the
DUP, the official Vote Leave campaign, and Aaron Banks» Leave.EU to ask about the
source of the Brexit campaign funds.
Rather than backdate transparency rules to 2014 — which would reveal the
source of the # 435,000
DUP cash — Brokenshire announced earlier this year that the change, which will be made through secondary legislation, would only apply to donations and loans received after 1st July 2017.
All rights reserved.A number of major political donors have denied they are the
source of a controversial # 435,000 donation to the
DUP's Brexit campaign, openDemocracy can reveal today — with only one person refusing to distance themself from the secret donation.
Former minister demands answers on # 6,000 fine, questioning legality of
DUP's mystery
source of Brexit cash
However, political
sources in Northern Ireland with knowledge of the Commission's affairs have confirmed to openDemocracy that the substantial sanction was connected to the Constitutional Research Council (CRC)-- the secretive group that channelled the # 435,000 to the
DUP in Belfast.
This rule allowed the
DUP to raise and spend money without declaring the
source.
The
DUP repository exposed in the custom AIQ Gitlab, titled «Client -
DUP - ActionSite,» once again contains HTML
source code, this time for a segment of the
DUP's home webpage at www.mydup.com.