His ties to Cameron came under scrutiny two years later when it appeared that Andrew Feldman, a political associate of his and a fellow donor to Cameron's leadership campaign, used Harris's name to claim privileges accorded to active members of the House of Lords (which Harris, his peerage notwithstanding, had never been).
He is considered to be one of his personal friends. He also made donations to David Cameron as leader of the Conservative Party and Michael Gove. Harris has been a donor to the Tory Party since the 1980s and was a great admirer of Margaret Thatcher.
Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources.įind sources: "Philip Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham" – news Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. This section relies largely or entirely on a single source. They are also co-owners of the horses Hello Sailor, Hello Unique and Hello Boyo. Harris and Lord Kirkham bought the horse for an estimated €2 million at the start of 2012. Harris is the co-owner of the Olympic gold medal-winning horse Hello Sanctos who won a gold medal with Scott Brash in the team show jumping event at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. He was appointed to the board of Arsenal Football Club as a non-executive director in November 2005.
Harris became a non-executive director of Matalan in October 2004. Harris was also a non-executive director of Great Universal Stores plc for 18 years, retiring from the GUS Board in July 2004. Harris Carpets acquired Queensway in 1977 to become Harris Queensway plc until the company was taken over in 1988. He was chairman and chief executive of Harris Carpets. Harris left Carpetright in 2014, sold all of his shares and he is no longer associated with the company. Harris was the Chairman of Carpetright plc and has over fifty years' experience in carpet retailing. Harris is currently an advisor and shareholder of Tapi Carpets, a flooring retailer set up recently by a number of the old Carpetright management team.
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