General election: Paying £15,000-a-table, just who are the donors funding the Tories’ election campaign? — independent.co.uk

Bordered with the outlines of the red, white and blue Union Flag, the thick card requested the “pleasure” of their company at the Conservatives’ Black and White election fundraiser. But the accompanying literature made it clear that it was less the pleasure of their company the Tories were requesting – and more the pleasure of their wallets. Tables of 10 at the event, which was held last night at the slightly faded but undeniably posh Grosvenor House hotel in Park Lane, cost up to £15,000 each, while the minimum price for a single ticket was £500. 

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