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Dan neidle is a formidable foe. In July he tweeted concerns about possible tax avoidance by Nadhim Zahawi, the chancellor of the exchequer. When Mr Zahawi co-founded YouGov, a polling firm, 22 years ago, he took no shares; instead they went to a family trust. Mr Zahawi, through his lawyers, has denied wrongdoing.

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