Brexit: Leadership Campaign and Rocco Forte

brexit: Brown's is owned by Rocco Forte, a millionaire who is a strong supporter of Brexit, according to The Guardian. The register also shows Johnson received more than 38,000 in additional donations to his leadership campaign that had not been previously declared, taking the total since May to almost 650,000. Johnson and his supporters were hosted by Brown's hotel, in Mayfair, central London, on the evening of 23 July, the register shows. The donors included the private equity firm boss Hazem Ben-Gacem, who donated 25,000, and the Carphone Warehouse co-founder David Ross, who gave 10,000. In the final declaration of leadership donations, Johnson was marginally beaten by his rival, Jeremy Hunt, who attracted more than 39,000. The register also shows Johnson declared a new 50% share in a home in London, likely to be a house in Camberwell, south-east London, that he has reportedly bought with his partner, Carrie Symonds. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.