JOHN MOULTON PRIZE PILLOCK

I'm not sure if many people remember John Moulton, he used to appear on TV regularly as the voice of business. He was involved in various takeovers, some hostile as I recall but he was generally regarded as the archetypal, aggressive multi-millionaire entrepreneur with his finger on the pulse. Moulton backed Brexit which doesn't say a lot for his judgement in my opinion. He is in the news again (HERE) saying that Brexit is "far more complicated than I imagined". It's in a Guernsey newspaper so I assume he's a tax exile.

SHIFTY LIARS

Matthew Elliot will not be well known to many people in this country. He was Chief Executive of the Vote Leave campaign and even before it started he produced a one thousand page tome (HERE) setting out the problems of the EU as he saw them and the possible options if Brexit was a success. Before the referendum he gave evidence before the Treasury Select Committee where Andrew Tyrie gave him a bit of a dressing down (HERE) for refusing on three or four occasions to appear before MPs, something he said no one had ever done before. Such was the arrogance of Mr Elliot.

WE MAY NOT NEED TO GO AFTER ALL

Matthew Elliot is often referred to as the EU referendum mastermind. He is the man who pulled the strings behind the scene. In late 2015 Mr Elliot, as CEO of "Business for Britain", a pro Brexit lobby group, published a thousand page document entitled Change or Go, which was the most detailed document produced by either side during the campaign. He has just been ordered by the Charity Commission to repay £50,000 that he raised for charity which was used to pay for it, although I imagine he will still believe it was money well spent.