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	Michael Ashcroft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Michael Anthony Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft KCMG (born 4 March 1946) is a British businessman and politician who has been a member of the House of Lords since 2000.
		In March 2000, Ashcroft was appointed as a life peer with the title Baron Ashcroft, of Chichester in the County of West Sussex.
		His appointment to the House of Lords was controversial at the time, particularly because of his business and political interests in Belize.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lord_Ashcroft (882 words)

	The Fundamental John Ashcroft
		Ashcroft was going home on weekends." One Friday early in Ashcroft's tenure, a top department official and an FBI agent flew to Missouri to have their boss sign a top-secret wiretap application connected with a terrorism investigation.
		Ashcroft's move against right-to-die legislation was cheered by social conservatives still smarting over Bush's decision last August to allow limited federally funded research on human stem cells, and was seen by some lawyers in the department as a political payback to the religious right.
		Ashcroft hailed the agreement as "historic," but 9 of the 18 states that were party to the suit refused to go along with the deal, and consumer advocates attacked it as proof that the administration was going soft on antitrust enforcement.
	www.motherjones.com /news/feature/2002/03/ashcroft.html (4261 words)

	U.K. Tycoon Ashcroft To Take Controlling Stake In Watford - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Lord Ashcroft also claims to have almost single-handedly turned the struggling Hawley Group from a company on the verge of bankruptcy to a business services behemoth employing over 100,000 people, re-badged it as ADT, and then negotiated its sale for over $6.7 billion to U.S. conglomerate Tyco International (nyse: TYC - news - people).
		Lord Ashcroft, who is apparently impressed by the running of the club, is not expected to plow cash into the club in the manner of Chelsea's Russian sugar daddy Roman Abramovich.
		Lord Ashcroft, who was already a minority shareholder in the club, hoped his backing could help take Watford into the Premiership.
	www.forbes.com /2006/03/15/ashcroft-watford-soccer-cx_cn_0315autofacescan02.html (521 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Ashcroft inquiry called off
		In a letter published in the Guardian, Sir Michael told Mr Bradley that in terms of Lord Ashcroft's introduction into the House of Lords the "political honours scrutiny committee were content to rely on undertakings given by both him and the then leader of the Conservative party [William Hague]".
		Lord Ashcroft was awarded his peerage, having been nominated by Mr Hague, only on condition that he based himself in the UK.
		Wrekin MP Mr Bradley called for the withdrawal of the Tory whip from Lord Ashcroft and for any future donations from him to the party to be refused unless he proved he was living in the UK and paying British taxes.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/2218803.stm (470 words)

	Ashcroft joins thriving multi-millionaires' club
		Lord Simon of Highbury, former managing director of BP, who was made a life peer in 1997, was also accused of benefiting from cronyism after he was given ministerial roles at the Treasury and Department of Trade and Industry.
		Lord Alli is one of a group of fashionable Labour media moguls who have made millions from movies, television and publishing, to have joined the British legislature.
		Lord Paul, the labour peer and steel magnate, is the wealthiest, and Britain's 79th richest man. His £330 million fortune makes him worth double one of the Conservatives' most prominent and generous donors, Lord Harris of Peckham, who has made millions selling carpets and furniture.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/2000/04/01/npeer201.html (1064 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Tories must return £2.5m to donor after leader election
		Lord Ashcroft discloses that he lent the party £2m soon after Michael Howard became leader at the end of 2003 to finance its move from Smith Square to Victoria Street - but under strict conditions that it was repaid by June this year.
		A week after the cheque was received Lord Ashcroft says a hostile Tory briefer gave the Sunday Times what he calls a "preposterous" spin story, saying Michael Howard ordered the cash to be returned because he wanted to end Lord Ashcroft's link with the party.
		Lord Ashcroft records his great delight at Mr Bradley's defeat because of a campaign he waged over whether he was entitled to a peerage.
	www.guardian.co.uk /guardianpolitics/story/0,3605,1579072,00.html (580 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Special report: Michael Ashcroft
		July 25:The bitter row between Lord Ashcroft and Clare Short over his tax free status in Belize took a new turn yesterday with the release of a letter denying that the cabinet minister called him a "scumbag".
		June 21: Lord Ashcroft, the former Conservative party treasurer, today launches a stinging attack on Clare Short, the international development secretary, over the threat to the tax-free status of his businesses in Belize.
		May 25 2000: Michael Ashcroft yesterday donated £5m to a British university, prompting accusations that the controversial Conservative party treasurer and tax exile is attempting to "curry favour".
	www.guardian.co.uk /ashcroft/0,7368,499840,00.html (731 words)

