Salon.com > british conservative party http://www.salon.com Sun, 19 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Is Justin Bieber a Tory? http://www.salon.com/2013/02/06/is_justin_bieber_a_tory/ http://www.salon.com/2013/02/06/is_justin_bieber_a_tory/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:18:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13192153 The Tories have auctioned an exclusive meeting with Justin Bieber to raise money for their party, without informing the pop star of their plans, according to the Daily Mail. A wealthy financier scored the backstage passes for  £10,000 ($15,638) for four teenage girls to go backstage to have a meet-and-greet with the pop star in March, at London's O2 arena. The tickets were donated by Universal Music UK, Bieber's British record label.

The auction took place at the Conservative party's annual fundraiser, the very exclusive, glitzy Black and White Party — hosted at the Hurlingham Club in Fulham, West London — and rakes in hundreds of thousands of pounds every year. The Conservatives are eager to overstuff David Cameron's coffers because he has to run an aggressive campaign in the next two years to secure the majority, which he failed to do during his run in 2010.

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