More than half of the investments in the Conservative Party last year came from the City of London, according to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Firms and individuals invested £11.4m in 2010, the bureau said, bringing the total from the City since David Cameron became leader to more than £42m.
The figures emerged a day after the government announced plans to increase the bank levy to £2.5bn this year and thus rendering another blow to the already tarnished image of astute lending by the City. The bureau said that 57 individuals from the finance sector gave more than £50,000 last year, entitling them to membership of the board of the Conservatives, otherwise known as the Leader's Club.
“I put in a hundred grand into the Tories so I could get into the Leader’s Club and bend Cameron’s ear a bit on some financial interests but all I got was an 2 for 1 meal voucher for Pizza Express and 500 Nectar Card points and now he’s gone and increased the levy on the banks – that’s my money down the toilet.” said one disgruntled investor.
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