	Telegraph \| Money \| Ashcroft loses $275m on Tyco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Lord Ashcroft is one of the biggest shareholders in Tyco after selling his ADT Securities business to the company for $5.4 billion in 1997.
		Although there is no suggestion of wrongdoing by Lord Ashcroft, his proximity to a corporate trauma with uncomfortable echoes of the collapse of energy trader Enron is an embarrassment.
		Lord Ashcroft is a controversial figure in the City, with as many fans as detractors.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2002/06/05/cntyco05.xml (755 words)

	David Rowan: Interview: Lord Ashcroft on The Times (Evening Standard) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Ashcroft, 59, is more than keen to elaborate, although on terms which, like the book, allow little room for questions he considers unhelpful.
		It was Baldwin, Ashcroft points out, who recently "exposed" John Humphrys' afterdinner remarks, and who, before the election, printed leaked comments from the Conservative MP Howard Flight which cost him his role as deputy party chairman.
		Six years ago, Baldwin was central in The Times's investigation into Ashcroft's finances, a role, the peer claims, which extended to writing a speech for a Labour MP, "so the paper could print allegations that they didn't have the balls to run without the cover of parliamentary privilege".
	www.davidrowan.com /2005/10/interview-lord-ashcroft-on-times.html (1264 words)

	Libs get $1m from lord before 2004 poll - Breaking News - National - Breaking News
		Thatcherite British billionaire Lord Ashcroft made a one-off donation of $1 million to the Liberal party, believed to be the single largest donation in Australian political history.
		Lord Ashcroft's generosity pushed the Liberal Party's income for 2004-05 to almost $66.5 million - ahead of the Australian Labor Party for the first time in three years.
		Lord Ashcroft, who recently returned to Britain after more than a decade in tax exile in Belize, is the deputy treasurer of the IDU, of which Mr Howard is chairman.
	www.smh.com.au /news/National/Libs-get-1m-from-lord-before-2004-poll/2006/02/01/1138590509480.html (385 words)

	AxisofLogic/ Critical Analysis
		Lord Ashcroft, who makes his home in Florida and the former British colony of Belize had been bankrolling the Conservative Party in Britain.
		Lord Ashcroft filed a libel lawsuit against the Times, and soon traced the DEA documents back to Jonathan Randal.
		Lord Ashcroft settled his lawsuit with the London Times, which agreed to a front-page apology and promised never again to investigate him.
	www.axisoflogic.com /cgi-bin/exec/view.pl?archive=11&num=1858 (2052 words)

	Ashcroft Watch
		While Ashcroft was running for reelection to the Senate against the late Mel Carnahan in 2000, he met secretly with a CCC leader named Thomas Bugel to discuss the fate of a CCC member indicted for plotting to murder an FBI agent, among other offenses.
		Ashcroft is actually insulating himself from all but his most conservative and Christian intimates and thus looking at his fellow citizens through spectacles of alienation, then he is a profound danger to all of us.
		Ashcroft tried to delay and defeat the 1996 nomination of Margaret Morrow, claiming she was a liberal activist who should be kept from the bench because of her efforts to promote pro bono legal work.
	www.bushwatch.net /ashcroft.htm (6702 words)

	Tyco Director Ashcroft Resigns
		Lord Michael Ashcroft said Monday he felt obligated to follow his plan by being the first to resign.
		Ashcroft's resignation followed a board vote Friday to scrap a plan to retain, for continuity's sake, two members of the board that served under L. Dennis Kozlowski, the former Tyco chairman and CEO now under state criminal and federal securities charges.
		Ashcroft, who served on the board 18 years, was mentioned as one of those considered, but he told Breen he would not be interested.
	www.nysscpa.org /home/2002/1102/2week/article12.htm (193 words)

