The City tycoon denied wrongdoing and claimed his comments were just 'bluster'. Hannan and Godson are former colleagues of Johnsons from the Daily Telegraph. A year later Cruddas won 180,000 in damages in a libel action, although that was subsequently reduced to 50,000 after aspects of the original allegations were upheld when the paper appealed. No 10 has been approached for comment. They were joined by two other ex-Telegraph colleagues, the former Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan and Veronica Wadley.
Former journalists and allies of his company that won an election were resorted to when a private citizens voted accusing him of something.
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