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| Lord Ashcroft 'not settling scores' with David Cameron book | Lord Ashcroft 'not settling scores' with David Cameron book |
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| Ex-Conservative Party treasurer Lord Ashcroft says his new book about David Cameron is "not about settling scores" | Ex-Conservative Party treasurer Lord Ashcroft says his new book about David Cameron is "not about settling scores" |
| The unauthorised biography, serialised in the Daily Mail, includes allegations about the PM's student days. | The unauthorised biography, serialised in the Daily Mail, includes allegations about the PM's student days. |
| The former Tory donor admitted to having personal "beef" with the prime minister after not being offered a major job in the coalition government. | The former Tory donor admitted to having personal "beef" with the prime minister after not being offered a major job in the coalition government. |
| The prime minister's spokeswoman said she did "not see the need to dignify the book by offering any comment". | The prime minister's spokeswoman said she did "not see the need to dignify the book by offering any comment". |
| "The author has set out his reasons for writing it," she added. | "The author has set out his reasons for writing it," she added. |
| 'Raw revenge' | 'Raw revenge' |
| They include allegations of drug-taking and an initiation ceremony Mr Cameron is said, by an unnamed source, to have taken part in. | They include allegations of drug-taking and an initiation ceremony Mr Cameron is said, by an unnamed source, to have taken part in. |
| But sources said Mr Cameron was never a member of the club in question, the Piers Gaveston Society, during his time at Oxford University, BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said. | |
| He added that the as yet unpublished book, Call Me Dave, was "less a story about stupid student pranks, and more a story about raw political revenge". | |
| Lord Ashcroft donated millions of pounds to help the Conservatives fight marginal seats. | Lord Ashcroft donated millions of pounds to help the Conservatives fight marginal seats. |
| He says, after David Cameron became PM in 2010, he was offered the job of junior Foreign Office whip. | He says, after David Cameron became PM in 2010, he was offered the job of junior Foreign Office whip. |
| "After putting my neck on the line for nearly ten years - both as party treasurer under William Hague and as deputy chairman - and after ploughing some £8m into the party, I regarded this as a declinable offer," he wrote in the Mail. | "After putting my neck on the line for nearly ten years - both as party treasurer under William Hague and as deputy chairman - and after ploughing some £8m into the party, I regarded this as a declinable offer," he wrote in the Mail. |
| "It would have been better had Cameron offered me nothing at all." | "It would have been better had Cameron offered me nothing at all." |
| But he added: "Despite my disappointment, my new book about Cameron is not about settling scores." | But he added: "Despite my disappointment, my new book about Cameron is not about settling scores." |
| Tax status | Tax status |
| Lord Ashcroft was ennobled by William Hague in 2000 and was deputy chairman during Mr Cameron's period as leader in opposition. | Lord Ashcroft was ennobled by William Hague in 2000 and was deputy chairman during Mr Cameron's period as leader in opposition. |
| In July 2010, he gave up his non-domiciled tax status to remain in the Lords after a law was passed requiring peers and MPs to be tax resident and domiciled in order to remain in Parliament. | In July 2010, he gave up his non-domiciled tax status to remain in the Lords after a law was passed requiring peers and MPs to be tax resident and domiciled in order to remain in Parliament. |
| His tax status had long been criticised by his opponents. | His tax status had long been criticised by his opponents. |
| In his book, Lord Ashcroft claims that as early as 2009 he spoke with Mr Cameron about how to delay revealing his "non-dom" tax status until after the following year's election. | In his book, Lord Ashcroft claims that as early as 2009 he spoke with Mr Cameron about how to delay revealing his "non-dom" tax status until after the following year's election. |
| In March he said he was stepping down from the House of Lords because he could not devote enough time to it. | In March he said he was stepping down from the House of Lords because he could not devote enough time to it. |
| In recent years he has built a reputation as an independent pollster. | In recent years he has built a reputation as an independent pollster. |