Extract from The Herald archived 30 September 2921
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"An unelected millionaire Tory donor has been made a minister at the Scotland Office.
Malcolm Offord, an Edinburgh-based financier who ran the pro-Union No Borders campaign during the 2014 referendum, has been catapulted into the job after being given a peerage.
According to Electoral Commission records, Mr Offord has given the Conservative party more than £135,000 since 2007, as well as £2000 to Tory MP Michael Gove in 2019.
He gave the No Borders campaign another £20,000.
The 57-year-old tried and failed to secure the Conservative candidacy in Ruth Davidson's old Edinburgh Central seat at the recent Holyrood election.
He ended up as the fifth-ranked candidate on the Lothians list."
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