	The World Today - Gleeful Liberals accept million-dollar cheque from Lord
		Lord Michael Ashcroft wrote a cheque for $1-million, after being approached by the former Liberal Party President and party heavyweight Shane Stone during a visit to Washington.
		Lord Ashcroft was just one of many willing donors who funnelled tens of millions of dollars into the coffers of all Australian political parties at the last election.
		SAMANTHA HAWLEY: Lord Ashcroft's donation is just a fraction of the $28.7-million that was declared as donations to Australian political parties last year.
	www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/content/2006/s1559893.htm (800 words)

	Independent Online Edition > Media (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Lord Ashcroft is a Tory and an alleged billionaire, as well as being, by his own admission a controversial businessman, and some people may not care overmuch about what was done to such a person.
		Lord Ashcroft became convinced that the Government had a "dirt file" on him, and took it to court.
		Very possibly Lord Ashcroft is hoping for a writ so that he can air further allegations in court; and in any case his own legal actions have not entirely abated.
	news.independent.co.uk /media/article316813.ece (1200 words)

	TalkSoccer.net \| Home
		Billionaire peer Lord Michael Ashcroft is to become the new majority shareholder of Championship club Watford.
		Lord Ashcroft - the deputy chairman of the Conservative Party - is to own up to 42% of the shares in Watford Leisure Plc as part of a rights issue designed to raise £6.2million for the Hertfordshire club.
		Ashcroft already had an interest in Watford Leisure through his Fordwat investment vehicle, which had held a 6.5% shareholding.
	www.talksoccer.net /index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1142351224&archive= (138 words)

	Lord Ashcroft May Sell Belize Bank, by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London
		However, the newspaper continues to suggest that although Lord Ashcroft intends to remove ownership of the Belize Bank from his 'stock market-listed vehicle,' there is a possibility that he could retain ownership through his network of private off-shore companies.
		This is would be of no surprise to many as Lord Ashcroft's history of emloying complex accounting methods to transfer his assets between his private and public companies is well known.
		Lord Ashcroft, who will now step down from his post as Tory Treasurer, has claimed that Clare Short's attack towards him was part of a political 'dirty tricks' campaign in order to undermine the Tories, and he has issued writs against Ms Short claiming that she has deliberately attempted to sully his reputation.
	www.tax-news.com /asp/story/story_print.asp?storyname=5005 (418 words)

	The Carpetbagger Report > Print > The Randel precedent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Randel was convinced that British Lord Michael Ashcroft (a major contributor to Britain's Conservative Party, as well as American conservative causes) was being ignored by DEA, and its investigation of money laundering.
		Randel leaked the fact that Lord Ashcroft's name was in the DEA files, and this fact soon surfaced in the London news media.
		Ashcroft sued, and learned the source of the information was Randel.
	www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com /wp-print.php?p=4765 (442 words)

	Conservative Party - Profile
		Lord Ashcroft is a businessman, philanthropist and an entrepreneur.
		In March 2000, Michael was appointed as a life peer in the House of Lords and in June 2000 he was awarded a Knighthood (KCMG – Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George) for public service to the community and country of Belize.
		He was co-opted onto the Party Board in May 2005 in recognition of his work for the Conservative Party in the months and years prior to the last General Election.
	www.conservatives.com /tile.do?def=people.person.page&personID=21698 (271 words)

	The Scotsman - Business - Ashcroft faces fresh inquiry into Tyco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		FORMER Tory treasurer Lord Ashcroft is facing at least two legal actions and a fresh investigation over his involvement with Tyco, the beleaguered US conglomerate.
		It is understood that the inquiry is centred on the sale of a house in Florida formerly owned by Ashcroft to a Tyco executive shortly after the peer, daubed the Baron of Belize, sold his ADT security business to Tyco in a deal worth more than $5 billion (£3.42 billion).
		The move comes at the same time as Ashcroft and other Tyco directors have been named in two class-action law suits brought by Tyco shareholders, who have seen the value of their shares collapse more than 70 per cent since January.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /business.cfm?id=636232002 (517 words)

	Lord Ashcroft has defended the Liberal Democrat donor at Real Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		[ The Times ] Lord Ashcroft, the former treasurer of the Conservative Party, has defended Michael Brown’s donation to the Liberal Democrats and called for the ban on overseas donations to be scrapped.
		Lord Ashcroft, a businessman and philanthropist who gave £1.5 million to Tory associations to fight the election, argues that large donations should be made public more promptly.
		Lord Ashcroft is quite right in what he claims.
	www.realpolitics.co.uk /?p=501 (350 words)

