Former cabinet minister David Davis used parliamentary privilege to accuse Tory donor Mohamed Amersi of “attempted blackmail, bribery, corruption and dirty money”.
In June, Mr Amersi lost a libel case against former Conservative MP Charlotte Leslie and was instructed to pay all her costs:^1
>Ms Leslie and Mr Amersi fell out after he tried to take over a Conservative group set up to promote better links with the Middle East. He sued her for defamation after she sent a dossier on his Russian links to senior Tories.
Mr Amersi’s legal representatives, Carter Ruck, was described by Mr Davis as “the go-to law firm for every bad actor seeking to undermine and misuse British justice”.
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Former cabinet minister David Davis used parliamentary privilege to accuse Tory donor Mohamed Amersi of “attempted blackmail, bribery, corruption and dirty money”.
In June, Mr Amersi lost a libel case against former Conservative MP Charlotte Leslie and was instructed to pay all her costs:^1
>Ms Leslie and Mr Amersi fell out after he tried to take over a Conservative group set up to promote better links with the Middle East. He sued her for defamation after she sent a dossier on his Russian links to senior Tories.
Mr Amersi’s legal representatives, Carter Ruck, was described by Mr Davis as “the go-to law firm for every bad actor seeking to undermine and misuse British justice”.
^1 Simon Walters (30 June 2023), “Tory donor accused of ‘bribery and blackmail’ by Conservative grandee”, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/mohamed-amersi-david-davis-corruption-b2367002.html
If you lie down with dogs, you’ll get up with fleas — maybe the lesson here is also to stop accepting donations from such obviously dodgy characters?
I may not agree with any David Davis’s politics but the guy has a ton of integrity compared to many in politics and especially the Tory party