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“... back-bench heyday as a semi house-trained polecat. The army of rats has now been joined by Lord McAlpine of West Green, Thatcher’s ‘jolly bagman’, as he calls himself. Margaret Thatcher’s affection for the British construction industry was legendary. She loved the world of quick profits from government contracts, and for all her much-hyped ...”

“... W hen​ the former Conservative Party treasurer Alistair McAlpine died in 2014, he was hailed as the most successful fundraiser in modern British political history. His approach was simple: ‘I used to lurk. I lurked all over London where rich people went.’ McAlpine’s courting of prospective Tory donors typically involved ‘a long lunch during which his victim was flattered by being told how highly rated they were by the prime minister before being “stung” for large amounts of cash’, the Telegraph wrote ...”