Royal Horseguards Hotel Royal Horseguards Hotel The Royal Horseguards Hotel is a 5-star London hotel situated in the area of Whitehall. It is operated by Guoman Hotels, a subsidiary of Thistle Hotels. Whitehall Court was constructed as a block of luxury residential apartments in 1884 by the Liberal MP and property developer Jabez Balfour. The building's construction was the centrepiece of an elaborate pyramid scheme for fraud by Balfour, through the Liberator Building Society which he controlled. In 1892 the Society collapsed, leaving thousands of investors penniless. Instead of advancing money to home buyers, the Society had advanced money to property companies to
David Ward (British politician) David Ward (British politician) David Ward (born 24 June 1953) is a former British Liberal Democrat politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford East at the 2010 general election. He lost his seat in 2015 when he was defeated by the Labour Party candidate Imran Hussain by 7,000 votes. Before his election to parliament, he was a councillor in Bradford for 26 years, and returned to local politics in 2016. In July 2013, he was suspended from the Liberal Democrats Parliamentary party until September 2013, after questioning the continuing existence of the state of Israel