On 3 July 1997, the enquiry found Hamilton guilty of taking "cash for questions". Derek Laud was an ex-Monday Club activist and protg of Hamilton's friend Michael Brown, who offered Hamilton a fee of 8,000 per year. Actress: Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle. "[118], On 30 March 2000, Hamilton appeared on Da Ali G Show on Channel 4, for a satirical comedic interview[119] when he was seen to be sharing what appeared to be a marijuana joint with the comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's "Ali G" character. Acting from 12 September 2020 to 18 October 2021. The Independent wrote: "Sir Gordon, contrary to Hamilton's confident expectations, had no compunction about concluding that he did indeed take cash in brown envelopes" and called on the new party leader to "expel the miscreants". Christine, though, perhaps because she has less of a clue what it actually is that she's defending, is more open. In December 1986, Hamilton was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to David Mitchell. straight after the 1997 election. Neil Hamilton became embroiled in the Cash-for-questions affair, and the former BBC broadcaster Martin Bell stood against him for the Tatton seat at the 1997 general election. [46] Nathan Gill subsequently left the UKIP group in the assembly to sit as an independent,[47] resulting in Neil Hamilton becoming UKIP's Leader in Wales in September 2016. In the immediate aftermath of the BBC settlement, allegations of witness intimidation abounded. Those who complain about other's opinions are constantly exercising their opinions more than others. Fortunately, one of the world's leading experts on food poisoning worked in Hong Kong, and was a consultant to BA. "I consider I have the responsibility to vindicate the good work done by the members of that committee. [12] In April 2001, Hamilton said, "If I am bankrupt [which he was the following month],[13] I won't be able to return to the bar but even if I was able to do so, I couldn't contain myself from saying what I thought to some of the judges. [78] Dale Campbell-Savours claimed he had evidence in the form of a letter from Pedley to the former Party Chairman, John Selwyn Gummer, demonstrating Conservative Central Office (CCO) had contacted witnesses. [124], Hamilton argued for the individual's right to smoke. Neil Hamilton's strategy is simply to deny everything. And who, instead of being feted for her spirited action, was branded the wife from hell; the bossy termagant. Neil Hamilton was an associate of al-Fayed's, who was clearly trying to build up a client-list of Tory MPs.Moreover, it is easy to imagine how Neil Hamilton would have justified the brown envelopes to himself. Back in 2006, former Conservative MP Neil Hamilton and his "Battleaxe" wife Christine showed their support for England's World Cup campaign with their very own song. There were brown envelopes going; a former Tory MP, Tim Smith, admitted that he took one. Hamilton was elected to the House of Commons in the 1983 general election. On 25 October, the press reported new evidence of inappropriate witness contact. August 2001: The Hamiltons are arrested after an allegation of sexual abuse is made by Nadine Milroy-Sloan, who took her claims to the publicist Max Clifford. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images. [49], In August 2018, UKIP leader Gerard Batten MEP announced that there would be a membership ballot for the leadership of UKIP in Wales. [98], Downey reported that he found the evidence against Hamilton in the case of Al-Fayed "compelling". But even before he reached the hotel, she had made a remarkable recovery. Hamilton was a teacher at St John's College in Southsea between 1973 and 1976. [116], On 9 May 1997, Hamilton and his wife appeared on the current affairs satire quiz programme Have I Got News for You. Neil and Christine Hamilton pose on the set of GMTV. Neil Hamilton eventually reached the post of Minister for Corporate Affairs between 1992 and 1994 in Prime Minister John Major's government. Hamilton urged his colleagues not to resign over the Treaty and other issues. It was upheld second by the Downey report into the scandal which found "compelling evidence" of Hamilton's acceptance of bribes. The Hamiltons said they could not have been present at the alleged rape scene because they were hosting a dinner party and produced alibis including one from Derek Laud. Go to Ascot, Covent Garden - packed with MPs. [101] He claimed that Hamilton had demanded and had accepted cash payments of up to 110,000,[102] Harrods' gift vouchers and a free holiday at the Htel Ritz Paris in 1987, in return for asking questions in Parliament on behalf of Harrods. Christine, when interviewed by the journalist Lynn Barber, explained her husband's unchallenged acceptance of hospitality with Mr Fayed at The Ritz in these terms. Robert Shrimsley, "Guardian Case MP seeks law change". Can you open your eyes, please? Neil