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- ↑ Robert Winnett and Holly Watt, Tories forced to name club of millionaire supporters, the Sunday Times, 15-October-2006
- ↑ Booth, Robert (9 October 2009). "Who is behind the Taxpayers' Alliance?". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
- ↑ "Group identifies Tory cash donors". BBC News. 14 October 2006.
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