	The New York Times: Search > Topic: ASHCROFT
		A lawyer at Tyco International testified yesterday that he was never told to keep from the board a deal in which he signed ownership papers on a $2.5 million company house that he did not actually buy or occupy.
		Lord Ashcroft, a director of Tyco International who led a campaign to replace the board but was later part of an effort that would have allowed him to remain, resigned yesterday.
		Lord Ashcroft, who has been criticized for having possible conflicts of i...
	query.nytimes.com /search/query?ppds=per&v1=ASHCROFT&sort=newest (458 words)

	BBC - Beds Herts and Bucks - Sport - Watford chief explains peer's investment
		The billionaire peer Lord Ashcroft is making a £4m investment in Watford and will become the new majority shareholder of the Hornets.
		Lord Ashcroft, the Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party - is to own up to 42 per cent of the shares in Watford Leisure plc - the football club's parent company.
		Mark Ashton, Chief Executive, Watford FC But Lord Ashcroft has insisted that his investment does not herald the beginning of a takeover campaign.
	www.bbc.co.uk /threecounties/content/articles/2006/03/15/watford_lord_ashcroft_investment_feature.shtml (588 words)

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		Short to get tough on Ashcroft tax haven Minister expected to press for abolition of Belize laws giving tycoon an exemption worth millions Clare Short is to press for a clampdown on Tory treasurer Lord Ashcroft's tax free status in Belize if, as expected, Labour wins on Thursday.
		This is despite a request to KPMG to rewrite the report after they claimed it was outside the terms of reference to examine Lord Ashcroft's company, Carlisle Holdings.
		Any move by Ms Short is certain to anger Lord Ashcroft who, Whitehall sources say, threatened legal action against the international development secretary after alleging she made defamatory remarks against him at the world trade summit in Seattle in 1999.
	www.perceptions.couk.com /thieves6.txt (669 words)

	USATODAY.com - Tyco names 2 directors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Ashcroft had proposed that all nine directors who served with former chief executive L. Dennis Kozlowski should step down to help restore investor confidence, and the board agreed with him in a September vote.
		But earlier this month, word leaked that several board members were backing a proposal to allow Ashcroft and another director to stay on.
		Breen thanked Ashcroft and Pasman on Monday for "their role in advancing our efforts to speed the transition to the appointment of a new board."
	www.usatoday.com /money/industries/manufacturing/2002-11-18-tyco-board_x.htm (374 words)

	ePolitix.com - Ashcroft slams failed Tory election campaign
		Conservative donor Lord Ashcroft has delivered a damning criticism of the party's "deeply flawed" election campaign.
		But party leader Michael Howard is unlikely to enjoy reading the critique, despite Lord Ashcroft description of his contribution as "professional and vigorous".
		Key lessons which Lord Ashcroft says need to be learned from the 2005 campaign include the need to target resources more effectively and the importance of campaigning hardest on the things that matter most to people, rather than things the party hopes it can make better.
	www.epolitix.com /EN/News/200506/4076ecaf-9967-4502-9072-ea513dbf76d0.htm (455 words)

	British Lord made $1m donation to Libs - National - smh.com.au
		Thatcherite British billionaire Lord Ashcroft made a one-off donation of $1 million to the Australian Liberal party, believed to be the single largest donation in the country's history.
		The record cheque was written following a meeting of the International Democrat Union (IDU) committee in 2004, according to political donation figures released today, according to a newspaper report.
		Lord Ashcroft, who recently returned to Britain after more than a decade in tax exile in Belize, is the deputy treasurer of the IDU, of which Australia Prime Minister John Howard is chairman.
	www.smh.com.au /news/national/british-lord-made-1m-donation-to-libs/2006/02/01/1138590539322.html (419 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 16 Jun 2003 (pt 13)
		The settlement of the cases brought by Lord Ashcroft against various Government Departments involved a payment of £350,000 towards Lord Ashcroft's overall costs, two thirds of which will be paid by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and one third by the Department for International Development.
		The Government has though recognised that various disobliging references relating to Lord Ashcroft which were contained within documents held by Government Departments were without foundation.
		Lord Ashcroft commenced litigation following the unauthorised disclosures.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200203/cmhansrd/vo030616/text/30616w13.htm (1249 words)

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