and Christine Hamilton Are Staging A Political Comeback He last won an election in 1992. Features. The 1997 General Election edited by D. T. Denver, p. 83. -. [15], In 1984, against party policy, Hamilton opposed the abandonment of leaded petrol in Britain. - INDEPENDENT. Needlebow 3 yr. ago. June 2003: Milroy-Sloan is jailed for three years for perverting the course of justice. [citation needed], In June 1990, Hamilton was recruited by the right-wing Monday Club activist Derek Laud to work for Strategy Network International, a firm specifically created to lobby against anti-apartheid movements and economic sanctions and for apartheid South Africa's 'transitional government' of Namibia set up in defiance of UN Resolution 435 on Namibian independence. For the next couple of weeks, his plastic would have gone to sleep. Their legal representatives released transcripts.Low profile is not a concept they understand. His grandfathers were coal miners. Anthony Bevans, "Tebbit challenged to make statement on BBC case". In the process, the Bill of Rights 1689 was amended by the Defamation Act 1996 to allow statements made in Parliament to be questioned in court. [1] Neil Hamilton's application to become a European Parliamentary candidate for UKIP was rejected in 2013, though he had been elected to UKIP's National Executive Committee in 2011. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. Anne Spackman and Anthony Bevins, "BBC witness shaken rigid", Pedley Prepared Court Statement, 3 December 1986. [28], As a writer Hamilton published The Book of British Battleaxes in 1999, and an autobiography, For Better For Worse: Her Own Story, in 2005. Christine Hamilton was born on the 10th of November, 1949. There was no further mention of hotel bills.The Hamiltons are vulgar and greedy. Surely, because she was tempted to see if she could get away with manipulating a pair so notorious and so high-profile. It wasn't as if we came back from The Ritz and said, Gosh, no one must know about this. [120], In 2001 Hamilton appeared on When Louis Met, a documentary by Louis Theroux, during which he described himself and his wife as "professional objects of curiosity". During a debate about amputees he said that Frank Dobson "does not have a leg to stand on". They are a taste-free zone. It is quite something, this triumphalist perspective. But the offers started rolling in. Smith admitted his guilt and resigned immediately. Hamilton was under investigation by the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner as part of the cash for questions enquiry and some party members thought he should stand down after the collapse of his case against The Guardian. Hamilton resisted the pressure from senior Conservatives and Conservative Central Office to stand down. She then studied sociology at the University of York and first met Neil Hamilton when they both attended a student political conference. [7] She stood behind Nabarro as he spoke on the steps of Winchester Court after being cleared on appeal of a motoring offence. Justice Simon Brown ruled that Hamilton and Howarth be debarred from alleging Pedley's words were libel and should pay Pedley's costs.[90]. Angus Deayton, the presenter of the panel game, wore a white suit instead of his usual brown one. Neil, employing his trademark mix of coyness and crassness, described his latest windfall as "a very large sum of money - there were plenty of noughts on the end". This event was recorded on film by Louis Theroux, who, at that time, was spending time with the Hamiltons for an episode of his documentary series When Louis Met.[111], In June 2003, Nadine Milroy-Sloan, the woman responsible for the unfounded accusation, was sentenced to three years in jail for perverting the course of justice. [84] The Independent revealed the existence of a taped conversation of a Tory witness being "shaken rigid" by Central Office's suggestion that the Berlin events had not happened and "no other witness would substantiate or give evidence about those alleged incidents" and the witness was told no other witness would back his account. After all, Mr Hamilton's "enemies" have largely been his own actions and his own inability to extricate himself from the consequences. 