in 2002,[16] and reached the final of Celebrity Masterchef in 2010. [30], Prior to the 1997 general election, Hamilton determined to try to retain his parliamentary seat. [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]. [49], In August 2018, UKIP leader Gerard Batten MEP announced that there would be a membership ballot for the leadership of UKIP in Wales. Several have endured abuse and hate mail following publication of their names in the Young National Front paper Bulldog and other extremist papers. He became leader of UKIP Wales in 2016. On 22 May 2001, unable to pay his legal fees and with costs amounting to some 3m, Hamilton declared bankruptcy. [125] In April 1986, Hamilton was one of ten MPs to vote against the government on an EEC bill. He came third behind the Labour and Conservative candidates with 2,023 votes (8.6%).[54]. Pictured: Neil & Christine. "[72] Attention focussed on the actions of Malcolm McAlpine, a cousin of Alistair McAlpine, the treasurer of the Conservative Party: "He denied yesterday that he had promised Mr Hamilton that he could 'deliver' the governors behind a settlement".[72]. Wednesday An evening with Neil & Christine Hamilton - Southend Central Library, Victoria Avenue, Southend on Sea, Essex. Neil and Christine Hamilton Are Staging A Political Comeback He last won an election in 1992. 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. (January 1987). He was on their parliamentary advisory board. Can you open your eyes, please? "[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. Attempts were made to manage and rig statements by Mr. David Mitchell. Other MPs active in the No Turning Back Group included Michael Portillo, Peter Lilley, Alan Duncan and Gerald Howarth. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. I hesitate to say you need to get something inside you. David Thomas, Raymond Hughes and Michael Cassall, "MP urges resignations at BBC after libel settlement". Select from premium E Notify of the highest quality. The two are very pleased with their grand new residence and call it their "Up Yours' house. Neil: I-I-I didn't see her when I grabbed the wheel -- Nikki: Neil, stop it! [71], The National Young Conservatives hinted at a stitch-up at the BBC. At that time, Lord King's chief of staff was David Burnside, now a Unionist MP. Before the BBC defence lawyers had an opportunity to interrogate Hamilton, the Board of Governors met during the trial and instructed the BBC Board of Management to settle the case: "the BBC executives at this meeting expressed serious doubts about the decision. Following his election to the National Assembly for Wales, he was UKIP Assembly Group Leader from 2016 to 2018 and again from 2019 to 2021. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. I know, I've had 3 or 4 glasses of wine. Following Hamilton's ejection from Tatton and the Conservative defeat in the 1997 election, the new party leader, William Hague, sought to distance the Conservative Party from the disgraced Hamilton and asked Hamilton to stay away from the party conference. [39] In the May 2014 local elections, he stood as a UKIP candidate in the St Mary's Park ward of Wandsworth London Borough Council and finished 8th of the 9 candidates with 396 votes. When Eluned Morgan claimed that the economic consequences of Brexit would be hardest for those who could least afford it, Hamilton remarked that "suicide's an option". Hamilton claimed innocence but was forced to resign five days later, on 25 October 1994. Christine Hamilton and Neil Hamilton attend The 20th BRIT Awards with Mastercard, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, UK, Friday 03 March 2000. She's gonna be okay! 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. Mostyn Neil Hamilton (born 9 March 1949) is a British former barrister and politician who has been leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) since 2020. A BBC internal memorandum to the Board of Management claimed some 17 witnesses had been intimidated into changing their testimony. He immediately phoned Neil Hamilton, and told him that Lord King would be appalled when he heard what had happened to Christine Hamilton. [127] To Jeremy Corbyn, he suggested that "some of [his] IRA friends could be used to get rid of pensioners by shooting them"also in 1987. 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. It was upheld first by the British public in 1997, who booted Hamilton out of his Tatton constituency despite his protestations of innocence, in favour of the white-suited broadcaster Martin Bell. [124], Hamilton argued for the individual's right to smoke. Edwina Currie, a former health minister, gave evidence. "[14] Hamilton was also European and Parliamentary Affairs Director of the Institute of Directors during this time.[when? [citation needed] The Hamiltons appeared at the Edinburgh Festival in 2006 with their show, Lunch with the Hamiltons, at the Pleasance Dome in 2006. "Do you accept my husband is innocent?" [9] Neil Hamilton's later failure in a libel case against the Egyptian businessman, Mohamed Al-Fayed,[10][11] would lead to her husband's bankruptcy. 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. [35], In September 2011, Hamilton attended the annual conference of the UK Independence Party (UKIP). Hamilton said that Powell "changed politics by articulating the fears and resentments of millions and millions of people who are being ignored by the establishment". "[74], Howarth and Hamilton said the case against Pedley would not be dropped and Pedley said he would not be joining the BBC decision. 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. In 2006, they released a song coinciding with the World Cup, "England Are Jolly Dee". [104], The jury trial commenced in November 1999. [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). Justice Simon Brown ruled that Hamilton and Howarth be debarred from alleging Pedley's words were libel and should pay Pedley's costs.[90]. But even before he reached the hotel, she had made a remarkable recovery. Now they claim to have witnessed nothing. More information appeared in the press alleging witness interference, including the Hogan Memorandum, the internal BBC document listing the witnesses who had changed their account. But they are, however, two of the most transparent proponents of the tendency and the two people who best illustrate why it is that the tendency is so unhealthy. Reports suggest that it is pounds 100,000, though the Hamiltons declare that to be "a wild underestimate". Labour accused Conservative Central Office of organising a cover-up over claims that Hamilton had given a Nazi salute on a visit to Berlin and sought to question the then party chairman, Norman Tebbit. So it should have been easy to trace the impact of the brown envelopes on his credit cards and money machine cards; all the evidence would be on file. [60], After a period as acting leader, Hamilton was elected as leader in October 2021, receiving 498 out of 631 votes cast (78.9%) against challenger John Poynton. Christine, though, perhaps because she has less of a clue what it actually is that she's defending, is more open. January 2002: The Hamiltons are. Surely, because she was tempted to see if she could get away with manipulating a pair so notorious and so high-profile. "I naturally ignored this advice and fed all my intelligence into her campaign." In return, the men were to ask questions on behalf of Al-Fayed in the House of Commons. The Observer commissioned ICM polls in the constituencies of the three Conservative candidates tainted by scandal and seeking re-election: Hamilton, Allan Stewart and Piers Merchant. [23], Hamilton was the face of 'British Sausage Week' in 2005 and the judge of 'Mr Gay Torbay' in 2009. Hamilton was a teacher at St John's College in Southsea between 1973 and 1976. [99] Hamilton had asked for payment in kind so the money would not be taxable. