Lord Ashcroft hides in toilets to avoid questions on tax
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Editorial Analysis
Conservative donor Lord Ashcroft avoids questions from persistent BBC Panorama reporter Richard Bilton about his offshore financial affairs as leaked in the Paradise Papers. Ashcroft refused to answer Bilton’s questions during a chase across the Conservative party conference floor that ended at the doors to the exhibition centre’s toilets\n\nSubscribe to Guardian News ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub\n\nLord Ashcroft used offshore trust to shelter wealth while Tory peer ► https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/05/lord-ashcroft-offshore-trust-wealth-tory-peer-paradise-papers\n\nSupport the Guardian ► https://theguardian.com/supportus\n\nThe Guardian YouTube network:\n\nThe Guardian ► www.youtube.com/theguardian\nOwen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones\nGuardian Football ► http://is.gd/guardianfootball\nGuardian Science and Tech ► http://is.gd/guardiantech\nGuardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport\nGuardian Culture ► http://is.gd/guardianculture
