Official log refers to Wafic Saïd, a Canadian billionaire whose British wife has given millions to party, as ‘donor’
The Conservative party is facing questions over a possible breach of electoral law involving one of its largest benefactors, after leaked files cast doubt on official declarations of donations worth £2.6m.
More than 40 donations to the Tories over 23 years have been registered in the name of Rosemary Saïd, a British woman.
But leaked documents marked “official – sensitive”, seen by the Guardian, renew long-running questions about whether it is her husband, the billionaire businessman Wafic Saïd, who is the real source of the money even though he is barred by electoral law from donating.
One of the documents, an official government log from Boris Johnson’s time in Downing Street, contains the entry: “Political meeting with Wafic Said (donor) and Rosemary Said.”