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Both Stewart and Merchant were found to have support consistent with their party's standing, but in Tatton "there was massive hostility to Hamilton".[34]. The British public would long have forgotten Hamilton, along with his penchant for getting something for nothing, however sleazily, if it were not for the unfortunate fact that such a flair is very much in tune with the temper of the times. She told the inquiry that, in May 1988, Hamilton had been unmoved by a set of photographs that depicted smoking-related cancers; that is, harm to young people which might be caused by a product (tobacco) that he promoted. Neil Hamilton elected leader of Ukip group . If he had been given a brown envelope, he would immediately have carved himself out a thick wad of dosh and shoved it in his wallet. [31] Disquiet in the local association became public, but the majority gave him the benefit of the doubt. "Unfortunately, I had miscalculated. Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, said: "The decision by Neil Hamilton and Ian Greer must be one of the most astonishing legal cave-ins in the history of the law of libel" and called for the issues to be examined by Sir Gordon Downey, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, and the Inland Revenue. Hamilton joined Ian Greer, a parliamentary lobbyist, as a co-plaintiff. In 1972, after several years' membership, Hamilton was elected to the executive council of the Conservative Monday Club. 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. She is also known for her defense of her . A low and cunning fellow who was a regular beneficiary of brown envelopes would have taken the trouble to conceal the fact.But Neil Hamilton is not cunning. Technically, the first time Neil appears onscreen is during the movie's opening moments at the opera house in Ukraine. "The second is Neil Hamilton's imprudence. Neil and Christine Hamilton are very far from being the only people able to parlay notoriety into fame and money. Christine Hamilton had contracted food poisoning during the flight from Taiwan. [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". Anne Spackman, "New Evidence emerges in BBC libel case". 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. Commenting on Powell's 'Rivers of Blood' speech about mass immigration, Hamilton said that Powell was wrong about predicting racial violence, but had been "proved right by events" in terms of social change that was "never desired by the majority of the British people". 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. [45] In leaked emails, he was accused by UKIP's biggest donor, Arron Banks, of being a "corrupt old Tory". Along with his wife, Hamilton earns his living as a "celebrity", prostituting his notoriety for money and making freak-show entertainment out of his lack of shame and remorse. The corporation was directed to pay the men's legal costs. Simon Freeman and Henry Porter, "BBC to settle Tory libel case". October 2002: Christine Hamilton appears on Have I got News for You and taunts host, Angus Deayton, over his private life. He would be straight round to examine Christine Hamilton. He specialised in taxation, trust and property law. Anthony Bevins, "Top Tory named in BBC Row". Press interest turned to Hamilton's past statements about the Berlin visit, over which Tory witnesses were alleged to have been pressured to say that they had not seen goose-stepping or Nazi-style salutes. The settlement is believed to be more than pounds 100,000. While Hamilton did not deny the holiday, he continued to maintain that he was innocent of improper conduct. [28] Like some other Conservative ministers, Hamilton had also opposed the treaty and was a member of the Eurosceptic "No Turning Back" group. [81] Later that day, Hamilton announced that he was dropping the action against Pedley. The Campaign relating to Skoal Bandits", "The Attack on Sleaze: How apartheid regime set out to woo Tories", Select Committee on Standards and Privileges First Report iv. Hamilton vowed that if the "Downey report" found against him, he would resign. [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. Hamilton was a teacher at St John's College in Southsea between 1973 and 1976. [99] Hamilton, Smith (also found guilty), Brown and Michael Grylls were harshly criticised. David Davis, then a director of Tate and Lyle, persuaded that company to donate a sum to the cause. There was no further mention of hotel bills.The Hamiltons are vulgar and greedy. For the next couple of weeks, his plastic would have gone to sleep. Christine Hamilton, on I'm A Celebrity may not have been the good value that Natalie Appleton was, so far as public humiliation is concerned. On 12 September 2020, he was appointed acting leader, replacing Freddy Vachha. Those who complain about other's opinions are constantly exercising their opinions more than others. In December 1986, Hamilton was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to David Mitchell. All the "cash-for-questions" evidence was sent to Sir Gordon Downey, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. Christine Hamilton's age is 73. SUMMARIZING THE EVIDENCE Continued 7. The Hamiltons (TV Movie 2001) Christine Hamilton as Self. Christine appeared in the first series of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! Robert Shrimsley, "Guardian Case MP seeks law change". [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. [59] Meanwhile the party lost all its other Senedd seats. [29] Despite this, Hamilton remained, for a time, loyal to the Major government which endorsed the treaty. Hamilton became widely associated with sleaze,[2] and was forced to resign his ministerial role. [9] Hamilton stood as the Conservative parliamentary candidate in the February 1974 general election in Abertillery[10] and in the 1979 general election in Bradford North,[11] but failed on both occasions.

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