Paul Strasburger, Baron Strasburger

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Baron Strasburger, 2012

Paul Cline Strasburger, Baron Strasburger (born July 31, 1946 ) is a British liberal democratic politician, millionaire, philanthropist and early retired businessman.

Political activities with the Liberal Democrats

Strasburger has been involved in the Liberal Democratic Party since 2005. On January 10, 2011, as Baron Strasburger , of Langridge in the County of Somerset, he was raised to a life peer and thereby received a seat in the House of Lords , which he took up on January 12, 2011 first took.

Strasburger was an important donor for the Liberal Democrats. Prior to his appointment to the House of Lords , he had donated a total of £ 709,900 to the Liberal Democrats from 2006-2010, including £ 483,625 to the Central Party, £ 170,719 to his constituency in Bath , and smaller sums to Liberal Democrats Menzies Campbell , Don Foster and Chris Huhne , as well as parties in the constituencies of Wells , Eastleigh, and North East Somerset . Strasburger also helped defend Michael Brown , a now convicted fraud who donated £ 2,400,000 to the Liberal Democrats between February 10 and March 30, 2005 and who fled. Strasburger had also provided Brown's bail, which was forfeited when Brown fled.

In March 2015, he temporarily resigned voluntarily from the Liberal Democrats faction in the House of Lords and also stopped his efforts to obtain party donations. In a political documentary, he says, he was set up by the television station Channel 4 , in which he explained how to bypass the strict party donation requirements. The broadcaster also documented that the party then accepted, following Strasbourg's advice, a sum of £ 10,000 and that party chairman Nick Clegg met the donor acting on behalf of the party . The state election commission will now investigate the case further at Strasburger's request. Strasbourg himself asserts that he has not done anything illegal.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lord Strasburger entry on Democracy Live ; Retrieved September 30, 2012.
  2. ↑ a b This is Bath: Big Lib Dem donor Paul Strasburger made a peer; Retrieved September 30, 2012.
  3. ↑ Libdems: Lord Strasburger, Biography ; Retrieved September 30, 2012.
  4. ^ They work for you: Introduction: Lord Strasburger; Retrieved September 30, 2012.
  5. ↑ List of election commissions for donations with a simple donation search (basic donation serch) for the donor "Paul Strasburger"
  6. ↑ Michael Crick (BBC): New peer Strasburger 'left out of pocket' by Brown; Retrieved September 30, 2012.
  7. ^ Liberal Democrat peer Paul Strasburger resigns over illegal donation allegation in: The Guardian , March 21, 2015, accessed March 21, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Strasburger, Paul, Baron Strasburger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Strasburger, Paul Cline, Baron Strasburger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Liberal Democrat, millionaire, philanthropist and early retired businessman
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1946