Mandelson, Rotschild, Deripaska, Osborne, McCain, Montenegro

Da bi se potpuno shvatila ova drama mislim da je potrebno spomenuti ko su ličnosti.

Lord Mandelson - nekad gej uber spin doktor premijera Blaira, posle EU Komesar za trgovinu, danas Sekretar za biznis u britanskoj vladi (top dog)

Nathaniel Rothschild - nekadasnji plejboj, sada vrtlar sopstvenog bogatstva (živica=hedge fonda)

Deripaska - некаd млади изгладнели Козак данас истурена руке Русије у Москви на Јадрану.

Osborn - nekad član oksfordskog studentskog kluba Bulington, danas čovek broj dva u konzervativnoj strancki Britanije.

Nat Rotsčild je ugostio sve gore spomenute ličnosti u svojoj vili na Krfu. Onda ih je Deripaska častio na jahti. Osborn je posle izjavio novinama da je Mendelson sipao otrov na svog partijskog šefa Brauna. Rotsčild se naljutio što Osborn prenosi privatne razgovore sa njegovog stola i napisao pismu Tajmsu u kojem tvrdi da je Osborn tražio novac od Deripaske za konzervativnu stranku. A to je ne, ne.

From The Times
October 21, 2008
Nathaniel Rothschild: Letter to the Editor

Nathaniel Rothschild sent an amended draft of his letter to The Times on deadline last night. It included an extra sentence. As a result of a production error, it was not published. Mr Rothschild has asked that this letter be made available to the public. The Times is happy to do so, alongside the letter that appeared in this morning's newspaper. The Times regrets the error.

Sir,

Since your paper - along with your sister publication the Sunday Times - has made much out of what may or may not have happened at a private gathering of my friends this summer in Corfu - I thought I should make the following observations.

I am surprised that you focus on the fact that one of my guests, Peter Mandelson, is a friend of another, Oleg Deripaska. Not once in the acres of coverage did you mention that George Osborne, who also accepted my hospitality, found the opportunity of meeting with Mr. Deripaska so good that he invited the Conservatives' fund raiser Andrew Feldman, who was staying nearby, to accompany him on to Mr. Deripaska's boat to solicit a donation. Since Mr. Deripaska is not a British citizen, it was subsequently suggested by Mr. Feldman during a conversation at which Mr. Deripaska was not present, that the donation was "channeled" through one of Mr. Deripaska's British companies. In a subsequent phone call in mid-September about one month later, Mr. Feldman again raised the issue of the donation with me. Mr. Deripaska decided that he did not wish to make any donation.

I mention this because it turns out that your obsession with Mr. Mandelson is trivial in light of Mr. Osborne's actions. I also think it ill behoves all political parties to try and make capital at the expense of another in such circumstances. Perhaps in future it would be better if all involved accepted the age old adage that private parties are just that.

NATHANIEL ROTHSCHILD Klosters, Switzerland

Published in The Times on October 21, 2008:

Sir, Since your paper - along with your sister publication The Sunday Times - has made much out of what may or may not have happened at a private gathering of my friends this summer in Corfu, I thought I should make the following observations. I am surprised that you focus on the fact that one of my guests, Peter Mandelson, is a friend of another, Oleg Deripaska. Not once in the acres of coverage did you mention that George Osborne, who also accepted my hospitality, found the opportunity of meeting with Mr Deripaska so good that he invited the Conservatives' fundraiser Andrew Feldman, who was staying nearby, to accompany him on to Mr Deripaska's boat to solicit a donation. Since Mr Deripaska is not a British citizen, it was suggested by Mr Feldman, in a subsequent conversation at which Mr Deripaska was not present, that the donation was "channelled" through one of Mr Deripaska's British companies. Mr Deripaska declined to make any donation.

I mention this because it turns out that your obsession with Mr Mandelson is trivial in light of Mr Osborne's actions. I also think it ill behoves all political parties to try and make capital at the expense of another in such circumstances. Perhaps in future it would be better if all involved accepted the age-old adage that private parties are just that.

NATHANIEL ROTHSCHILD Klosters, Switzerland

"The allegations made in Mr Rothschild's letter are completely untrue. Both Andrew Feldman and George Osborne deny absolutely that they attempted to solicit a donation from Oleg Deripaska. Nor did they suggest a method by which he could conceal a donation via a British company. They spent a short period of time on Mr Deripaska's boat at the invitation of Mr Rothschild. Donations to the Conservative Party were not discussed with Mr Deripaska. In a conversation on September 18, Mr Rothschild suggested to Andrew Feldman that Mr Deripaska wanted to make a donation to the party through one of his British companies. The offer was not taken up. For clarity - the Conservative Party has neither sought or received any donations from Mr Deripaska nor any of his companies."

CONSERVATIVE PARTY STATEMENT

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4982254.ece

DODATNI LINKOVI:

http://www.novosti.rs/code/navigate.php?Id=11&status=jedna&vest=130840&datum=2008-10-23

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081020/ames_berman

Inače veoma dobri članci se mogu naći na Tajmsovom sajt, idi na pretragu i ukucaj Deripaska.