SEPTEMBER 2009 - URGENT MESSAGE TO ALL THOSE WHO SUPPORTED ME FINANCIALLY IN MY LITIGATION AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT LAST YEAR:

You very kindly contributed towards the expenses of my litigation last year in which I sought to force the government to hold a referendum on whether the Lisbon Treaty should be ratified. As you know, I lost the case.

You and the other donors provided altogether just over £416,000.  The amount still in the bank which I keep for this purpose is £135,000 i.e. just under 32.5% of what was donated. I was put to some expenses which I have not charged to the account but I have decided, in view of the great generosity which you and others have shown, that I want to use the money, which remains in the account, for eurosceptic purposes, unless the donor wishes to have it returned to him or her.  So that is what I shall do unless you let me know – preferably fairly quickly – that you would like your 32.5% returned.

There is, surprising as it may seem, still a risk that there will be significant further expenses in connection with the litigation, but I have decided to take the risk of that myself.

I believe that, to avoid any possible problems, I have to make it clear that I shall myself decide what eurosceptic purposes are, but I assure you that I shall not be giving any of your money to any political party in this country.

Stuart Wheeler