The details had been murky, but this week more started to emerge: reports now suggest that Conservative Party funds were used to pay the bill for the refurbishment at Boris Johnson’s Downing Street flat nine months ago. At the centre of the new report is David Brownlow, otherwise known as Lord Brownlow of Shurlock Row, who was revealed by the Daily Mail to have paid the Tory party £58,000 towards the cost of the makeover. Leaked emails from.