John Rees-Evans
John Rees-Evans (born April 1978) is a British politician who is currently the leader of the Five Star Direct Democracy Party. Personal life Rees-Evans (who prefers to be known simply as "Evans") was born in Hampshire and educated both in the UK and overseas, including at the Jeppe High School for Boys in Johannesburg. He has a professional background in business, particularly in physical commodities dealing and adventure tourism. Family Rees-Evans claims his family have been pro-equality campaigners for several centuries, citing the life of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, (the younger brother of Rees-Evans' six times great grandfather) who, controversially in the 18th century, adopted Dido, the illegitimate daughter of an African slave, educating her, raising her as his own daughter, having her live with the family for thirty years at Kenwood House and making her an heir; and Hugh Lewin, the nephew of Rees-Evans' great grandfather and an anti-apartheid activist campaigner and friend of Nelson Mandela. Hugh was imprisoned for 7 years, convicted on similar charges to Mandela. Controversy Controversially, Rees-Evans once responded to the question posed by a self professed "anarchist" in Merthyr Tydfil as to whether he defended the claim made by another Christian political