28:45. He was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Corporate Affairs by Prime Minister John Major in 1992. HIGNFY S13E04 - Maureen Lipman, Neil & Christine Hamilton. [92], On 30 September 1996, the day before the start of the trial, Hamilton and Greer settled, citing a conflict of interest and lack of funds. When they went to the police to give their statements they were accompanied by a television crew from the BBC whose offbeat documentary-maker Louis Theroux is filming them. As a further taunt, at the end of the show, the Hamiltons were handed their "fee" in brown envelopes. He was on their parliamentary advisory board. I'm a nurse. But her inclusion in the roster of people too desperate for money and recognition to say no, says a great deal deal about our love-hate relationship with fame and riches, and how much we want to see the famous and rich brought low. When We First Meet Neil. [103] Other contributors to the fund included Simon Heffer, Norris McWhirter, Peter Clarke, Lord Bell, Gyles Brandreth and Gerald Howarth (Hamilton's co-plaintiff in the BBC action). [24] Hamilton legally changed her name by deed poll to 'Mrs British Battleaxe' in February 2009 as a promotion for an online deed service company. Not much. Mon 9 May 2016 09.04 EDT Last modified on Fri 7 Oct 2016 05.14 EDT. They appeared in panto in Guildford. Thatcher did subsequently resign, and in the next round of the election Hamilton voted for John Major. [64] The Guardian newspaper highlighted Hamilton's admission in The Sunday Times in an article he wrote after the court case that he did give "a little salute with two fingers to his nose to give the impression of a toothbrush moustache. His majority at the 1992 general election had been almost 16,000 votes. He was a barrister but always said he would not return to that "constipated" profession.He married Christine in a hurried ceremony in Cornwall while he was fighting his parliamentary campaign in 1983.At that wedding, the Hamiltons typically used as a buttonhole the rose Invincible, specially grown, bred and named as a tribute to the Falklands task force.He was a very visible presence in the House of Commons. [81] Later that day, Hamilton announced that he was dropping the action against Pedley. In the early 1970s, Hamilton was the founder of the Eldon League, a right-wing social organisation given to having picnics and dinners 'and having a good time'. Select from premium Email Recipient of the highest quality. She then studied sociology at the University of York and first met Neil Hamilton when they both attended a student political conference. Just days after their court defeat by al-Fayed, they appeared on the BBC's Have I Got News For You?, the satirical quiz show.During the programme the couple were handed brown envelopes in a mimic of the brown envelopes Neil Hamilton was supposed to have accepted from al-Fayed.Neil Hamilton was born on March 9, 1949, into a Welsh mining family. [55] By 2021 he was UKIP's only representative at any level above local government. But his main address will continue to be the seven-bedroom Hullavington manor house. [37] He later become deputy chairman of the party. Hamilton initially refused, saying, "What is there to apologise for?" Devon and Lily Have a Public Yelling Match and Victoria Asks Nate to Sabotage [Spoiler] Thursday, March 2, 2023: Today on The Young and the Restless Audra stirs the pot, Tucker reports back to Ashley, and Nate lets Victoria down easy. Bradfield Manor is a Grade I listed domestic gothic mansion with seven bedrooms, set in 11 acres that are featured in the Domesday book. Hamilton was a teacher at St John's College in Southsea between 1973 and 1976. RM B4XM25 - Christine Hamilton breaks down in a tv interview Aug 2001 with her husband Neil Hamilton. "To compare Christine Hamilton with Lady Macbeth is to insult Lady Macbeth" wrote John Sweeney for the Observer. Because he held, in common with millions of others, a very low opinion of the couple, and believed (erroneously as it turned out) that no insult could drag their name deeper into the mire than it had been already. "Latin may have been virtually banished from the courtrooms, but the police still use the term MO when referring to a rogue's known habits, though few constables now realise that it is short for modus operandi. [97] In December 1989, the sale of Skoal Bandit products was banned in the UK by the Secretary of State for Health, Kenneth Clarke. Menu. In return, the men were to ask questions on behalf of Al-Fayed in the House of Commons. Just before they went to the police on the latest allegations they were at the funeral of Lord Longford at Westminster Cathedral.All through these times, Christine Hamilton has stood by her man, even hosting a television chat show, talking to celebrities about adversity in their lives and compiling a Bumper Book of British Battle Axes.She is well versed in politics. 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"Do you accept my husband is innocent?" British politician from Wales, UKIP leader, Student activity and early political career, Dropping of libel action against the Young Conservatives. Hamilton was told by the Chief Whip to stay neutral, but says he ignored this instruction. He specialised in taxation, trust and property law. "[85] [73] A BBC source stated: "Nearly all the defence witnesses have had a quiet word in their ears. [30] Their accuser, Nadine Milroy-Sloan, was charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice, and in 2002 sentenced to 3 years imprisonment for making the false accusations.[31][32][33][34]. I await a transcript of the second tape."[87]. In 1972, after several years' membership, Hamilton was elected to the executive council of the Conservative Monday Club. By BRUCE ANDERSON and AGENCIES Neil and Christine Hamilton were once invited to Taiwan by British Airways, back in the days when Lord King was chairman. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton from 1983 to 1997 and a UKIP Member of the Senedd (MS) for Mid and West Wales from 2016 to 2021. He also pointed out that one person present at the incident, Julian Lewis, was a Jew and that a "number of his relatives were killed by the Nazis during the war". [8] Hamilton later described the confrontation with Bell as "the making of me. [112] In February 2005, the publicist Max Clifford, who had acted for Milroy-Sloan, settled, paying Hamilton an undisclosed sum. [36] Hamilton was elected to the committee on 1 November 2011. [93] What could be wrong with that? He then lost an appeal and ended up in dire financial straits.When he lost his Tatton seat to the anti-sleaze candidate Martin Bell, the BBC war reporter, his wife confronted the newsman. Both Hamilton and Michael Brown had received a 6,000 honorarium and hospitality from Skoal Bandits. On 10 August 2001, Hamilton and his wife, Christine, were arrested by police who were investigating an alleged rape. The Hamiltons: Directed by Will Yapp. Christine Hamilton had contracted food poisoning during the flight from Taiwan. These included his attending and giving a fraternal speech in 1972 to the Movimento Sociale Italiano (MSI) an Italian neo-fascist party led by one of Benito Mussolini's ex-ministers, Giorgio Almirante,[62] Hamilton's membership of the Eldon League, and his involvement with the Powellite faction of the Monday Club and the far-right activist, George Kennedy Young, the former Deputy Director of MI6 and Chairman of the Society for Individual Freedom. Pictured: Neil & Christine. In total, approximately 410,000 was raised. The Hamiltons were the subjects of an episode of Louis Theroux's 2001 documentary series When Louis Met.[15], Hamilton has described herself as a "media butterfly"[16] and has appeared on a variety of television shows since her husband's electoral defeat. Bell campaigned as an anti-sleaze candidate, and Christine Hamilton confronted him during a televised press conference on Knutsford Heath, which brought her to public prominence. Their home in Nether Alderley, Cheshire was sold to the market for 1.25 million. Hamilton and his wife were cross-examined by George Carman QC. [94] On 1 October 1996, Hamilton appeared on the evening television program, Newsnight, and engaged in a live debate with Alan Rusbridger, the editor of The Guardian.[95]. So, instead, we pretend mass-acceptance and admiration of people we can despise from the beginning. Part of the problem is that neither Neil nor Christine appear to show the smallest understanding of what a seismic blow they dealt to the nation's relationship with its political leaders. The Guardian greeted the Hamilton collapse with the headline "A Liar and a Cheat". Jeremy Paxman states that Conservative Central Office "begged him not to stand, but in a gesture of overweening arrogance, he refused to go quietly. [114] The same year, Clifford was jailed for sexual assaults on under-age girls. [113], In 2014, Milroy-Sloan, under her birth name Emily Checksfield, was jailed again for falsely claiming to police that her ex-partner had threatened to kill her with a Samurai sword. Some previously expressed disgust at incidents they had witnessed. She attended Wentworth College, an independent boarding school for girls in Bournemouth[3] and a co-educational Grammar School in Christchurch, Dorset. When Martin Bell, the BBC war correspondent, announced he would stand as an independent candidate in Tatton, the Labour and Liberal Democrat candidates for the area stood down in order to give Bell a clear run against Hamilton. The Financial Times reported, "A solicitor for Mr Hamilton and Mr Howarth said later that their linked libel action against Mr Philip Pedley would continue. In response, the leader of Plaid Cymru, Leanne Wood, accused Hamilton of "keeping Powell's racist rhetoric going". Mary Christine Hamilton (ne Holman; born 10 November 1949) is an English media personality and author. David Thomas, Raymond Hughes and Michael Cassall, "MP urges resignations at BBC after libel settlement". TV Shows. [96] Hamilton argued the pictures were irrelevant. He became leader of UKIP Wales in 2016. Other MPs active in the No Turning Back Group included Michael Portillo, Peter Lilley, Alan Duncan and Gerald Howarth. Those qualities, after all, along with a few other nastier ones, were what shot him into the public eye in the first place, when he was accused by Mohammed Al Fayed of accepting "cash for questions" - of taking payment to make planted inquiries in the House of Commons in return for plain brown envelopes stuffed with cash.
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