Dominic Cummings seemed the perfect man to lead Vote Leave’s strategic team. Where did he discover his passion for data?There’s a letter. That’s what I was told back in May. Dominic Cummings,the brilliant but unorthodox chief strategist of Vote Leave once called a career psychopath by David Cameron, had told people that the Electoral Commission had given Vote Leave permission to donate to other campaigns – and it had it in writing.
Those donations are now the subject of a recent investigation by the Electoral Commission. They came in the form of a gift of £625000 to a fashion student, or Darren Grimes,and £100000 given to an anti-EU pressure group, Veterans for Britain. Both used the funds during the weeks running up to final year’s referendum to campaign for the UK to leave the European Union. The commission now concedes that these donations should be investigated – did Vote Leave make them to avoid exceeding strict campaign spending limits determined by law?Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk