Comments on: Daily View 2×2: 18 March 2010 http://www.libdemvoice.org/daily-view-2x2-18-march-2010-18419.html Our place to talk - an independent website for supporters of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:46:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Niklas Smith http://www.libdemvoice.org/daily-view-2x2-18-march-2010-18419.html#comment-111192 Niklas Smith Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:45:25 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=18419#comment-111192 Who does Ashcroft think he is? This is yet another example of the misuse of English libel laws - everyone who hasn't already signed should sign the petition to reform them here: http://www.libelreform.org/sign Two articles that not even Lord Ashcroft's libel lawyers have been able to squash are here, and are very interesting reading. (Sadly they are behind a paywall, but if you're not an <i>Economist</i> subscriber you can see them if you register for a free 14-day trial period). Ashcroft-owned Belize Bank held on to $10 million sent as aid from Venezuela to the Belizean government: http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_TTPSSDDR A couple of mysterious trusts that took over Belize's dominant telecoms company from Ashcroft's holding company fight the nationalisation of the company by the Belizean government. The company had negotiated remarkable "sweetheart agreements" with the previous (and corrupt) Belizean government exempting it from regulatory supervision and requiring a public subsidy if its return on equity ever fell below 15%. These agreements may have been made when Lord Ashcroft was the majority owner of the telecoms company: http://www.economist.com/world/americas/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_TQSDDSDD Very fishy if you ask me. Who does Ashcroft think he is? This is yet another example of the misuse of English libel laws – everyone who hasn’t already signed should sign the petition to reform them here: http://www.libelreform.org/sign

Two articles that not even Lord Ashcroft’s libel lawyers have been able to squash are here, and are very interesting reading. (Sadly they are behind a paywall, but if you’re not an Economist subscriber you can see them if you register for a free 14-day trial period).

Ashcroft-owned Belize Bank held on to $10 million sent as aid from Venezuela to the Belizean government: http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_TTPSSDDR

A couple of mysterious trusts that took over Belize’s dominant telecoms company from Ashcroft’s holding company fight the nationalisation of the company by the Belizean government. The company had negotiated remarkable “sweetheart agreements” with the previous (and corrupt) Belizean government exempting it from regulatory supervision and requiring a public subsidy if its return on equity ever fell below 15%. These agreements may have been made when Lord Ashcroft was the majority owner of the telecoms company: http://www.economist.com/world/americas/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_TQSDDSDD

Very fishy if you ask me.

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